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    MSI Afterburner 30% OC limit.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by kivnul, Mar 23, 2011.

  1. kivnul

    kivnul Notebook Guru

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    Greetings.

    I am currently using MSI Afterburner to OC my 470m graphics card. My system is rock solid stable at the max core OC of 30% over stock. Is there any way to get this program to allow higher OC's or is there a better program to do this? Thanks!
     
    kivnul, Mar 23, 2011
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  2. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    MSI Afterburner?

    Have you tried Nvidia System Tools?
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 23, 2011
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  3. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nvidia system tools might also limit the max OC.

    Try nvidia inspector.
     
    moral hazard, Mar 23, 2011
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  4. MaxGeek

    MaxGeek Notebook Evangelist

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    In MSI Afterurner the readme file explains how to enable unofficial overclocking. You can try that. It is a bit confusing though so you may need to google for a tutorial on how to do this.
     
    MaxGeek, Mar 23, 2011
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  5. kivnul

    kivnul Notebook Guru

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    Grand. Thank you for the suggestions.

    Edit: Seems the unofficial overclocking in MSI Afterburner only applies to ATI cards.
     
    kivnul, Mar 23, 2011
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  6. jerg

    jerg Have fun. Stay alive.

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    Trust me, you nvidia guys have it easy with overclocking.
     
    jerg, Mar 24, 2011
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  7. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    ? I've never had any problems with ATI overclocking. Actually I found it harder to OC on nvidia because there are three separate speeds to take into account.

    $.02 :)
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 24, 2011
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    nope.jpg

    I went through about ten sets of modded and official drivers from ATI (AMD now), and about 5 different overclocking apps before I could actually overclock my Mobility Radeon HD 3650.

    I haven't even bothered with the 5870 yet...
     
    Amnesiac, Mar 24, 2011
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  9. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Really?! o_O

    I recently played around with a Vaio with a 5650m and it worked like a charm... first try. I used RivaTuner 2.24c. Same goes with the 5870 in my MacPro.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 24, 2011
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  10. Dragauss

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    Try EVGA Precision.
     
    Dragauss, Mar 24, 2011
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  11. TomJG90

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    Lol i've been ocing on my G73 for ages. You just have to get Chasity's overdrive vBIOS and hell you can OC as much as you want :D..
     
    TomJG90, Mar 25, 2011
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  12. MagusDraco

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    well for msi you can OC it.

    totally close the program, and reopen it and you should have reset where the "default" OC range is at to start at what your currently clocks are.

    Meaning you can OC higher now. That's how it worked with my envy 14 (not that I could go up much beyond 550/800 since HP undervolted the cards and hard locked that undervolt to the point of running anything besides msi afterburner just crashes the computer)
     
    MagusDraco, Mar 25, 2011
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  13. H.A.L. 9000

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    I was just about to post... I looked into Radeon BIOS Editor today and it lets you do whatever the heck you want to your AT-...AMD graphics card. :rolleyes:
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 25, 2011
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  14. Star Forge

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    Thank the maker that the FirePro M7820 Voltage isn't locked, but typical HP means I can't OC well on this card with any OC Program (they prolly gimped on the Memory Controller quality :rolleyes:) but MSI Afterburner seems to stick the clocks best, even better than AMD Clock Tool (which I was a fierce supporter of as the choice for software OC when I had the Envy 15).

    For nVidia, I got with the System Tools or EVGA Precision.
     
    Star Forge, Mar 25, 2011
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  15. MagusDraco

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    yeah. I'm stuck with a wonderful 0.95 volts.

    meanwhile someone else with a CTO1100 envy 14 gets 1.00 volts and can use amd gpu clock tool.

    HP. Why? I mean sure I'm glad I have a radiance screen but damn.
     
    MagusDraco, Mar 26, 2011
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