GTX 560M Limits?

Hey guys, I am getting a laptop with an NVIDIA GTX 560M GPU and I was wondering, how well does this card work? What games can it play and on what settings?

I really just want to know what this card can take! (Without overclocking!!!)

 

Look at game benchmarks at the bottom of the link:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

As someone with a GTX 460m, I can say it can play any game out right now on very high settings (Crysis and Metro can't play on ultra).

 

It should be able to handle new games. And OC'ing the 560M should be a breeze. It should be able to handle 875-900 Mhz core clock and still staying cool (GPU temp.) A G74 with a 192-bit 560M would not have any problems OC'ing incase you want to glorify the graphics on a game such as Skyrim which is not purely DirectX11.

I bet you could leave the 560M 192-bit clocked at 875 Mhz without worrying about GPU temps. if you have a great cooling laptop like the G74.

Right now I just leave my 460M 192-bit clocked at 775 same as a 560M stock and temps. just sits at 73*C after playing for like 4 hrs., it idles at 35*-43*C

 

I clocked my G560m up to 850 (after originally thinking I wasn't going to OC) Temps seemed pretty reasonable except in Furmark, so I kept it there. It could easily have gone higher, and maybe it will after I repaste tomorrow.

 

So far I've seen a 560m OC up to 942mhz, so no doubt you have room to get more out of it. I wonder if anyone will hit 1000mhz successfully, and stable enough to leave that high all the time.

 

Could I get a quick explanation on overclocking? I understand that it is pushing a component beyond what it was originally designed for but how is it done?
Also, does it decrease the lifespan of the component?

And to ElBlufer:
Reapply paste? Do you mean the IC Diamond stuff? You have had your laptop for maybe two weeks now, do you have to reapply that often?

 

what matters is how much FPS increase are u guys getting from all of this overclocking? %5-%10 ?

 

I figured I'd save myself $25 and apply IC Diamond myself. I got the stock on my config.

EDIT: Also, I haven't really been checking FPS...I just figured I'd be getting and increase and didn't really feel like I needed to see what it is. I'll check it out the next few times I open The Witcher 2....now, just to find a good program for reading FPS...

 

^^indeed to save yourself 25 and get the ic diamond tube for less than half of that, and keep the tube is indeed a great thinking, and since I got mine for free, my new mbp is going to feel the power of

 

^^It would be saving $30, but I had to buy a compound to take off the thermal compound well. If I'm going to do it, I want to do it right (and, I'm going to try to qualify for a tube of IC Diamond through that giveaway by posting info...might as well get some free paste).

 

I just alcohol. its simple and gets the job. The only problem is the huge amounts of cotton that is needed, glad that I live with my sister

 

Been running at 901/1802/1480 as my default. No problems. 72c highest I've seen it go on Crysis2 hardcore settings. 12% increase performance. -np8130