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    Overclocking an ATI Mobility Radeon X200M

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Emerican_Idiot, Aug 12, 2006.

  1. Emerican_Idiot

    Emerican_Idiot Notebook Consultant

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    I want to get The Gateway MX7118, it comes with an ATI Mobility Radeon X200M 64 mbs would it be possible to overclock it to 128mbs without having it over heat and without getting a new fan using Powerstrip?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Aug 12, 2006
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    I've heard that it's possible to overclock this card even though it's integrated, but the end results aren't much of an improvement.
     
    z5sharp, Aug 12, 2006
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    Is it hard to overclock it can I use a program like powerstrip to do it and will it overclock to 128 mbs?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Aug 12, 2006
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    Using a program like Powerstrip only lowers latencies; it doesn't improve the memory. But like I said, even if it's possible, there isn't a large margin for improvement. If you really want a good graphics card, I'd look into another computer.
     
    z5sharp, Aug 12, 2006
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    I'm sure you can overclock it and get better performance out of it, but it's still only gonna have 64MB of vRAM. Nothing is going to change that. That's a physical component of the computer.
     
    Paul, Aug 12, 2006
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    There's very little to gain by overclocking an X200M. Performance is so low to begin with, that even if you overclock and gain, say a 20% performance increase, it won't amount to much in games.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 12, 2006
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    well you can always integrate the rest of ram to use 64mb from your systems ram and that would make it 128
     
    Lost187, Aug 12, 2006
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  8. Emerican_Idiot

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    How do you do that?
     
    Emerican_Idiot, Aug 14, 2006
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