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    Can't make overclocking stick!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by an4rew, Sep 15, 2008.

  1. an4rew

    an4rew Notebook Enthusiast

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    Dell XPS M1530
    8600M GT 256mb ddr3 i think.
    177.98 with .INF
    Vista Ultimate SP1

    When i first overclocked with Rivatuner it worked great until i rebooted, i can live with that but when i move the sliders now and click apply they reset immediately.

    The overclock i did was 600/900 and it didn't even go over 70c after gaming for 3hrs.

    Please help as my games are running like crap now with the higher settings i was using due to the overclock :rolleyes:
     
    an4rew, Sep 15, 2008
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  2. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    That used to happen to me, with my 8600. Try reinstalling the driver.
     
    Kevin, Sep 15, 2008
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    classic77 Notebook Evangelist

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    That usually happens when the driver isn't overclockable, try 174.74, or just reinstalling whatever worked before.
     
    classic77, Sep 15, 2008
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    an4rew Notebook Enthusiast

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    reinstalling the graphics driver... seems to work again, letting me set the clock until i shutdown :) (sleep will do for now)

    classic77, i've tried that driver and a few more avoiding the 160s, even tried as far back as the 101.14 driver.

    EDIT: i found the problem was Nvidia Powermizer... changed some settings in registry :D
     
    an4rew, Sep 15, 2008
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