HP DV5T 9600M GT Overclocking Guide

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Edit: Just used Riva to bring it back to regular. Thanks for the helps :]

 

No problem! Glad you got it working.

 

When ever I go on power miser and try to turn both powermizer switches off it doesnt let me. It says " Aplication attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy"

On EVGA it only lets me put the core clock to 500 and the shader clock to 1000, it doesnt even let me change the memory clock when ever i hit apply it just goes back to 400 which is the same thing that happens when i try to change the core clock over 500+.
Maybe it has to do with the powermizer not allwing me to change some settings.

Need help fixing this thanks

 

With the problem that im having im still getting good results on 3dmark06. All i did was increase the core clock from 400 to 500 and shader clock from 800 to 1000(memory clock stayed at 400 both time b\c i cant change it for some reason and I cant get the core or shader clock higher than 500 and 1000).

Before overclocking I scored 3414 3DMarks (test taken at 1680x1050 not 1280x800 thats why the score is lower)

After over clocking (limited idk why I cant over clock more need help with that) I scored 3798 3dMarks!

 

can u please tell me how u fixed it ? coz i think i have the same problem

 

Are all Overclockers sleeping? I want this forum to be alive...! Where are all the Overclockers?

 

i didn't overclock my gpu yet
once i finish my finals i will format and install xp and linux
then i will undervolt and overclock
anyway , do u know what are the best tested drivers for a 9600m gt yet?

 

nah p1990 there's just not much else to say. We all know you just have to flash the bios to f.05 and use riva tuner.

 

you dont have to use the f.05 bios anymore, apparently, there is successful reports of overclocks using the latest (i think its the f.13) bios. Check out the DV5t owners lounge!

 

Yeah! Amazing!...dont know why does that happen though! Thanks to Rozwell for making me aware of this..

 

Correct, I have been able to overclock using the F.11 BIOS...

Nvidia DOX drivers 181.22
RivaTuner 2.22

Works great for me.

MAX I have been able to get is 650/1400/515.
3Dmark 2006 score = 5709

 

Rozwell!
Do you have a T9400? What resolution did you run 3dMark 06 at?
Thats an excellent score considering others who have been getting similar scores with higher clocks...something like 670/1600/550...

 

a p8600 with the 1280x800 display.

 

Then probably those drivers are too good..

 

Haven't been on this thread in a while!

Is the F.11 BIOS more stable than the F.05?

 

I hold you responsible for deserting my favorite thread No problems with the F.11

 

Haha ok! Maybe I will upload some more benchmarks to get the thread going again.

We DV5t users have to stick together now since it has been discontinued by HP.

Are you running F.11 now? Just wondering if upgrading the BIOS is worth it because F.05 has been flawless for me so far.

 

Yeah right...I am running F.11..
I had some issues with the F.05 so I upgraded to F.11 and decided to forget about OC'ing. But apparently,its possible to OC with Rivatuner 2.2 without any need of downgrading the BIOS(thanks to Rozwell)..So I am going to OC again!

 

Hmm, so should I upgrade my HDX to f.13? It's been f.5 for a while but I don't wanna lose my OC! Is there a way to save my current bios?

 

As a rule of thumb, that I go by, I never upgrade the BIOS unless I am having issues, OR there is a feature that is fixed or added.

My dv5t came with the F.11 BIOS and I have been able to overclock using the newer version of RivaTuner. Give it a try...

 

I'm working with Rivatuner and have tried everything I can think of, but cannot get the GPU clock to change. The sliders work, but GPU-Z never shows and increase and I can't crank it up high enough to cause any problems. So it doesn't seem to be changing anything.
Below are the steps I've taken (note the below is a step by step from another HDX18t user) -

Using BIOS version F.13 A, the latest version of the GPU drivers from the HP website (7.15.11.7904 A) and Rivatuner 2.22.

Make sure you get yourself a copy of GPU-Z to confirm your clocks are actually overclocking. It's also a great Temp monitor which can output your temp readings to a .txt file so you can easily keep track of your temps while gaming.

Run up Rivatuner and modify the following settings.
(if you're running Vista, you'll need to run Rivatuner as Administrator)

Click on the "Power User" Tab and scroll down to "RivaTuner / NVIDIA / Overclocking" and change the following items to 1

(First make sure that the "Protect Database Entries" icon is not enabled..i.e. not clicked in)

EnableLowPower3DControl
EnablePerfLevelForcing
UserAlternateStartupDaemon

If you wish to be able to crank your shader speeds above 1280mhz also modify the following

In the "Power User" tab. Scroll down to "RivaTuner/Overclocking/Global"
and set the following to 100

MaxClockLimit
MinClockLimit

This allowed me to set the shaders up to 1570. I'm actually pretty sure i could go higher than this but haven't tried yet.

