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    Ati mobility x700 overclockable?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by alkaeda, Aug 26, 2007.

  1. alkaeda

    alkaeda Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi there, is it possible to overclock an ati mobility x700 card that i have in my laptop? If so how?
     
    alkaeda, Aug 26, 2007
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    yes it is. you can use either atitools or atitraytools.
     
    fabarati, Aug 26, 2007
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    alkaeda Notebook Evangelist

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    ok ill download atitool, thanks. another question, what is artifacting and is it a problem?
     
    alkaeda, Aug 26, 2007
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    artifacting is when you see weird things on your screen because you GPU is too highly clocked or worst burned out...(the latter does happen too much)

    Yes it is a problem!

    I use ATi traytools personally.
     
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    Since i don't have ATI (anymore) I don't know which is better. But i believe that ATItool has a better stability test. Try both and see which one you like best. And what johnny said about artifacting is 100% correct
     
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    Chaz should post here. His laptop has an ATI Mobility Radeon X700 256 MB, and he's the mod. He should be able to answer your queries.

    BTW, how come it says in your sig that you have a Geforce 8600M GT in your laptop? EDIT: Nvm, didn't notice it was a pending order.
     
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    alkaeda Notebook Evangelist

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    yeah currently i have a 64mb version of the x700 and it has served me extremely well over the years... and now ive heard about overclocking i thought i could sqeaze a few more FPS from it.

    I have downloaded the tool and can see 2 sliders. My default is 351/330... how much higher should i move these two bars up?
     
    alkaeda, Aug 26, 2007
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    Use the find max clock button.
     
    fabarati, Aug 26, 2007
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    alkaeda Notebook Evangelist

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    alright... but thats surely dangerous since it will be the max the card can do... and the heat increase would be massive too surely? :)
     
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    Atitool has a profile system. There's a setting called 3D-detection. when enabled, it loads the OC-profile that you have saved. And then you can set it so that it chooses another profile when 3d is not used anymore. And you can create a profile that's underclocked. And let windows boot with that profile. Everythung will be cooler then
     
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    alright thanks for ur help so far where do i find this 3d detection setting?
     
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    You open up settings. There there's 2 drop-down boxes. Use The top one. There choose 3d detection.
     
    fabarati, Aug 27, 2007
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  14. alkaeda

    alkaeda Notebook Evangelist

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    cheers, ive checked the 3d detection box :)
     
    alkaeda, Aug 27, 2007
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    Cool. I really like Atitool. Have you Underclocked as well?
     
    fabarati, Aug 27, 2007
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    how would i go about doing that so it starts from bootup underclocked? It wont affect me watching videos on my pc will it?
     
    alkaeda, Aug 27, 2007
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    Nope. Unless you watch bluray's or HD-DVD's. It's another setting. I don't remember which though...
     
    fabarati, Aug 28, 2007
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    hey fabarati i got another problem. WHen i have ati tools open, my game (CSS) won't even start up. How to fix this? It works fine when i close atitool
     
    alkaeda, Aug 29, 2007
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    ... weird. I don't play CS:S, so I don't know why it's like that. I've never had that problem though. But since CS:S is pretty scaleable, don't worry. Just don't OC while running the game. You don't even need to turn off ATItool (under 3D-detection you can add exceptions).
     
    fabarati, Aug 30, 2007
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    alkaeda why not try Ati 'tray' tools? Its works for me! I play CSS with my card OC'd. So why not give it a go? :p
     
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  21. alkaeda

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    ok cheers mate ill give ita go
     
    alkaeda, Aug 30, 2007
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