7970m...how high can it overclock?

Could anybody direct me to a thread exactly like this but for the 680M?

 

well i have finally gotten around to following the steps to svl msi afterburner guide and i tried 950 1400 and 900 1400 so far and it artifacts like mad.....i must have gotten a crappy card :/

woot that worked! no tearing! thanks! +1

Update: what are people getting with overclocks and overvoltages with current drivers? I get 950 1400 at 1.1v perfectly fine. It also worked on stock voltages playing PS2 but when i got into plans it would crash. I get 7268 in 3dmark 11 with current settings but when i try 975 1450 i get partially through first benchmark of the submarines and laptop crashes. Is that the highest i can go with current drivers? Do I need to up voltages? I remember a long time ago that 1.1v was actually counter productive but i guess things have changed with new drivers. Also i saw in svl7 vbios pack that they had it up to 1.15....is that safe? or useful? Also temps are fine.....I barely get 67C while playing games

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5060817?key=uxXoLsrVCX5I_79UDvE_Dw&loginkey=RoORhtObOljIfynr2uWSlw

 

bump anyone can tell em what clocks they got? Can i go higher with voltage and stuff?

 

I can easily run at 1000/1500 with no stability or heat issues on stock voltage, though I usually game at 950/1400 to be safe. I'm sure I could go higher. You were getting artifacts on those clocks?

 

listen,on stock volt 1.05 i can play at 1020/1560.its stable for me.I tested with bf3 multi.
but my 24hours playing is at 950/1400.
I tryied ov at 1.075v and i got 1040/1560 for gaming.
i didnt try this bios from svl7(1.15v)
to be ohnest i didnt know that it exist....
somebody tried it?
If i remember correct when was ov i score this:
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2960XM Processor,CLEVO P150HMx score: P7820 3DMarks

 

well if i am at 1.1v than i'll try 1000 1500 and go from there

 

can somebody provide me the bios from svl7(1.15v)?
im thinking to test it .
thanks

 

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altho i wont bother upping the voltage more than this,playing it safe. besides, i still game on stock clocks the whole time, havent found a game yet that doesnt run fluidly at stock

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+7970 times

 

i use 1060/1600 for benching on stock voltage (1.05), stable in benchmarks, didnt tried it for games.
played few hours at 1050/1550 was stable, but normaly i stay on stock clocks, its enuff at the moment)

 

well i got this:

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P7283 3DMarks


This was at 950 1450 at 1.1v. I tried 1000 1500 and BSOD after 5s. I currently have vbios at 950 1400 at 1.1v so i can only go 50 higher on ram and in 3dmark it didn't appear to make a difference. Anyone know why my highest is 950 1450 at 1.1v? Any suggestions?

EDIT: 900 1400 at stock voltage is stable in PS2 minus while in plans so the voltage increase to 1.1v fixed it

UPDATE: well 950 1450 crashed in PS2 so i guess my max with this card is 950 1400 :/

 

how could you make the ram to 1600? the max i can set with the slider in afterburner is 1560

 

flashed vbios? Anyways i crashed with "current stable clocks" in dirt 2. Any advice?

UPDATE: going to reflash vbios to 900 1400 1.075 maybe that will be morre stable....very disappointing but oh well. Isn't this lower than average?

 

put the slider to the max. 1560, click apply, close and restart afterburner, there u go

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he edited the config file right? after i edited mine it goes to like 1800 i think

 

well yeah, if u apply the config file edit then u should have the unlocked sliders right away. if not, then the above-mentioned work-around is also an option

 

I just ran a couple benchmarks at 950/1450 to see how ours compare. My physics score is way lower than yours since I only have a 3630, but my gpu score is considerably higher.

Not sure why, but my first score was really low. I think I was getting cpu throttling, so I used throttlestop on the second run.

first (crappy score): AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P6854 3DMarks
second (normal score): AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P7235 3DMarks

 

weird thanks for the reply. I'll try messing around with it a little and see what i get

 

No prob. I've been getting a lot more variation in my scores lately, but I'm not sure what's causing it. Every benchmark used to be within a couple hundred points of each other. You can always try a different version of 3DMark11 or different drivers. It's not really an exact science.

