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    Intel Graphics Accelerator 950 OC

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by metalfandragula, Apr 30, 2007.

  1. metalfandragula

    metalfandragula Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a friend that is wondering about overclocking an Intel Graphics Accelerator 950. Is it possible and could you give some information how to and what to run it at?
     
    metalfandragula, Apr 30, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    I haven't heard of anything that will do that, and even so, OCing such a card will not net you any performance increases worthwhile.
     
    adinu, Apr 30, 2007
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  3. SideSwipe

    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    yup its quite useless to overclock something that wont perform any better either way. its just suited for very old games, it lacks the muscle of the nvidia and ati based graphics solutions.
     
    SideSwipe, Apr 30, 2007
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    OCing a 950 even possible? its an IGP isnt it... never heard of OCing an intel grphic card...
     
    royski007, May 1, 2007
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  5. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There might be a way, but it is so useless that no one is going to try and do it.
     
    Greg, May 1, 2007
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  6. Mr._Kubelwagen

    Mr._Kubelwagen More machine now than man

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    Oh man... a GMA 950 OC'ed... That would go down as one of those pointless endeavours that was done for the sake of seeing if it was possible.
     
    Mr._Kubelwagen, May 1, 2007
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    _radditz_ Fallen to the Sith...

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    Lol! I agree! I really wana see the face of the owner when the 3dmark goes up by 2 points only! :D
     
    _radditz_, May 2, 2007
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  8. darksun9210

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    ...if it even runs 3D mark...

    anyway, as its integrated into the northbridge, wouldn't cranking up the FSB speed do the job? plus as it is shared memory from the system ram, leaves the 950 and cpu squabbling over memory bandwidth, i'd think boosting the memory clock would help too.

    however, the general opinion is that you really shouldn't use a 950 for anything more than general officey type stuff
     
    darksun9210, May 2, 2007
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  9. SideSwipe

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    whatever clock speed or memory speed he manages to somehow overclock it to, it will never perform well enough to make a difference.

    and yeah itll probably go up 2 points before it fries from the strain lol
     
    SideSwipe, May 2, 2007
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  10. moon angel

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    Powerstrip might do it?
     
    moon angel, May 2, 2007
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  11. stamar

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    Ok to overclock your integrated graphics....

    you upgrade the cpu. That is what runs the 950.
     
    stamar, May 3, 2007
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  12. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The integrated graphics is on the northbridge (if not it is the southbridge)...upgrading the CPU isn't going to help either. You want to upgrade integrated graphics, buy a new computer. That's the only way.
     
    Greg, May 3, 2007
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  13. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    No it is not...integrated gpus still have their own core, it's just that they share memory with the system.

    So thus, the cpu has very little to do with the gma950. It's the system memory that affects it the most. So by getting faster memory, that will be the only way to make the gpu faster. But don't expect huge gains going from 533 to 667MHz memory.
     
    adinu, May 3, 2007
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  14. ajfink

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    Kind of like overclocking your sound card....
     
    ajfink, May 4, 2007
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  15. STEvil

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    I'd overclock it.. my old laptop with an ATi IGP320M didnt perform very well at stock clocks, but bumped up to ~175 made half-life 2 playable... barely ;)
     
    STEvil, May 5, 2007
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