Highest 8600m GT Overclock

Looks like some people got lucky - maybe off a different lot - to get 650 on the GPU *and* 530 on memory. Most run about 600 / 500.

 

4001 3d mark 06 1280x800 at 580/450 , i wonder what i would get with 655/535!

 

where are u guys getting the drivers from? Laptopvideo2go only has 165.01 ! Where's the other ones?

 

You are using a much lower resolution. So the results can not be compared.

650/530 3Dmark06 (Vista 1280x800@32) -)4560
650/520 3Dmark06 (Vista 1280x1024@32) -) 4085

Both using the 196.04 drivers.

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showforum=72

 

Using RivaTuner, I'm getting stable results with 650/530 and the Shader Clock@1425 MHz. Results in a 3Dmark06 score of 4676@1280x800.

That's about as high as it goes for me, I think. I can crank it up to 675/550/1425 (4774 in 3Dmark06) but then it becomes slightly unstable.

169.04 drivers.

 

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I got the driver. I installed it. I OCed to the level that everyone else seems to be getting and my 3D mark score dropped to 976

Then I un OCed it and it rose to 983. This driver blows.

 

Yep, it was the driver. Reverted back to the original Dell driver and I'm back to how I was.

 

I guess the installation got messed up. I tried again and it's working.

Still, the highest I can get with Riva is 525/450 withe the shader at 1050. Brought my score up to 3823. Still a nice bump up from stock. just wish it could go higher. 3D mark wouldn't even finish higher than that.

 

can anyone tell me by how much will i shorten my laptops life if i overclock to 580/490?

 

So which drivers are best? Where do I get them? and how do I install them???

 

when you guys overclock it, how long can you play games (demanding games like COD4) before it starts getting too hot and risky for something to break? would a cooling pad allow me to play demanding games for long hours?

 

depends how far you want to overclock it. obviously, you don't want such high speeds where it will create artifacts and unusually graphical defects due to the immense heat being produced. you'll want to look for a balance in performance and temperature.

i've got mine OC'ed at 630/500/1260 with 3DMark06 score of 4432 and a max load temp of 80c.

 

I just tried that driver and now I get around 4800 , a new record !

 

thats really good, how long do you think you can play a demanding game before you think it's starting to be harmful for the comp?

 

I have a problem and need help,
I've got a new vostro 1500 with a good 8600GT.
The new 8600gt is one of the better ones for overclocking. My last one only went up to 650GPU/460Mem, the new 8600m GT clocks to 650GPU/550MEM I get better scores in 3DM06 as well. I even managed to get to 5100 3DM06 Points (@1024x768).

Now the Problem: I want to play MOH Airborne Multiplayer

I used to get around 35FPS with the slower 8600GT @ 650/450
and now with the new better OC 8600m GT I'm getting around 20FPS and lots of lag with the same settings!!!
I've tried new drivers but I can't figure out what's wrong.

I can't imagine the first 8600mGT with the lower 650/450 OC was faster than the newer 8600m GT at 650/550 OC!!!

And it's lagging in all games, not just MOH....

 

I still don't get it. I run that high and the driver crashes.

 

I just found the problem, silly me...
For some reason the nVidia 3D driver options were changed from Application to User defined....
I put the standard "3D Application defined" default and now it's OK again!!!

@chris
Some 8600mGT's can OC higher than others. Just like some CPU's go higher than others...

 

Just to dispell this myth...

View attachment 12120

It looks like the 8700 picks up where the 8600 hits its limit.

MMMMWWWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

 

as long as you have a reasonable OC, your not likely to decrease the life of your hardware significantly. By the time it dies, it would probably become obselete anyways.

 

WHERE do you people get the 169.04 drivers ? i was only able to get some from 3dguru and those dont even work. Laptop2 video dont have them... so where ??

 

Maybe you can get them here
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_169.04.html
or here for the XP version
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.04.html
Then install them using the inf file from laptopvideo2go.

That is just a guess though.

