2600 gddr3 overclocking 8510p

Has anyone overclocked their 2600 in their 8510p? *edit* (or in any laptop with similar specs/price)

If so... How far could you push it? And how was the heat?

One more question (should you choose to answer it). When you upgrade memory in laptops... like say the 8510p which only has 1 gig... How would you know what type of memory to buy?(i don't know how picky laptops are about mixing RAM) Or do you have to just wait and open up the lappy to check?

Thanks ahead of time,
Me

 

I was able to overclock my hd2600 in my a200-th7, based on ATI Tool output, I was able to push core/mem by 125 each and no artifacts (can't check temp tho), but 3dmark crashes (can't remember error) but no BSOD.

And for the RAM, the best thing to do is check with HP in your case and find out if they know which RAM is compatible with your system, then you don't have to worry about it not working.

 

Alright... thanks... Anyone else?

 

Just found this for the 3dmark Problem with the HDcards:

Under "C:\Windows\System32\Futuremark\MSC\" you should find a file called Direcpll.dll... Rename/delete that one and your good.

and @Seraph:

found this on another forum:

 

Already did that, worked fine until OCing, then I get some other error. I'll test it now and see what I get.

 

Ran 3dmark05 w/ +50/+100 on core/mem and I got this message halfway through: (some colour removed to save space)

 

What is the default memory and core clock for the 2600? The one Shambles submitted says 500Mhz core and 400Mhz mem but my gpuz displays only 400Mhz mem and 300Mhz default clock (same core right)? Does this mean that our 2600s are different or do we have to same overclocking potential?

 

Mine (DDR2), is 500/400. Shambles (G(?)DDR3). All the 2600's are the same, just the versions are *handpicked* depending on how good they can clock. But yours and mine would likely OC to the same speed, with the only limiting factors being the cooling the laptop originally had and the goodness of the memory. This should clear it up, if not, ask more Q's.

 

Thanks for your quick response notyou. I still have few questions I would like to ask, if you don't mind. First, I thought ddr3 has higher clocks and therefore overclocks better than the ddr2. Is this true? Why did you assumume that ours would overclock the same? ddr2 vs ddr3.
Secondly, what temperatures did you get for your GPU and what tool did you use to monitor it?
Thirdly, what program did you use to overclock your gpu?
Thanks for your help

 

also, whats an easy and quick way to test for artifacts?

 

I tried OCing with the AMD gpu tool and I could only achieve 450core/450mem on the ddr3 hd2600. Is this normal? I thought they could achieve far better OC

 

Hey guys, I'm getting a bit fed up with vista's hog of memory and cpu. What are some potential problems if I switch back to vista?

 

Didn't see your posts from yesterday, my bad. It is true that DDR3 can OC better and will likely have higher stock clocks than DDR2 but the manufacturer may set the speeds lower, just for safety is my guess. I can now see what you meant by my assuming they are the same, I'll explain. The cores *should* be the same and the memory, as I read from a post somewhere here, the DDR3 is the DDR2 memory that managed to make a higher clock than most DDR2 memory does, therefore they change the name, keep the boosted clocks and call it DDR3.
Temps: 36C idle both Max Battery/Performance (due to PP voltage changing not working I believe), haven't checked load.
Artifact testing: fire up a graphical program, ati tool works but I use 3dmark as I believe it stresses the GPU harder.

You definitely should be getting a better OC, I've got the DDR2 version and I'm running 500/400 stock and as of now can (haven't done much OCing lately) be stable at 500/525. But beware that your OC potential will definitely be limited by what laptop you have as cooling will definitely differ between brands/models.

First of all, this isn't the section to post the above question in.
Secondly, I believe you mean back to XP.
BUT, I will answer your question anyways. Vista is only a beast if you have lots of stuff running. For example, I idle at ~10% usage (1.66GHz T5450) and my mem usage (cached is different from actively being used) is ~600 megs (no restart + possible hypermemory). I guess the mem use is kinda high, but I do have 2GB so it's not a big deal, I also have turned off the aero transparency + sidebar (both virtually useless IMHO), the latter of which will sap your CPU if you have many gadgets constantly updating.

Problems switching back to XP: drivers. Unless your manufacturer has drivers for both XP/Vista, in which case you should be fine.

 

Forgot to post my OC/temp monitoring program:
AMD GPUClock Tool