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    Help overclocking Dell Vostro 1500 with 8600m GT 256mb

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by shogran, Mar 18, 2008.

  1. shogran

    shogran Notebook Guru

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    Hiya,

    I'm trying to overclock my Dell Vostro 1500's GPU. I have tried ATItool and nTune but in both programs, after I click set clock or apply it just returns to stock clocking...

    I have the latest drivers from dell and can't find anything anywhere else, can anyone help?

    Cheers
     
    shogran, Mar 18, 2008
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  2. Jayjubear

    Jayjubear Notebook Consultant

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    Jayjubear, Mar 18, 2008
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  3. shogran

    shogran Notebook Guru

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    Will do, thanks
     
    shogran, Mar 18, 2008
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  4. Jstn7477

    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    Use drivers from Laptopvideo2go.com because most of them allow you to overclock. Dell's drivers are obviously locked. I think the 169.09's are a good start but if you want to venture into fresh, possibly unstable drivers try the 174.51's (i'm using them). However, i would probably use 169.09 or 169.61.

    -J.B.

    EDIT: Beat me by a minute, Jayjubear :D
     
    Jstn7477, Mar 18, 2008
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  5. shogran

    shogran Notebook Guru

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    ^_^ Thanks guys, been a great help :D overclocked, just gonna run the artifacts test on ATItools to sort stabilty :D
     
    shogran, Mar 18, 2008
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  6. Jayjubear

    Jayjubear Notebook Consultant

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    Teach you to type so much. hehe

    Im glad it worked out for yea. :)
     
    Jayjubear, Mar 18, 2008
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