 

I'm currently going thru 3dmark runs getting to my top oc speed, but my 8600m GT has behaved even better than I thought!

Max I've gotten it (up to now) is 575/1150/475, and reached 3908 3dmarks 2006, using the laptopvideo2go's 169.04 drivers on Vista32 on my Vostro 1500 at 1280x800.

I'm gonna try to keep it even longer running, to see how much I can get it to stable.

 

Dell 1720 here...using Forceware drivers v.169.09. I just got my laptop about a week ago and here's what I gotten out of it thus Far. 650/540 3DMark06 scores of 4934@1280x720 and 4227@1280x1024 and 4253 @1280x1024@650/550. Not to bad I think and after about an hour of Bioshock I'm only pushing around 60 degrees Celsius!

 

I got the following (in my signature) with my 8600GT @ 650/550 with Riva 2.06 - 169.04 driver - 3DMark06 -
1024x768: 5235 Points
1280x800: 4556 Points
1280x1024: 4225 Points

I run at a safer 625/525 normaly and still get 4057 Points @ 1280x1024

How does that compare with other, faster 8600M GT DDR3 or 512MB notebook cards? How does the asus G1~G2 compare?

 

great scores guys !!

can you tell me how to use the forceware ? ive had ati on my last few laptops so im still learnign about nvid and how it all works

i have installed a forceware from dell, and done the have disk method with the 169.04 modded inf driver , and got riva tune and ntune

but can i update the forceware to a newer version or doesnt that matter ? im not 100% sure if forceware is all the settings etc or just the driver ? cany chance someone can explain


i extracted the 169.04 forceware, but that wont install coz i dont have the copmpatible ahrdware it says, so i extracted and swapped the inf with the modded inf, and then it jujst crashed if i click set up

or am i doing the wrong thing ??? would appriciate some help on this !!!

thanks all !!!!

 

I'm currently overclocked on my Inspiron 1520's 8600GT at 630/1260/520 so far and it's been running great, 4 hours of Call of Duty 4 and F.E.A.R. and nothing's gone wrong. Went from 4.7 to 5.4 Graphics score in Vista after OC. ^^
I used RivaTuner and nVidia Forceware version 169.17 from LaptopVideo2Go.

EDIT:
Tried OC on 670/1340/570, unrecommended as i started getting artefacts. I keep three profiles and the max i will go is 650/550, but only for the occasional high performance gaming.
Defaults set at 630/520. --> 3DMark07 Score of 4401

 

Has anyone tried Lost Planet, or Gears of War? =D

 

What is the middle number? and how do you change it?

I can only do memory and gpu in ntune.

 

The middle number is the shader clock, it's usually linked with the Core clock, so if you increase the core clock, the shader clock increases with it. I guess it's not really an issue there.

 

Apparently I wasn't overclocking just having atitool and ntune think that.

What do I have to do to overclock this? I try installing nvidia drivers but they say I don't have any nvidia hardware.

 

Hello,

I have a 8600m gt but its confusing , mine is 512 mb does tht means it is ddr3 8600 m gt?? is thr ne mean to find out the specs of my card.

 

from what i know, rivatuner gives me the specs of my graphics card in the main window, my 8600GT's on a laptop and it gives me:
128bit G84 (A2, 32sp) with 256MB DDR2

there may be other OC utilities you may use but this is all i know for now.
Check from the manufacturer's website or your hardware box?

 

highest i've gotten was 4334 @ 1280x800.

specs:

Vostro 1500

580 / 500 with RivaTuner
169.04 Drivers
T5470 @ 1.6
2GB RAM
8600M GT 256MB (duh)
Windows XP

I kind of want to push it a little further, but don't know how much to go. What temperature is safe for these things? My vid card is usually between 50c and 54c during regular use, goes up to about 58 during moderate games (CS:S, F.E.A.R.) and 60-65c during really graphics heavy games (COD4, Crysis).

