CRAZY overclock on 9200 gs ddr2.

ok, so ive had this sack of solder called the 9200 weighing my laptop down since i bought it, giving me about 10 fps in most games at moderate details.
so i thought i would run it to the extreme, give it some pain maybe. maybe get a bit of sadistic pleasure out of it at the same time.

unbelievably, after doing a risky sounding 30% overclock with no artifacting, temps below 60 degrees, and absolutely no problems, i decided to see how high this card can actually clock.

50% overclock later, its STILL running with no problems at all, running at 60 degress on assassins creed (the most demanding game i actually enjoy playing) and only reaching 62 degrees after running 3dmark06 5 times in succession. absolutely no problems. no artifacts, no freezing, no burning PCB board smells, nothing. nada. other than the 8-15fps and 900 extra points in 3dmark06, from 1511 to 2400.

i dont understand it. stock clocks are 500MHz core, 400MHz memory, and 1000MHz shader. im now running (and have been for 4 hours of assassins creed constantly today) 750MHz core, 575MHz memory, and 1500MHz shader. this is the max riva tuner will go up to! (im using Ntune to do the clocking, but its got no link clocks feature like in riva, so i used riva as a reference)

how can it still be sat at 60 degrees!? surely it should be toast by now? the fan is running about 25% (guestemate based on full fan being what it runs at when you do a bios update, aka, fecking loud)

ive done this slowly, clocking it first to below the 9300 gs speeds, then added it in 20MHz steps after that. i cant believe theres been no problems at all.


so my next task: how far CAN it go? if i remember correctly, the memory cannot physically go above 600MHz cos its DDR2, but how far can the core clocks physically go? plus since the temperature detector is on the core rather than the memory it will be easier to see when its about to go nuclear on me due to the core clocks being too high. i just really wanna see what this little puppy can do.

oh, and im using 186.82 drivers.

 

Amazing dude.

I have the 9300m GS

 

You're already at the point of diminishing returns. You could probably go -10 points on each, while not noticing any change in fps.

Oh, and temperature is cool, but it is not the sole factor in determining a card's stability, health, and safety. If it's being stressed too far, you will know soon enough. The cool temp is likely a result of your computer's cooling solution being more than adequate than the 9200M's requirements.

Be careful, because you're killing that GPU.

 

It is amazing. But about the MEMORY CLOCK, just be careful.
GPU doesn't have temperature sensor on detecting/measuring MEMORY CLOCK temperature. So, we don't know how hot is the MEMORY CLOCK.
About the OCed Shader Clock, it is quite normal for me(my shader clock OCed from 950 to 1408 currently). Your OCed Core Clock is impressive.

 

LOL i have a Dv5 and when i play games at stock clocks my temps can go to 81C... how can this Dv5 do this?

 

Just because its temp is cool doesn't mean your card is running fine, heat certainly aint the only thing that can kill your card, it may seem fine now, but in the long term OCing that high will most definitely shorten the gpu's lifespan. You are on the verge of destroying it.

If you plan to use your laptop more than just a few months, i say downclock it a fair bit, and try not to OC the memory much as it is usually the shoddiest part of a GPU and doesn't even have temp sensor.

Be careful as all the people suggested here.

 

If its cool and the voltage has not been up'ed than it should be ok. I would do extensive testing to make sure its fine, because it seems like this shouldn't be possible, but maybe you got a very good piece of silicon and a well built card.

Just test to make sure its really ok though. The temperature sensors on the card cannot get temps from everywhere, so maybe do your own heat testing at different points on the card?

 

i was thinking of doing my own heat testing, but surely you would have to remove the heatsink and fan to get to the gpu part you need to test, making it impossible.

@sean my laptop is propped up on 2 bottle tops either side,makes a brilliant stand. this card runs at ~34 degrees at idle. i dont think any 9600gt can run that cool. lol.

ive run my hand over all the vents and all the panels that normally get warm during gaming and they all seem to be fine, nothing extreme like people with faulty GPUs report. i wouldnt have said it was abnormal.

 

Agreed. My housemate's Nvidia GF 9600M GT 512MB DDR2 runs at 8XC while gaming at stock clocks. While my Nvidia GF 9500M GS 512MB DDR2 runs at 7XC while gaming with 475/400/950 to 615/470/1415.

For Nvidia GF 9200M GS 512MB DDR2, it is a 3rd-Class GPU. So, I guess the temperature will be lower than 2nd-Class GPUs. While we know that 1st-Class GPUs run hotter than the rest of the GPUs.

 

Yea its not a very strong card to begin with, the small bus width and other factors like less shaders allows for more over-clocking overhead.

Like I said, I think you just got an exceptionally well built card with good silicon, and the reasons above allow for even more over-clocking.

 

I remember pushing my 8400m GS on Vostro 1500 to 650/1400/541 and that was from 400/800/400. Besides, max temp never passed beyond 72C

Still, nice OC though on your 9200m gs.

 

you got a great piece of silicon, too bad it's in the form of a 9200. go easy on the memory as the previous posters suggested.

 

Wow that's crazy. Hey as everyone's been saying be careful with that memory (I can speak from experience). Had a 7900gs OCed about 20% for a LONG time back in the day, completely 100% stable the entire time. One day out of the blue, artifacts, BSOD, all that good stuff. Memory went bad.