Click Apply/OK

Next, go back into Rivatuner and On the "Main" tab, click the arrow next to "Forceware detected Customize" and click the first icon (System Settings)

Ensure "Enable driver-level hardware overclocking" is ticked and make sure "performance 3D" is set in the combo box next to it.

Set "Force constant performance level" to "performance 3D" (very important)

That's it! you should now be able to crank your GPU as hard you are brave

I would give the beast a restart before playing with the clock speeds just to make sure that all the mods reach the registry.

 

You might want to try a 181.xx version. I am running 181.22 with no issues.

you can grab them here. Don't forget to download the modified INF file.
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers

Also,
- Don't forget to restart your system.
- Rivatuner also has a hardware monitor. (under "target Adapter" --> "Customize" --> "Hardware Monitor"
- I have notice that GPU-Z does not always register my new clock speeds on the first page. I have to go to the Sensors tab to see the new speeds.

I hope some of this helps.

 

For all you fans of RivaTuner there is a new version available.

RivaTuner 2.23
http://www.guru3d.com/category/rivatuner/

- UPDATE
It appears that ver 2.23 has an issue with detecting the correct memory speed when using the hardware monitor feature. It only detects at 100Mhz. This does not effect any overclock settings as I was able to confirm my memory clock speeds using GPU-Z.

 

i found that the easiest way is to get a dox driver, i recommend 182.05 ntune, then go to ntunes and click adjust gpu settings, custom settings, and set your clocks. i find this convenient because it downclocks when ur not using it and ramps up when u are doing stuff gfx intense

 

I'm on a HDX 16t with F.13 BIOS, 185.20 driver with modded INF from LaptopVideo 2 Go, and Windows 7 Beta 64-bit version.

While Rivatuner doesn't work for me (clocks seem to reset to default), NVIDIA System Tools does.

Do not get the 6.02 version of NVIDIA System Tools which appears to be the newest version if you search the NVIDIA website but get it from this link which you can find if you search google specifically for 6.03. 6.02 version setup would just crash my computer while 6.03 works flawlessly.

Each adjustment seems to require a reboot to fully be established. Once I overclocked my memory clock to 600 and was amazed that it worked, just to realize on reboot I was screwed. (In this case you can boot up in safe mode, open in Notepad or Wordpad *Drive*:\Users\*Username*\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\nTune\Profiles\osbootpf and adjust the clock settings from there)

My current seemingly stable clocks are 700/550/1550 core/mem/shader. Sorry no 3dmark06 benchmark.

Here's the temps after an hour of an MMOFPS:


Although GPU runs at acceptable temperatures, clocks won't go higher without artifacts appearing

 

I had the same issues with ntune as well. I tried over and over but it kept locking up my notebook. I have found Rivatuner (ver 2.22) to work great for me.

Rivatuner has an option to setup specific lock speeds at startup. So you could setup a "lower" speed setting (200/400/200) and if you are playing around with your memory speeds and your notebook locks up then just reboot. Your system will default back to the "lower" clock speeds.

 

Actually I prefer NVIDIA System Tools to RivaTuner. Degrading my BIOS is too much hassle for overclocking.

I was just pointing out some points to keep in mind in case anyone else wanted to try NVIDIA System Tools.

 

How do you get System Tools to not hard crash your computer every time you open the cpanel?

 

What version did you try eason?

 

If "Degrading my BIOS" is in reference to the F.05 BIOS for the dv5 than that is no longer the case. I did not have to downgrade my BIOS to get Rivatuner to work. My dv5t came with the F.11 BIOS version.

At least on my machine even ntune version 6.03 crashed my system.

I will assume that each notebook is unique due to the OS, Drivers, or Hardware Firmware so I would only mention that there are multiple ways to overclock the 9600m GT so ...

HAPPY OVERCLOCKING ALL

 

Who's got the highest possible STABLE OC over here?

 

Hi everyone

It's bizzzzz

Ntunes says that my default clock are 500/1250/400 ????

I think it is supose to be 400/1000/400

Any idea why ?

Anywhays, I've set theme to 600/1250/550 whit Ntunes and dox 182.05 erformance and got 5427 3dmarks at 1280x800 and I'm really happy whit it.