 

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I was able to push mine to 600 / 500 using the 169.28 drivers Vista 32-Bit. (SEE SIGNATURE)

3869 3DM2006 1280 X 1024

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/resultanalyzer.jsp?projectType=14&XLID=0&UID=13720296

What's very confusing in this thread is that people don't really specify the resolution, Operatin system, and 8600M GT type (512MB, 256MB, DDR2, DDR3...)

 

picked up a 5750 on my XPS M1530 in 3dmark06

got it stable at 700/900

 

hey can you do me a large favor. Im i know for fact my asus c90s can do core of 700. Or maybe you can go into pc wizzard and paste me what your card is... including the revision. thank you!

 

is this the information that you were asking for?

Manufacturer : Nvidia Corp (Dell Computer Corp)
Model : NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Bus Type : PCI-Express
Total Memory : 512 MB
Texture Memory : 619 MB
Processor : GeForce 8600M GT
Converter : Integrated RAMDAC
Refresh Rate (min/max) : 60/60 Hz
Codename : G84
Revision : A2
Bus : 320-bit
Memory Type : GDDR3
GPU Frequency : 182.25 MHz
Shader Clock : 594 MHz
Memory Frequency GPU : 604.8 MHz
Texels : 36800 MTexels/s
DirectX Support : 10
Pixel Shader Version : 3.0

 

4412 @ 1280x1024
OCed to 700/550
DDR2 8600M GT

Relevant post I made before: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=2877585&postcount=48.

 

Hey guys

I bought an Inspiron 1520 back in July.
It was delivered in August then stolen on October 1st.

I finally recovered it (via the lojack software - the thief went to jail) 2 days ago, after over 3 months of it being gone.

One of the things the thief did, apparently, was change the drivers.

Before it was stolen, I could use NTUNE to change the core and memory bus speeds (to 610/510 or so)

Now when I use ntune and try to change them, it always snaps back to 475/400

Anyway - what I want to know is, is there a consensus now to the best driver that came out that allows overclocking? I want to go back to being able to overclock.

 

:O mt how did you get your laptop stolen? (the thief deserves the jail anyway.)
Also hwa, 700 core speed? that is just weird... ppl wouldn't be recommending running at that speed passing 650 would start to show the artifacts.

 

I use RivaTuner, but nVidia's website has their own version on ntune thats designed specifically for use with their graphics. It's integrated into the nVidia Control Panel, could go try it out.

 

I just installed the latest available BETA driver available for VISTA 169.28 and it allows me to overclock.

Just get both the Driver files and the modified INF file from laptopvideo2go.com and re-install your drivers.

I had no luck with the ATITool, but Nvidia's Ntune works just fine to overclock my 8600M GT

 

The thief stole it out of my car (cut through the windows)

But the lojack software did exactly what it is supposed to. I think he got around 30-45 days in jail. And now he has a criminal record.

Another question about overclocking (I apologize if this has been covered and answered 500 times before) - how do I get the overclock settings to stay past a reboot? I dont want to have to run ntune every time I boot - but that seems to be how I had to do it before.

 

There does not seem to be a vista 169.28 at laptopvideo2go.com

The latest they have is 169.12 and that is for vista 64 bit. For vista 32 bit, it seems to be 169.09 or 167.45

 

5673 with M1530 in sig, 5673 3DMark06- 5673 Marks@1280x800.
Edit: OC'ed to 600/1200/900

650/1300/950 still remains stable

 

Actually, there are even newer drivers there, 169.32

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17204

 

I have a Dell 1520 and am able to run 675/550 all day long with temps never getting over 60c. Drivers 169.09, RivaTuner. Tried 169.32, but booting failed 1/3 of the time, so I did a system restore to get back to 169.09 and things are back to running great.

 

That would be pretty normal when doing basic tasks. What about doing graphics intensive stuff, such as gaming? I have mine at 630/520 and its around 45C degrees average (plus its winter here) and while im gaming (eg. Bioshock, CoD4) it gets up to around 65-70C

 

60C running COD4 at 1440x900, Dyn Lights Low, shadows off, no AA, and everything else maxed, avg. 30fps for hours at a time.