 

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,Alienware M17xR4 score: P7358 3DMarks

well i took voltage down from 1.1 to 1.075 and it held 950 1450 in 3dmark 11 so i'll try 1000 1500 now and see how that works.

UPDATE: Negator... 1000 1500 crashes. So looks like i got a card that is not quite as good as you guy's :/ 950 1450 at 1.075v is best i can get and on top of that i am not 100% positive that it is completely stable. Just worked once lol. So i'll be chilling at 900 1400 u guess unless a game i really need to eek out the extra freqs. AKA Empire total war lol. Don't own any of the newer ones yet



Side note: I loaded up DS3 and NWK2 and some how i get 40-60FPS in NWK2 but in DS3 I get like 100 or so if i remember. Talk about DS3 is much better optimized!

 

That looks much better man. I wish my physics score was so awesome lol. I just ran 3DMark11 with the new 12.11 beta11, so here's my score at 950/1450.

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P7279 3DMarks

Not too much of a difference, though my graphics score is really close to my all-time high (it's in my sig, I ran at 1000/1475 I think.) I'm really tempted to do a run at 1100/1500+ since my temps and stability seem good.

 

i already edit the config file but still the same...i am using p170em, is it diff from hm?

 

Hey

I just reached 1000/1500 with Msi afterburner and 12.11 beta 11 drivers.
Score in 3DMark 11 is 7621.
I have a 3720qm cpu(4 cores overclocked to 3.8ghz) with 8 GB DDR3 1600MHz , 7970m clevo gpu. I also used ThrottleStop.

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,CLEVO P170EM score: P7621 3DMarks

 

That's really good man sweet score

 

envious...you will be able to overclock much higher than that too :/

 

Well, I finally ran a benchmark at 1050/1550, and my graphics score is nuts lol. I finally broke 7800

Unfortunately the higher I overclock the lower my physics score drops, even with throttlestop. On stock clocks my physics score is 8000, but this last run was only 75xx. I wish I had a 3720 instead of 3630

Here's the result: AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P7434 3DMarks

If I could get my physics score to where it should be, I think my final score would be around 7800. Anyone have any suggestions about how I should set up Throttlestop? It doesn't appear to be helping when I set it to performance mode. I followed the directions on setting up my control panel cpu power settings.

 

hey be happen you got an epic GPU

 

lol thanks man, it's just a bummer to know that it's capable of more. I wish I knew what caused the lower physics scores, since temps are fine and I use throttlestop (though possibly incorrectly )

 

What power supply are you using? Might need something higher than 180W.

 

Ahhh, I was thinking about that but didn't know if that could cause throttling. Yep, it's 180W. I use a laptop cooler too, not sure if that could affect power consumption much though. Do you know if the 220W P170 power supply is plug-and-play with the P150?

 

if PSU was not strong enough you would brick the PSU and laptop would crash or switch to battery. My g51j bricked the 120 and 150w so i had to get a 180 because of my 920xm. So it shouldn't be PSU. It is probably dropping because CPU is now bottleneck. Look at each test score see if you can find a correlation somewhere.

 

Thank you so much, I was really bummed because I just read an 11 page thread about P150EM power supplies only to find out no 220W PS were compatible lol.

I have all my benchmarks bookmarked on my other hdd, so I'll pull those and compare with the few I have saved on my ssd. It's pretty much a steady decline though, starting at stock clocks it steadily drops from around 8k to a low of 7500. Here are a couple ones I have:

Stock Clocks Physics Score: 79xx

975/1450 Physics Score: 7721
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P7235 3DMarks
975/1450 Physics Score: 7739
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P7279 3DMarks
1025/1525 Physics Score: 7629
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P7354 3DMarks
1050/1550 Physics Score: 7552
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz,CLEVO P15xEMx score: P7434 3DMarks

 

also get a kilo watt meter if your pulling 220-250 watts your pushing the PSU to the point of bricking. it is probably ~80% efficient. my 120 PSU would peak 150 watts from wall than brick

 

Will do, I think I have one in the garage. Thanks for the help man.

