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    Overclocking aspire 9300 graphics

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Hairy_Lee, Jul 1, 2007.

  1. Hairy_Lee

    Hairy_Lee Notebook Consultant

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    i have an aspire 9300 with the geforce go 7600. It appears that i have one with the crippled 64-bit memory interface; so i've been trying to overclock it to squeeze a little more performance out of it, heat isn't an issue as i removed the stock thermal paste and used actic silver 5 and i keep a close watch on the temps.

    however, when i go to overclock the graphics using riva tuner or atitool the clocks immediately revert back to their stock defaults even though there isn't a problem at all.

    I'm thinking that overclocking has been blocked via the bios, can anybody shed any light on this or if there's a way around this because the performance i'm getting from the graphics on this unit is woeful and quite frustrating.
     
    Hairy_Lee, Jul 1, 2007
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    Supersod Newbie

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    Hi there,

    I have the same laptop i think, Did you ever manage to OC your go7300? :cool:
     
    Supersod, Mar 21, 2008
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  3. Hairy_Lee

    Hairy_Lee Notebook Consultant

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    yeah i used rivatuner to do it; it was the only tool that would work on it. i was trying the ntune software before but rivatuner did the trick. I managed to get it up to 500 mhz but then one of the touchpad buttons on the mainboard got stuck down and i had to have the mainboard swapped out. The chip in there now will only get to 430 MHz but its still a marked improvement over the standard speed. At the moment i dont have it overclocked because i haven't played games on it for a while.
     
    Hairy_Lee, Mar 21, 2008
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  4. james_xsi

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    hello i know it is off subject but i am wanting to upgrade my aspire 9300 laptop (cpu) and i see you live in plymouth just wandering what would be the best one to get and where to get it from? any hepl would be great
     
    james_xsi, Feb 10, 2009
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  5. Hairy_Lee

    Hairy_Lee Notebook Consultant

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    i believe the best cpu you can get is the tl-64 for this unit. price and availability may be an issue however. I've seen them on ebay a few times. I bought mine from work so getting hold of one wasn't an issue.
    Personally i dont think going from the tl-56 to the tl-60 that i have has made any noticeable difference, especially when you consider how poor the graphics capabilities of the GPU are.
    Might be worth saving your pennies :)
     
    Hairy_Lee, Feb 10, 2009
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    i wanted to do it as i only have a turion 64 mk-38 running at 2.2 and really wanted a dual core
     
    james_xsi, Feb 10, 2009
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    hairy_lee, any chance i could grab your email address?
     
    gremlin1984, Apr 13, 2009
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