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    No OC allowed on 8400M GS at all?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by theseadragon, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. theseadragon

    theseadragon Notebook Consultant

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    I was toying around with trying to OC my 8400; I used ATItool, RivaTuner 2.09, and nTune and NADA! I can move the sliders to change the clock and memory, and test the new settings (always OK, I'm trying 475/475 vs. default of 400/400) but the settings won't stay, they always revert to stock.

    I am using driver version 163.44 because those were supposedly optimized for Bioshock.

    Any suggestions? Am I missing something?

    If this was covered elsewhere, apologies, I tried a search but didn't see exactly what I was looking for.

    Thanks.
     
    theseadragon, Aug 6, 2008
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  2. Nirvana

    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    it's the driver, some let you OC, some won't.
     
    Nirvana, Aug 6, 2008
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    660hpv12 Notebook Deity

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    try forceware drivers from laptop2go. the instructions in listed in the sticky. btw I have a 200mhz core OC on my 8400gs (had the 3 bars maxed in riva tuner) 2100 points in 3dmark06
     
    660hpv12, Aug 6, 2008
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  4. theseadragon

    theseadragon Notebook Consultant

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    Which driver version would be stable and allow OC? On Win XPSP2?
     
    theseadragon, Aug 7, 2008
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    MegaMan X Notebook Evangelist

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    169.04 will let you oc
     
    MegaMan X, Aug 7, 2008
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    theseadragon Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks MegaMan; I downloaded and installed 169.04 and it lets me OC just fine!!!
     
    theseadragon, Aug 7, 2008
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