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    Problem with overclocking

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mcchea, Oct 23, 2008.

  1. mcchea

    mcchea Notebook Consultant

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    I have a XPS 1330 2.2ghz 3gigs RAM 8400m GS. Used to game a lot but have recently stopped as I have grown bored of it. So I overclocked my card a little with performance 3D in Rivatuner. Now that I don't play games, I try to set it to the original settings or if possible underclock it. I would drag all the bars to the left with changing the performance 3D to standard 2D. I've tried a lot in many ways with Rivatuner to underclock it, but it keeps staying the same if I restart the notebook. The Hardware Monitoring still has it as the overclocked settings.

    I've tried downgrading the driver on dell drivers, I think 175 series. I've gotten my drivers from laptops2govideo. I dual monitor with my 19inch TV, and once i downgrade my driver, it effects the resolution with my monitor, which is the main screen. Had to go back to the 180.42 to fix that issue. I want to underclock it or set it back to normal clock speeds, but it always resets
     
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  2. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    What OS are you using?
     
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    mcchea Notebook Consultant

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    Vista is what I am using.
     
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    Vista 32 or 64?
     
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    Vista 32 bit.
     
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    Ah. Have you tried nTune? NVIDIA's latest System Toolset should work for you. You can download it here.
     
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    Worked fine, thanks a lot!
     
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    No problem ;)
     
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