How do you OC the 7800 go?

I installed the 83.40 driver, and I didn't see anything about overclocking in that nvidia menu (or whatever it's called). I know I installed it right because the option to view the GPU temp was added.

Did I install the wrong driver?... is there more to it? Or is it somewhat hidden?

I can't actually look at it again because I just finished restoring my computer. I installed the i9kfangui fan controller.... mistake.

 

well i got the oc setting, but i am scare to do it i dont know how plus i dont know what would be safe for this card - GO7800GTX

 

Well you shouldn't need much overclocking with that card anyways. I suggest something along the lines of 7800 go GTX Overclocking to see what other people do. Also, just keep an eye on the temps. If it gets to like 85C, you should slow it down a bit...

But dont go by me... different laptops have different limits. From what I understand, the XPS M170 has a pretty good cooling system. At least one better than what is in the E1705... and i know they can be OC'd quite a bit.

 

You could try a program called powerstrip. It's a good easy to use program. One cool thing to do is run 3dmark05 right after you overclock it. That way you can actually see what its doing. With my 6800 my score went from 4157 to 4987 Oc'ed.

 

Actually, the cooling system is very similar if not the same. I used the XPS M1710 when I did the review with Andrew, it is based on the E1705 - even after hours of gaming on end, I was extremely impressed by the cooling system. Dell really did a great job with that. The components are effectively cooled, and Dell did a great job keeping the noise down - it's virtually silent.

Chaz

 

Err well... I guess that was kind of dumb of me. What I should have said is the 7800 GTX has a slightly better cooling system. I remember reading something about is has dual copper bars or something on the heatstink.

So you think the E1705 notebooks have a good cooling system? Thats kind of impressive. I did noticed that the fans never kick in on high. (And the CPU fan rarely turns on in general).

If the fans were on high is would be VERY loud. When I was using i9kfangui, the sound difference between high and low fan speeds was huge.

 

That's interesting . . the XPS M1710 was wonderful, absolutely silent and ran nice and cool. Maybe it has some modifications to the cooling system.

You could always try PowerStrip, see if that works for overclocking.

 

I use either use the Nvidia clock settings from my driver (84.20 Beta from Nvidia) or RivaTuner for my E1705.

 

Ok... I have downloaded drivers from 3 different sites (laptopvideo2go, tweaksrus, and guru 3D). Whenever I try to install a driver I get a message saying "The nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatable with your current hardware. Setup will now exit."

How do I install these drivers? I did it one time, but it was a somewhat complicated process... and I cant remember where the guide is for it.