Thanks alot for this usefull guide and sorry for my bad english

Charles

 

you cant just take clocks from someone else and use those, u gotta put in the work and test out different clocks yourself until u get a stable on. Even in the same model hardware can have different limits and stuff. So you might burn out your card with a OC while another person might be fine with it

 

I think he's just generally interested with who has got the highest to be fair, not that he is going to clock his system to match.

 

Oh! is it? I did not know about that!!! I thought that others would do all the hard work and I'll just steal their clocks! LOL LOL LOL!

You added extra spices to my question and totally misunderstood it

 

oh rly sry its just ur use of the word STABLE made me think that you wanted to get the highest stable oc from someone else
my bad

 

I have stable clocks at 660.1600.570.

 

660/1650/576 is as high as it goes for me. 665 will crash, 1700 will crash, 580 will crash.

 

I'm at 675/1600/518

5554 in 3dmark06, T5800 2.0ghz. Windows 7.

 

680/1650/575 on my dv5 is the max i can go without it crashing or doing weird things..but i usually set it lower to 660/1400/560 so my laptop doesnt heat up as much and cuz im already getting good fps on the games i play

 

I'm having nothing but trouble trying to OC the 9600M GT in my dv7.

It's strange because I *can* overclock it. But not very far before I get endless driver crashing. I've tried 4 or 5 different versions of nvidia drivers, dox and otherwise, and it seems I'm stuck at a permanent wall of 570/1280/450. If I go any higher than this, even by 1mhz, I get endless crashes. Even if I only raise one up -- for example, 600/1250/400 will crash, 500/1300/400 will crash, 500/1250/500 will crash... etc.

I'm wondering if it's my BIOS. Do dv5s and dv7s use the same BIOS?

 

Hi i've got some problems and maybe you can help.
I followed this i got all ok overclocked to 600/1500/500 (core,shader,memory) 53ªidle 70ª full
All was ok but after i restarted i got 400/800/400 and if try rise the values higher than default (500/1250/400) they go to 400/800/400 i'm checking this with gpu-z i have powermizer off so i don't understand i believe its related to rivatuner.
With no luck i upgraded my bios to f.13 (my default was f.11 and i went to f.05 to overclock)

With f.13 i've got same problem installed all from scratch but if i go higher than default values they are reset to 400/800/400 in sensor tab of gpu-z, graphics card tab show always default values as current (only worked with f.05 without restart)

Do you know how solve this?

my laptop is dv5-1170ep

cheers

 

Did you force performance mode ? You need to enable forcing of performance mode, then restart.

 

Impressive!

 

Just kidding! If this is not the case, I think you're not running the right series of drivers. I just tried the official Windows 7 drivers released 2/18/09 and I wasn't able to overclock with Rivatuner, but EVGA was able to, unfortunately. Rolled back to 182.05 Dox, which I recommend you use.

 

Finally got around to installing ATI Tool to scan for artifacts. At 650/570/1600 I got some memory and shader artifacts after about ten minutes (ATI Tool didn't catch them but I saw them myself). So I backed off the clocks to 650/550/1500 and had absolutely no artifacts for about an hour and a max temp of 78 C.

So just a word of advice, make sure you scan for artifacts even if your temps are stable.

 

i can use this guide to overclock while in XP ??? or it's just for vista ??
i have rivatuner 2.23 and i am not sure wich bios version i have
OS : win xp SP3

 

yes, this guide would work for XP, but if you going to "upgrade" to XP then I would not down flash your BIOS. One of the newer BIOS versions fixed a display brightness issues so if you down flash to F.05 you will NOT be able to adjust your display brightness using the FN F7/F8 keys.

I am able to overclock my 9600m using the F.11 BIOS with RivaTuner v2.22 with the DOX driver version 181.22.

I am sure you should be able to use RivaTuner 2.23 as well but be aware that I had problems with the Hardware Monitor feature with this version. For some reason it did not detect my memory speed. THIS ONLY EFFECTED THE HARDWARE MONITOR. I was able to confirm the new memory speeds using another hardware monitor.

Also, some users have been able to get Ntune to work with there 9600m. Just to a search to find those posts.

 

Rivatuner 2.24 is out, it fixed that issue.

 

I got it working was a drivers problem i tried dox drivers and all went ok.

I got around 5500 in 3d mark 2006 with drivers for quality.

Btw do you recommend for someone who isn't a hardcore player the drivers set to quality of perfomance, or balanced?

regards and thanks