DANGER overclocking Geforce 7600???

Hi I recently got a laptop with a Geforce 7600 256mb and the stock clocks were at 350/400.. THe way they were, 3DMark05 was only gettin a score of 3200marks! Which was WAY to low for this card. I heard the original factory/design settings for this card are 450/500... So i clocked my card to439/470 using Riva Tuner. My 3D Mark went up to 4100Marks and the average frame rate of FEAR at max settings went from 38Fps to 52Fps in the in game test!! (as well as noticable improvment during gameplay)

What i wanna ask is how safe is it to run my gpu at these clock settings.. Iv been using it for 2 months now at these settings without any problems and these are not the maxed out settings either.. I clocked my card to 450/500 (Honestly) and gameplay was perfect with no artifacts!..Got 3D05 Mark of 4260..but just in case of damage..i left the clocks at 439/470

Even though everything is fine and the gpu isnt running any hotter than normal, im still concerned as to whether running the card at these settings will decrease the life of my gpu/laptop in the long term..???

Any good advice will be appreciated!!

By the way my laptop is a Toshiba Satellite P100..

 

I have been doing a substantial overclock on my X700 for almost a year now. My stock clocks are 351/331 core/memory, and I overclock to 410/400. I do not think it hurts the notebook or the video card at all. Make sure that you keep your laptop well-cooled if you are overclocking. Mine is kept on a cooling pad at all times and I have zero problems.

 

Yeah thats the thing.. Iv never seen a notebook that is so great for staying cool even when its sitting on my lap for hours! And when its on a flat surface, it literally blows out cold air!.. Iv checked the core temp of my gpu when gaming and it never goes abve 58-59 degrees!.. Can you tell me why Toshiba would have chosen to underclock the card so much?? 350/400 seems very low!.. Considering that i checked the clocks in a Qosmio with the Geforce 7600 128mb and it was clocked at 450/450!!..

 

Compal HEL80's is 350/350.. you can't even oc the mem past 370!

 

wow it seems like you've got a lot of headroom. If I were you, I'd go up in 5mhz steps first with the core (until it locks, must do this when it's on load with a stress program or game though, not just on the desktop), and then with the memory until you get artifacts (you can use ATT to test for artifacts). Then put them both up to the max you found that's stalbe w/ no artifacts for at least 500 seconds.

 

well im pretty sure its safe to have my core at 439 when the Qosmio toshiba laptop is clocked at 450..
Although i hope this wont stress the circutry particular to the P100.. even though mine should have the same internal components as a Qosmio (same Intel Dual core/ram/HD so on..

 

As long as it works, it's safe. (And no, it doesn't really stress anything. There are no moving parts, or anything, that can get easily worn)

The problem is only when it no longer works. Then it's no longer safe, and it might or might not be permanently damaged.
And always remember, every piece of hardware is different. Even with identical hardware, there's no reason to expect identical overclocks.

 

As long as you reduce the mem/core by 10 MHz or so after you found artifacts, then it should be safe...

Mine maxed out at about 515/405 ... couldn't get pass 407 on Mem... I know some other Go7600 users managed to get to 520/460+ ... = 3dMark06 - 2700+, 3dMark05 - 4600+
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=60996&highlight=go7600+oc

 

Well i had my memory running at 500Mhz perfectly..but i backed it down to 470 (just to be safe) and that i know that i can increase it again if i want to in the future. I left the core at 439 and never tested above this, as Riva Tuner warns me not to go above 450.. All i wanted was to see a noticable improvement in performance, which i got and also to see a 3D Mark05 above 4000 which i achieved, so im vhappy!

 

I can't go above 420mhz on the memory without artifacts, but i can go to 500mhz on the core before i start having problems. I keep mine at 475/410 as a "safe" overclock..and that nets me about a 3900 in 3dmark05. Runs everything I throw at it to my satisfaction & thats what matters to me.