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    GTX 560M Overclocking issues

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Rambisco, Jan 2, 2012.

  1. Rambisco

    Rambisco Notebook Consultant

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    So I'm using MSi Afterburner to OC my GPU, so I can hopefully play skyrim on ultra. At stock, under load, I get 63C normally, and it spikes at 70C. I tried OCing to 1000/2000/1505, and started testing it out.

    I was playing skyrim and got 29 FPS. Did the OC, clicked "apply", and my FPS jumped to 36 for like 5 seconds. Then the screen flashed, and I was back at 29. Is this a driver crash, can I not overclock this far, I can't test temps if it does this, so I was wondering if it's my laptop, card, maybe optimus? or possibly MSi Afterburner that's causing the issue. (And is this too insane of an overclock to be stable without an under laptop cooler?)
     
    Rambisco, Jan 2, 2012
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    R3d Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your OC is not stable. You have to either raise the voltage or lower the OC.
     
    R3d, Jan 2, 2012
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  3. Rambisco

    Rambisco Notebook Consultant

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    The voltage is greyed out, and I checked the enable voltage control in the settings.

    And also, is there an alternate way to see if your OC is working besides staring at your FPS?
     
    Rambisco, Jan 2, 2012
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