 

Hey guys

Did new test with 1037/1560 overclock, cpu has also overclock(3.8- 4 cores) and throttlestop. (this is stock voltage)

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,CLEVO P170EM score: P7863 3DMarks

I can't get core to 1040, memory at 1560, i think it might be possible to get to 1600 if i can get the slider to go further.

 

AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor,CLEVO P170EM score: P7990 3DMarks wow lol got to 1600 memory, will test further.


Edit: 1037/1600 it is. Got blue screen with with 1620.

 

very nice scores mate.....:thumbsup:
you hit 8000gpu score.very nice

 

i think that my psu is overlimit....to go further.....
im thinking to buy bigger psu in good price.
but where???

 

First off i hate both of you :'( Second whats your PSU you should be fine

I only get 950 1400 and i run at 900 1400 because somethings 950 1400 isn't stable :/


EDIT wait and your using stock voltage!!!! OH COME ON!!!!!!! That is sick i despise you!!!!!!

I got to be on 1.075 voltage to get my clocks. tried higher voltage but nothing

 

LOL,im trying to say that when i was ov-1.075v,i hit 1050/1560.my score was that:
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2960XM Processor,CLEVO P150HMx score: P7820 3DMarks
so something is wrong here.
the other mate@fantabul hit 1037/1600=8000gpu score.
i dont know mate??
so i think that my psu is overlimit for power.
edit:what can i say about your card mate....dont be sad ,because its small deference in real gaming performance....

 

5 FPS os 5 FPS. what is PSU wattage? if it is 200+ you are fine

 

1037/1600 is not stable for gaming though. I am playing safe wit h 1015/1530- 1525/1550 is doable too. How much difference does increasing voltage make ? Do you think i can reach 1150/1700 ?

Forgive my noobness but where can i find good a good clevo gpu bios that increases voltage but not clocks ( i wan to use software for that).

 

Damn nice scores fantab! I really need to get my cpu scores sorted out... that or upgrade to a 3720

My last four gigs of ram will be in tomorrow, thinking about getting typhoon burner and go for 1866mhz then start benchmarking again.

8000 Graphics score? Challenge accepted!

Edit: Did another run at 1050/1550. Physics score improved a little, graphics score about the same. I'll probably need to raise clocks again to hit 8000 in the graphics department. http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5200897

 

i wouldn't worry about pyschics score....it wont make any difference in any games. Just wait a year or two and snag a 3920xm

 

Very true. I guess it wouldn't make sense to pick up a better cpu unless I could get a really good deal on one.

Anyway, I tried gaming on 1075/1575 and I got a BSOD. It was probably the core clock that I went overboard with. I could probably make it through 3DMark11 without crashing, but there's no point in running a benchmark if it isn't gaming-stable. It doesn't really show the true potential of the gpu then. Looks like probably won't be hitting 8k after all.

 

try 1.075 than 1.1v you should be fine at 1.075v though.

 

I found the modified dell bios made by svl7, but they are well... Dell and from back in May. Are there any updated versions for clevo ?

 

Clevo versions are within the thread that contains the dell ones (just a few pages in).
But that's still and older vbios and only for HM not EM.

 

just extract your bios from your card and update them. follow TI forums guide. Can't tell you what the URL is because i forgot my TI password -_- and svl hasn't told me. I don't remember email either -_- So i can't access my subscriptions. Just make an account over there and search for it.

 

So, I just ordered a laptop with an i7 3630qm and 7970m and while I don't plan on overclocking it until I feel the need to once more demanding games come out, I was just wondering what kind of performance boosts you guys were seeing in game? Are we talking about a 10-20% increase without changing the voltage or much less? Just curious!