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    HD2600 and AMDGPU clock tool

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Clairvoyant47, Mar 30, 2008.

  1. Clairvoyant47

    Clairvoyant47 Notebook Enthusiast

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    FIRST QUESTION:

    so i got amdgpu clock tool and i overclok/underclock my card.. gaming/everyday use, but in like 50% of the times when i change the frequencies its a screen blink and frequencies are changed no problem, but in other 50% my monitor turns off and after 20-30 sec its back on and i get a message like "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered "

    what could be the problem, is anyone else having these problems with HD2600??
    btw. i have Vista Home Premium SP1

    SECOND QUESTION:
    when i overclock my GPU temp goes up to cca 66 C and my cpu is 69 C max HWMonitor temps... is the gpu temp too high?? i read some people saying when they OC the temp doesnt go above 60 C?? so is my card getting too hot?

    when i OC i go from default 500/400 to 670/470 which is lower then some other people and i still get higher temp...

    i have a Toshiba A200:
    T5450 @1.66GHZ
    2GB Ram
    HD 2600 256DDR2
    160GB hdd
     
    Clairvoyant47, Mar 30, 2008
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  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Are you serious? Of course your temps will go high, that a 200mhz increase of the core clock... Is 69 the temperature when idling or on load? Get a notebook cooler.
     
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    Clairvoyant47 Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol i know my temps will go higher :D
    and ofc its under load (playing bioshock all high for30 minutes)
    but the thing is the post i read somewhere the guy OCed like 700/500 which is higher than me, and he never got above 60 C while i got 66 C though not sure if he used a cooler ...thats the GPU
    my CPU went 69C

    but what im asking is are those temps "dangerous" :confused: :confused:
     
    Clairvoyant47, Mar 30, 2008
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    My gpu(8600m gt) goes to 80 when OC but Nvidia cards limit is I think 130C. I don't know about ati but as long as it doesn't reach 100C you should be fine, anyway the card will throttle down if it sense that it is overheating. 60-70 is good. You shouldn't be worried.
     
    Ayle, Mar 30, 2008
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    If your concerned get a notebook cooler. My temps are around yours (can get to 75 degrees). But you will get a noticable heat increase with 170mhz OCing loolz
     
    miscolobo, Mar 30, 2008
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Damnit, you can get AMD GPU tool to run? Argh. And your OC goes that high? I can get 513/500 from 500/400 with atitool. Stupid non OC'able laptop...

    But those temps are good, if OC'd and under load. If they were idling at that, it would've been worrisome.
     
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    Clairvoyant47 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hmm, no one else with HD2600 to tell me their temps??? :confused: :confused:

    i guess 66C should be ok, since Nvidias cards run at a lot higher temps, but maybe ATI cards dont tolerate that much heat... thats why im afraid the card might be getting a bit too hot...

    and ofc Nvidia is 90nm process (i think) and HD2600 is 65nm...so nvidia people expected the temps to go quite high and built a more heat resistant card, and maybe ATI didnt... :confused: :confused:

    would be great if someone with better knowledge of these things could reply.. ;) :D

    EDIT: my first question anyone?? :D
     
    Clairvoyant47, Mar 31, 2008
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    oh, I would tell you, but mine can't be measured by any tool.
     
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    Everest, HWMonitor, dunno if ATI TRAY TOOLS has temps??? speedfan ?? temp02 is the gpu i think in speed fan...did u try all of those?

    btw. i underclocked mine atm 250/200 and idle temp is around 25, going down to 23 sometimes :D
     
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    I only have HDD, Temp 01, and the 2 core temps (which are wrong) isn speedfan. Everest, AtiTool and AtiTrayTools didn't work.

    But HWmonitor worked. Thanks. My temps are 50C idle, 60C under load, 71C oc'd (memory clock up 100 MHz, to 500MHz.
     
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    Clairvoyant47 Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow you go even higher than me :D guess im safe yaaay :D
    i guess you dont have a notebook cooler, neither do I, but i lifted the back by 3cm to increase airflow i think it helps..you should try the same..
     
    Clairvoyant47, Mar 31, 2008
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    I go higher than you, cause I don't touch my core clocks. Those can't be touched. I don't think even the minor 13 MHz I managed is stable. 70-75 ain't too much, at least for this laptop.
     
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    i meant you go higher in temp.

    what you mean by those cant be touched(core clocks)? your laptop doesnt let you or what?
     
    Clairvoyant47, Mar 31, 2008
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    Anything above 513Mhz, and i get artifacting directly. I only tried 513 for 5-ish minutes, so i don't know if it's stable. I decided not to risk it.

    Oh, also, remember that my CPU is clocked higher than yours, thus uses more power and because of that give out more heat, which affects the GPU temp.
     
    fabarati, Mar 31, 2008
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    wow weird about the artifacts, i didnt use any program to test for them but i didnt notice any problems with my display, maybe i should...
    too bad you cant go over 513 core, do you get artifacts when u leave mem @400 and increase clock to 513?? or when u increase both..?

    youre using ati tool??
    maybe you should try amd gpu clock, see if it makes a difference (wild guess :D)
     
    Clairvoyant47, Mar 31, 2008
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Yeah, it was when the mem was at 400. And I can't run AMD gpu clock. It refuses to start up. And using ATI Tray Tolls makes me Bsod.
     
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    sometimes when i start AMD GPU clock, it doesnt start right away, it takes about 20 sec to start, i go task manager and see it loading(taking more and more ram) and then it turns on... btw. you must run it as administrator, right click on exe file and go run as administrator..maybe thats the problem, anyway try running it and give it some time..
     
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    I have tried all of that. But I guess doing it again doesn't hurt.
     
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    Ok, so AMD GPU tool ran now (i'm on different drivers, Bios and no UAC), but still issues, Like before, my screen goes black at 540 MHz. Basicly, my core is not OC'able.
     
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    did u read my problem with AMDGPU clock, i get the same black screen, my monitor shuts down, then after 20sec it turns on saying "driver has stopped responding and has recovered"...so youre not alone with that :D
    guess amdgpu clock isnt all that reliable.. :(

    btw. maybe we should have PM each other since no one here is interested in dicussing this with us :D

    anyway ill leave my question if anyone comes by :

    hmm, no one else with HD2600 to tell me their temps???

    i guess 66C should be ok, since Nvidias cards run at a lot higher temps, but maybe ATI cards dont tolerate that much heat... thats why im afraid the card might be getting a bit too hot...

    and ofc Nvidia is 90nm process (i think) and HD2600 is 65nm...so nvidia people expected the temps to go quite high and built a more heat resistant card, and maybe ATI didnt...

    would be great if someone with better knowledge of these things could reply..

    EDIT: my first question anyone??
     
    Clairvoyant47, Mar 31, 2008
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    hey i have hd2600 too idle temp is 30, 50 when gaming and after OC something like 50/70. I think your temps are totally normal.
     
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    BUMPY BUMPY :D


    i guess 66C should be ok, since Nvidias cards run at a lot higher temps, but maybe ATI cards dont tolerate that much heat... thats why im afraid the card might be getting a bit too hot...

    and ofc Nvidia is 90nm process (i think) and HD2600 is 65nm...so nvidia people expected the temps to go quite high and built a more heat resistant card, and MAYBE ATI didnt????????

    would be great if someone with better knowledge of these things could reply..

    my first question anyone??
     
    Clairvoyant47, Apr 1, 2008
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