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    Overclocking Basics

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by clester, Jul 25, 2007.

  1. clester

    clester Notebook Enthusiast

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    Forgive me if there is already a thread on this. but i did a quick search and couldn't find out the info i need.

    Quite simply, I have an Inspiron 1520 with 8600M GT and i want to try some overclocking (of the Video Card)

    What's the best way to go about this?

    Basically, what drivers, Inf files, programs etc, do i need?

    I have the laptopvideo2go page here and theres a bewildering amount of files, with very little help.

    So if someone could list the files i need and how to quickly install them and get the OC working, I'd be Very grateful!

    Thanks in advance.

    And futher apologies if this has been dicussed before - perhaps if it has, a link rather than a rebuke might be nice :)
     
    clester, Jul 25, 2007
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    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    First of all, the 8600GT is already a powerful card, why would you want to overclock it?
     
    usapatriot, Jul 25, 2007
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    youra6 Notebook Consultant

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    youra6, Jul 25, 2007
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    AmazingGracePlayer Notebook Deity

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    I want to know how to do that tooo, so thanks for the link youra. Any downsides to overclocking other than the card gets hot?
     
    AmazingGracePlayer, Jul 25, 2007
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    youra6 Notebook Consultant

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    If you dont know what you are doing and over- overclock your GPU unit, it could overheat and burnout... But that site should tell you enough that you wont make that mistake
     
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    clester Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh I just want to know i can do it when i need to. Mostly I probably wont need to, but when the really tricky stuff comes out.. well i'd like to give it a go.

    and I have Oc'd processors before, just not a vid card. thanks for the link :)
     
    clester, Jul 25, 2007
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