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    Anyway to underclock/overclock the GMA 900?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Greg, Jul 2, 2006.

  1. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I'm not too sure if this is possible, but I would be curious on extending battery life and/or streching performance a little. Currently own XPS m140 from Dell with 1 GB 533MHz RAM and a 1.86 GHz P-M.
     
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    I think that it is overclocked along with the FSB - meaning - if you overclock FSB - you will overclock memory and CPU and GMA 900.

    Cheers,

    Ivan
     
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    sorry for being a little dense here, but how can you overclock the FSB? On a Dell no less?
     
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    There is no point to overclocking the GMA900, even if it is possible. There will be no performance increase, and underclocked, there will be no battery life increase.
     
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    that's cool...i didn't think that it would work with my FSB already being 533MHz (reference to a old P-M overclocking method for 400MHz FSB).

    Looks like I'll be thinking about get a new computer sooner rather than later though...maybe Christmas time!
     
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    FSB can be overclocked through BIOS if it supports it, and
    you can use ClockGen if it works (haven't found for my rig yet).

    Sorry for the delay - I was busy whole day.


    But what Chaz said - I can confirm that GMA900 on normal clock gives 780
    3dmark06, and 5% overclocked gives 795. So nothing to worry about.

    Ivan
     
    ikovac, Jul 3, 2006
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