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    Holy Cow! Vostro 1500 O/C 3DMark06 @ 3834!!!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Sep 16, 2007.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Holy Crap!

    I spent some time going through the undervolting of CPU and overclocking of GPU and ended up with a stable 8600m GT DDR2 (475/400 stock) to overclock to 600/510! Been running 3DMark06 GPU tests for over 45 minutes now with no noticeable artifacting, no crashing, and temps are only about 60C!!! Ended up spending the $20 for 3DMark06. Figure it's cheaper than buying a laptop with 8600m GT with GDDR3!

    ATITool determined max GPU of 635 and max Mem of 530 after a few hours, but running with that would crash 3DMark06 after a short period. I figure 600/510 is a fair bump down while still maintaining a solid overclock.

    I still need to update the BIOS so that I can use the latest drivers, but so far so good.
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 16, 2007
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    revoletion Notebook Consultant

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    ingame bench please!

    preferably: World in Conflict
    Counterstrike source (if possible)
     
    revoletion, Sep 16, 2007
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    Grrrr.

    I tried using nibitor and nvflash, and it isn't a good experience.

    It gave me a subsystem mismatch. Even though I override it, 3DMark05 or 06 refuse to run. I have run so many driver versions and same result.

    I was using nibitor 3.5 and nvflash 5.5.

    Any suggestions? Now that nvidia blocked driver o/c'ing - dammit.
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 17, 2007
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    Mimino Notebook Communist

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    did u try using new riva tuner, people say it works with .44 drivers?!
     
    Mimino, Sep 17, 2007
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    What resolution were you running 3dmark06? 1280x1024 or 1024x768?
     
    jessi3k3, Sep 17, 2007
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    Default resolution, 1280x1024.

    Problem is that I can o/c with driver, but with BIOS flash is giving me issues, so trying to work through that.

    That comment from Big V, I will try the new RivaTuner later tonight (2.04?)
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 17, 2007
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    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Why did you buy 3Dmark06? There are other stresstests available for free.
     
    fabarati, Sep 17, 2007
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    Because he can afford it :p, not a bad score for a DDR2 8600M-GT, and for 99% of lptop owners it's best. I myself am sitting pretty on 9400 OC'ed at XGA and 8200 OC'ed at default :p but with WAY higher temps lol - 80ºC+ but still stable :)
     
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    i always liked the hype behind 3dmark scores... can anyone explain it to me?! :)
    htwingnut, not really sure about the tuner, i have 2.03, so i guess, 04 is the latest(even tho i had mine for less than a week, and they already got a new release)
     
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    Well, it seems that I goofed. I used the BIOS flash technique, but didn't realize that I need to o/c the shader clock at 2x the speed of the GPU. Now it is running rock stable at 590/490 with Shader @ 1180.

    I bought 3DMark06 because I am always fiddling with PC's and performance of some sort. I don't care much for the hype behind 3DMark scores, but it is a benchmark, and a standardized one at that. It is a good indicator of how your PC performs compred with other configurations on the same system or other systems.

    I am running some benches tonight on World in Conflict to compare results with previous ones at stock clock. Now that makes more sense, I agree.
     
    HTWingNut, Sep 17, 2007
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