my OC'd 8600m GT just got me a 5000+ 3DMark score

wow, if this score is as stated at 1280x1024, the 8600m gt is really amazing!
can imagine the dual-8600m gt in the new toshy x205...

 

Yah you must be right, I use a 2.0 t7300 still I think my score is pretty good for a 15.4 laptop.

 

The newest drivers aren't overclockable you have to use the 15X.xx or lower

 

dont forget the processor for the 3dmark06 score was pretty fast, so this will inflict some 100 points too

 

i seriously think it has nothing to do with the drivers, rather the version of riva tuner itself... if it doesn't support new drivers, how do u expect it to overclock ur card?

 

You really should start reading before you post. I'm one of the people posting OVERCLOCK RESULTS I tried to overclock the the newest drivers and the bioshock drivers and they all lock up. 158.44 was the first one i was able to get to overclock and be stable. Since i don't have bioshock i can't test to see if it runs. But Fear, lost planet and battlefield 2 and 2142 do run just fine.

 

well, good for u, my friend. so, how come some people are able to overclock their newer drivers using the latest riva tuner? before u try to put somebody down, read on some sh*t.

 

Guys, this is possible...

The 8700 in mine scored 5194... but that was at 775/938...

however...

That was on a 1.8
His is on a 2.4...

3dmark06 gives 300-400 points for the processor-only part of the score from a t7100 to a t7500 (so figure 150-200 points per processor rank in the T7x00 series of C2D.

if thats correct, then subtract 600 points to get the score he woudl have gotten if he was using a T7100 like the one attached to the lower model of the x205.

Thus one could also guess that if I upgraded my processor to the 2.4GHz variety that I'd get 5800 or so scores at 1280x1024 with the 8700GT at 775/938x2 (using the old drivers)

This is one example of why 3dmark06 is not quite that great at comparisons as the processor-only section is quite unrealistic.

 

Well put some stress on that overclock and post some game benchmarks, since 3D Mark doesn´t prove anything. Show us some real benchmarks instead in heavy games.

 

Sounds like you've got proof so please share it.

 

I've only got FEAR will that be good enough? Also how can i take pictures while in game?

 

Well, if you take your original INF file (the one that came with the stock OC'able drivers) and mod it to match the version number of the newest OC'able drivers in Rivatuner 2.04, you should be set. There was a thread around where someone with the Toshiba x205 did this to be able to OC his 8700M-GT which was previously not OC'able in new drivers.

There have been users reporting OC'ing of 8m cards with 16x drivers and Riva 2.04.

 

That method doesn't work unless I did something wrong...

It overclocks and starts bioshock but is unstable and sickly performance-wise.

Anyone who got the 8700GT to OC with 16x.xx drivers have more hints on inf modding than just changing the filename and version line of it?

 

on xp or on vista?

 

if riva works on vista (which i don't have a clue) i believe it'd possible to overclock.

 

As it stands, 163.44 and rivatuner 2.04 does not result in OC when you just install them and try the software OC.

I had someone suggest OCing with stock drivers beforehand and leave it OC'd THEN upgrade the drivers. I haven't tried that one yet.

 

guys there is no one that has done a DRIVER overclock with rivatuner with the 16x.xx drivers. There are indeed people that have done driver flashing to get them to work but not with just rivatuner.

 

well, check this out. i got riva 2.03 and .71 drivers. i did move the sliders to get 5-10mhz overclock, tested it with riva, then clicked apply. closed the window. went to temp control and it shows the overclock there. then went back to the oc panel and it went back to default, like it's suppose to. however, if i go back to temp monitor, it still shows my oc! that's weird...even if it shows default clocks in the oc panel, it doesn't in the temp control panel!

that's why i was making an assumption that it's not the driver itself, it's just depends on riva's version....
cuz, think logically, if a previous gen driver does overclock, then why would nvidia purposely lock it in this one?
p.s. i might as well be wrong, just trying to reason here.

 

The settings still wont stick though when you go to restart you can even test them with 3dmark but they wont stick after a restart.

 

Good job,

Must have been a bit hot no?

 

Yes at its hottest it gest 86 degrees, but that's within reasonable limits I believe.

 

For comparison the 8700GT in the x205 OC'd to 775/938x2 does not exceed 68C even after 4+ hours of benchmarks/gaming.

86C is definitely above its normal operating temps...

Too hot? Dunno.

 

Had to revert back to older drivers because lost planet became unstable. Fear runs great though.

 

Damn...this 5005 on a OCd 8600GT makes me ashamed of my unOCd 7950GTX's score of 5389

 

no need to be ashamed.

this benchmark is just in a average resolution environment.

the 8600M GT has no chance to handle higher resolutions (WSXGA or WUXGA) as compared to the 7950GTX.

 

wanna trade ur 7950 for my 8600?! lol

 

I was joking, of course. Even though syntethic benchmarking can help egos, it does no substitute raw power. And the 7950GTX is a monster. Considering the way how cool the M570RU is , with the 7950GTX, OCing would get a close to 6k result. But why bother? everything runs A+ on it

Still, 5005 with a mobile 8600GT is something special. But it's premature death for the notebook...trust me

 

cool stuff.

 

Macbook Pro 2.4 15inch 4GB RAM
Windows XP Pro
Clock 550 Mhz / Mem 700 MHz
no temperature increases, solid 79-80 degrees

3DMark05 8004 points
3DMark06 3942 points @ 1280x1024 (default) and 4885 points @ 1024x768

Cheers

 

dont you get artifacts when you run atitool?

 

Okay, great work. Can you really see some awesome improvements in FPS now? Like with REAL games, REAL examples?

Would be awesome if you ca provide some. Cheers!

 

My overclock (see the opening post) gets me +5 fps in Crysis. Not that much really, but noticable when the framerate is low to begin with.

 

So wait, why do people buy this but start a flamewar when I post my 3dmark score with only a measly 900 point difference?

 

900 points is a lot
if you go from say 4000 to 4900, that's a difference of 22,5%

 

Dropped NForce software and gave Rivatuner v2.06 a spin on my MBP 2.4 15inch.

552 Mhz Clock and 752 Mhz Mem - temperature of average 77 degree and topped @ 79 degree. That's a little cooler then before?!

3DMark06 (default) 1280x1024: 4356 points !
3DMark06 1024x768: 5415 points !

^^

Gave me +5 FPS in Bioshock @ Maxed graphics and 1024x716 (wide) lowest 28FPS / highest 61FPS / my average = 39FPS
Gave me +3 FPS in Need for Speed Pro Street Maxed graphics 1440x900 lowest 22FPS / highest 39FPS / my average = 28FPS

 

But it's not the same rig. Look at my signature and look at the specs differences.

 

my 8600 m gt managed to score 5385 over clocked at 655 / 799
yet to try 655 /825 might beat this score.

 

yeah but its not Vista, try getting a 8600 GT above 5000 on Vista

 

Try getting that with the ddr2 version .

 

i had mine clocked at 560 / 890 and got 4964 @ 1440x900 (basically same number of pixels as 1280x1024)

just saying its definitely possible to break 5k in 1280x1024. i don't doubt the guy. i don't really care about 3dmark scores though. 7950gtx is obviously faster.

 

Nice score I only get 4300
But it still plays oblivion nicely (1920x1200)

 

Mah DDR2 get's 4611p, small OC and laptop2go drivers.
But woah...over 5k?