Overclocking the 9600M GT DDR2

So after being a little disappointed with this snail's performance in my Sager NP2096, I decided to try overclocking it. I have plenty of experience overclocking desktop cards but not mobile GPUs.

A couple of problems I have run into:

1. I am on Vista x64, and windows tells me Rivatuner 2.09 requires signed drivers. I saw they put a signed driver in the Rivatuner install package but I don't know how to tell Rivatuner to use it.

2. Ati Tool, same thing. Requires signed driver but Ati Tool .27 beta 4 is supposed to be compatible with Vista 64.

I guess it would be more accurate to say I don't have any experience overclocking on a 64 bit operating system.

And another question: How hot is too hot for the 9600M GT?

Please help me get flames to shoot out of my laptop!

 

well... if you want flames to shoot out of your laptop, double (triple, quadruple w/e) all the clock rates. im sure that would set your laptop on fire (you'll see im being quite literal today). but if you want it to survive, i have no idea. ive never overclocked. lol

*EDIT* DONT DO THIS UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR LAPTOP TO EITHER SET YOUR HOUSE ON FIRE OR YOU THINK FIRE IS PRETTY AND LIKE BURNING MONEY

 

It's usually recommended not to overclock a laptops GPU more than 10-15% of the default clocks, but that can vary depending on each individual GPU.(manufacturer, memory type, cooling, etc)

You can try NVIDIA nTune to overclock your 9600M GT.

Temperatures higher than 90C are a cause for concern.

 

dont post unless you have constructive comments to make.

to thread starter: are you using stock drivers? I have no experience with the 9600m gt, but with the 8 series GPUs, you need a forceware driver. I suggest latopvideo2go. I dont belive the 9600m gt is that slow, it should be quite good as is. since the card is ddr2, i doubt it has much head room to overclock, thus will not make a big difference 3fps at best. I really dont think there is a difference to overclock a card in 32bit or 64bit OS

 

Ha ha, don't worry, I know that guy was just joking.

I am using the 177.92 drivers with the modded inf from laptopvideo2go. They seem to be working fine.

To Cheeseman- I hate ntune! It never works right for me on my desktop overclocking projects. I want to try and get Rivatuner or atitool to work but vista 64's driver signing crap is getting in the way.

 

Lol, i guess to get flames to shoot out you'd have to buy a laptop heater. But i'll advice on getting a laptop cooler to keeps temp down. Its amazing after getting one and watching normal operating temps down down some 15C and getting more room to overclock. Its the safest insurence against laptop overheating and a sure bet for maintenance.

I'd say that you should keep temps below 85C to be safe.

And for Rivatuner, i suggest using forceware 174.74 for overclocking. Its the best 'signed' driver ive used to date. Hope it works out for you.

 

What I mean about signed drivers is that rivatuner itself requires signed 64 bit drivers. When installing rivatuner Windows pops up a message that says programs require signed drivers for this version of windows.

Rivatuner installs ok, and it runs, but I see now that it is not correctly detecting the default clocks for the gpu. Using GPU-Z, the clocks on the 9600M GT DDR2 are set to 500core/400memory/1250shader. Rivatuner detects 400core/400memory/800shader.

Wondering if the 9600M GT is even supported by rivatuner 2.09 yet.

 

Are you completely sure the core is not running at 400? All of these things can be controlled by the laptop manufacturer. If the core and shader are not linked at 1:2.5, it might be accurate. Also, is your laptop plugged in during this period? Just checking...

 

I don't think any of the 9000m series is supported by rivatuner yet. 2.09 reads my 9800's clocks as 383/767/301. Try downloading nTune, then see if that lets you OC.

 

Yes, my laptop is plugged in.

I can't understand why rivatuner would report different clocks than gpuz. Which should I trust?

And when I make clock adjustments in rivatuner, they are never reflected in gpuz. So I really can't tell if anything is working properly.

 

Open the 64 bit signed driver package using Rivatuner. Right click the package, then open with, select list of programs, go to program files(x86), rivatuner,rivatuner.exe. Then automatically Rivatuner will identify your drivers.Happy OCing.

 

use rivatuner 2.10, it works, my settings for the dv5t 9600m gt is 550core/1100shader/550memory, i used the nvidia monitor, it shows that i have overclocked core and memory when im playing games but shader is at 1250, which is the max it can go im guessing, so its all good

 

Nice, 2.10 to the rescue. Works for me too. Just need to fiddle with the settings now. is 550core/550memory as high as you could get it, Leetpix?

 

dunno, thats as far as i tested it, i dont want my laptop to explode yet lol, it does get abit hot (90~c) gpu on max settings on test drive unlimited for like 2 hours

 

Ok, I got my dv5t few days ago. I've tried to overclock the 9600M GT to see how far i can push it, but with no luck. It has some weird problems I've never seem before:
- I installed the newest driver from laptopvideo2go.com, with the modded .INF, but every time Vista starts, the Digital vibrance in nVIDIA control center would go all the way up to 100 by itself. The problem is solved when I reinstalled the HP driver.
- With the HP driver, i tried to install Rivatuner 2.10, latest ATITool and nTune, all three didn't work. Rivatuner couldn't read the right clock, ATItool wouldn't recognize the card, and nTune crashes my computer indefinitely.
- One more thing, 3Dmark06 wouldn't work either, it says I don't have the right DirectX version. I've check DirectX and saw that I have version 10. Isn't DirectX 10 supposed to be back-ward compatible?

 

Nope, it was designed that way on purpose. You will need to download DirectX9L (legacy), which I think is still labeled DirextX9C. It is a seperate download and you can find it on Microsofts Website.

 

crappyGPU

The Same stuff for me..

 

LeetPix

I ve got the same notebook,but cant overclock.Whats your Driver Version? Whats your BIOS version?

 

Is this setup still working with np at all? Because i want to try it today.

Cheers.