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    ATI Mobility overclocking now possible with latest drivers!!!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by alex070775, Jul 2, 2009.

  1. alex070775

    alex070775 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Folks,

    now there is a tool which you all can overclock ATI Mobility graphic cards even 2xxx/3xxx and 4xxx Series with the latest Catalyst drivers.

    The Program is called GPUTool Community Technology Preview 1 from Techpowerup.com

    http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1383/mirrors.php

    I managed the overclock my HP Pavilion DV7-2070eg with the ATI Mobility 4650 from stock 500/677 up to 680/800!!! :eek:

    It runs like hell and its stable even after 3 hours of Benchmarking and playing Armed Assault 2.

    Try it and you will love it.

    Greets

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    alex070775, Jul 2, 2009
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  2. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    most know , no offense in the gaming section i posted it in the AW section and a few others

    But to those that don't they work with ALL drivers old and new as well.....

    UR right though it is SWEET :D + rep
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 2, 2009
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    idiotpilot Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried running this, all it did was stall and not respond. Is it not compatible with windows 7?
     
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    alex070775 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which Version of Win7 you are running? 32-bit or 64-bit?

    look here http://forums.techpowerup.com/forumdisplay.php?f=69 this is the offical forum for this Tool.
     
    alex070775, Jul 2, 2009
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    alex070775 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe run the Tool with Vista Compatibiliy Mode.
     
    alex070775, Jul 2, 2009
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    idiotpilot Notebook Evangelist

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    idiotpilot, Jul 2, 2009
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    idiotpilot Notebook Evangelist

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    No dice, didn't work in either vista or XP compatibility mode. :(

    Edit: The GPU on the system is the Ati mobility radeon 4330 256mb. Is it possibly not compatible?
     
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    alex070775 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe your card is not supported... Sry
     
    alex070775, Jul 2, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    it is still in BETA
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 2, 2009
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  10. Snowm0bile

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    has anyone tried this with the 3870s? i would, but sort of cant for another month.
     
    Snowm0bile, Jul 2, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    IT works i posted it in the AW forum with results and a download
    2 months ago i think or 1 i unno
    ;)
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 2, 2009
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    Snowm0bile Starcraftologist

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    Ok, yeah I remember reading it. Didnt know if this was the same thing.

    So does this actually yield any improvement? I remember seeing that halogod says it doesnt.
     
    Snowm0bile, Jul 2, 2009
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    it won't much unless your playing @ 1200p and your GPU's are bottlenecked
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 2, 2009
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    i overclocked the 3870's and hooked it up to a 1080p 42" lcd in my room and i saw no improvement at all...not even 1fps with big overclocks....its not 1200p but every card i ever had saw atleast a small improvement no matter the resolution, quite strange
     
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    Hi all,

    in this Post in the Gaming section ist posted 6 screenies from my overclocking the mobility 4650 from stock 550/667 up to 680/800.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=395513

    The 3DMARK06 goes from 5800 up to 6600 without any differnce in the max temps... :D

    i got the DV7-2070eg with Turion RM-75 CPU, i think the CPU is the Bottleneck in my system.

    But i am very pleased with the result for a 699 euros notebook with 17,3" display
     
    alex070775, Jul 3, 2009
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  16. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    ERRR!
    How do you run this program? No instructions man!
    I'ts a little confusing.
    Help!
     
    IKAS V, Jul 6, 2009
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    yodawg Notebook Consultant

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    MANN i got so excited when i saw this so i uninstalled my old cats 8.10s and immeadiatly installed the new 9.6 thinking YES I CAN FINALLY OC with new drivers but sadly i dont think it works my with toshiba a300 hd3650 unless im doing sumthing wrong. i change the clocks and press apply but the current clocks read the same clocks as always and gpu-z also says the same so i now im help oringal poster how do u use this thing?
     
    yodawg, Jul 7, 2009
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    I just installed the tool, applied the the new clockrates und new mem clocks and pressed apply... maybe it works not with every GPU. It is in Beta still.
     
    alex070775, Jul 7, 2009
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    Ok got it working.
    Ran a 3DMARK 06 score with my buddy's lowly HP DV2 with ATI RADEON 3410
    at 1280x 800 res I seen the score jump up like 400 points
    When NBR tested they got these score
    1280x800---1355
    1024x768---1520
    My score is the last one at 1024x768 res
    1024x768---1994
    Forgot to capture the 1280x800 res run but it was 1750 something points
    Overall a nice tool that works
    Thanks
     
    IKAS V, Jul 7, 2009
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    alex070775 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Congrats, nice one. Hopefully more User´s can post the 3DMARk score here right now.
     
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    Thanks !
    To tell you the truth i didn't expect much, most my OCing attempts have crashed and burned.
    Also tried the Street Fighter 4 benchmark tool just for giggles thinking "No way it gets good FPS" but guess what using the tool it does.
    Of course with most the settings set pretty low I got an average between 47 FPS and 55 FPS, I was shocked :eek: not only did it look great even at a lower resolution it played the Demo/Benchmark smoothly. I got a C but still that's pretty good for a "lowly" HP Dv2,
    Not sure what surprised me most:
    1. That it was able to run on the HP Dv2
    2. That it actually ran pretty well
    Both are good things
     
    IKAS V, Jul 7, 2009
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