Overclocking Nvidia Geforce 8600m GS.....

Hey everyone. There are a few games coming out soon (Left 4 Dead, Spore, and a few others) that I'd like to have my computer prepared for. I have an HP dv9730nr. The specs are:

core 2 duo 1.66 mhz (upgrading to a 2.2ghz though)
Nvidia geforce 8600m gs with 512 mb of memory
3gb

Anyway, when it comes to overclocking, I'm a complete noob. I have rivatuner but a lot of the settings I see on sample overclockings are missing, such as the "shader clock" on the power tab. The stock "3d performace" settings are 500 core/400 memory. So......any idea on how I can overclock and what some recommendations are for overclocked settings? Sorry guys, like I said.....I'm a complete noob when it comes to the world of overclocking.....but if it will improve the graphics of my games, I'd like to give it a try.

Thanks!

 

Which driver are you using? I found out that some driver sets don't allow OC on 8400/8600; when I switched to 169.04, I was able to change the settings for my GPU.

 

thanks for the reply. I just switched to 169.04 drivers and set my clocks for 600/1200/450 using riva tuner. Does this seem adequate or should I do less/more? Btw, I just ran 3dMarks and my 3Dmarks score was 5516. Is that good?

 

5500? With what resolution? How high temps? Was it 3DMark06 or older?

 

3DMark05.....All settings are default, I just ran 3Dmark.... so I think its 1024 x 768....

 

Are you monitoring your temps?

 

I suggest you incrementally increase your clock and memory together (leave the shader linked) and monitor temps in Rivatuner, there is a sticky somewhere around here on how to set up Rivatuner so you can monitor FPS and Temp while you are running a game. It's actually pretty easy to do and a great idea so you can see if you are frying your GPU.

IDK about the 3D scores, you can check on their website for comparison; I just go by if I get any improvement in a game I am running

 

try this:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3000755#post3000755

 

okay, so I added a temp monitor to Rivaturner so that I now have graphs for core clocks, core temperature, and cpu0 and cpu 1 temperature. Which should I really keep an eye on when running games? And at what temperatures should I start lowering the clock?

Thanks

 

GPU temp, it's the only thing what may get too high, the other very rarely go over the safe zone.

If you're GPU temp goes over 90 degrees while gaming, then you should lower the clocks.
Everything below is safe. Though when your gpu temp is over 70 degrees when you're not playng .. well, that's not normal either.