Overclocking the Radeon 6770m in the dv6t 61xx

Here are the results of my overclocking work!



Currently stable at 825/975

I can't raise the core clock any higher without furmark failing, but I may raise memory clock to 1000...

 

I'm also running my 6770M @ 825/975. I do not see how one can get 7.1 on both graphics scores in the WEI with the AMD HD 6670M.

I have two HP dv6t 61xx with HD 6770M. Both have the BIOS updated and set to fixed, one is on current HP drivers. The other updated to 11.7b. Both are OC'd to 825/975, both get 4.9 and 5.8 on the WEI.

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I even wiped the drivers completely, installed the stock driver from HP and ran the 11.5b hotfix and I got the same results.

 

your hard drive is bringing your score down to 4.9

i have a sata 3 SSD so it gets a score of 7.9. with the overclock my graphics get a score of 7.1, which is my lowest score therefore the WEI value.

 

I stated my graphics scores were 4.9 and 5.8.

My drive score is 7.8...

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/42/unledda.jpg

Think about getting some reading lessons.

 

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed....

 

You should have better scores, as without overclocking with stock drivers from HP I get 6.9 on on both graphics scores.

You should be able to get higher scores, more that yours is OC'd.

 

No you didn't. You said "both get 4.9 and 5.8". Dwalk probably took "both" refer to your "two HP dv6t 61xx with HD 6770M", and given the prior knowledge of hard drives scoring low on the WEI, made an understandable assumption that you were talking about your laptops.

It's your fault for being unclear, don't be a jerk when someone's trying to help you.

 

I get 7.1 @825/975 6.9 at default on 11.5b drivers.

Core i7 2630
8gb 1333 Ram
ATI 6770m 2gb
120 gb SSD Intel 510

 

So, my DV6TQE came today, and so far, I'm loving it. However, I got a few questions I was hoping to get some help with.

1) Is it normal for the CPU to idle at 50C-55C?
2) When I tried out the Crysis demo, with no OC, my CPU got up to 84C. Is that normal?
3)WHY AM I GETTING <30 FPS on Crysis on medium settings? My 1GB DDR3 4670 did better than that, haha.

All help is much appreciated!

 

It may be possible that you are overclocking too high and you drivers are becoming unreliable during the WEI testing. Reset your GPU back to the stock clock speeds and see what score you get...

 

1) Think so.
2) It varies by laptop. HP fluctuates with their thermal paste skills.
3)Did you upgrade your drivers?

 

Well, I'm on the 11.5b hotfix right now. Thanks for the reply, by the way. I think I should probably try a different game before I panic about that. It's a pre-release demo, anyways.

 

Within the context of my first post, yes, I most certainly did.

I did not ask for "help." I was merely questioning another's WEI scores compared to my own.

I am using Driver Sweeper between driver testing sequences. The two dv6t(s) are a month apart in construction, they are otherwise identical. Both laptops made recovery media, RAM was upgraded, then the HDD was removed and then an SSD put in it's place with a minimal recovery install completed.

There may be an issue in my install, so I may "Ghost" the minimal recovery install on both laptops and start over. Thankfully using Ghost from one SSD to another only takes a fraction of the time to do a regular build.

I will get this figured out.

"Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic."
~ William E. Gladstone

 

I get the same score with or without the overclock, very odd indeed.

 

sorry your second paragraph didn't mention the graphics portion of the WEI and just sort of assumed the word meant graphics only (it doesn't. its the term for the overall score) and i misread it as your overall score

also its pretty obvious then that the WEI is testing the intel graphics and not the radeon for some reason as those numbers look pretty normal for the intel 3000 hd

you would think someone named "wittynorseman" would have something a little cleverer than "you should learn how to read" when someone misreads something but i'm used to disappointment on forums

 

Why is my pc freezing whenever I try to overclock? I have the i5 2410m. I am trying either of the clocks on the OP and opening Assassins Creed II causes a crash. I haven't tried any other games.

 

Sorry, but I had all kinds of witty things to say, I just held back.

It seems like this is getting further off topic, but I digress.

The situation is odd; when I switch to the power-saving GPU setting, a.k.a. the Intel IGP, I re-run the assessment I get 6.1 on both Graphics & Gaming Graphics scores in the Windows Experience Index. GPU-z clearly shows that the IGP is indeed the active GPU.

While set in performance mode graphics, I run the assessment and GPU-z shows the 6670M actively clocking up to the speed I set the overclock to.

The situation is the same on both machines regardless of the driver that is installed. At least I am having fun with the challenge.

 

what score do you get when you use dynamic mode?

 

I couldn't agree more!

 

Yes, try it again in dynamic mode - make sure you set winsat.exe to high performance first...

 

On my last post I made an error for fixed mode power-saving gives me a score of 6.6 on both WEI graphical scores. The two scores I was getting in dynamic is also 6.6 respectively.

I got it resolved on both machines after doing the following.

Restarting between each step I performed the following:

• Ran the uninstall function in the CCC install file in sp53025.exe
• Ran Driver Sweeper to remove any left over AMD files and clear the registry
• Uninstalled .NET Framework 4
• Ran CCleaner, Auslogics Registry Cleaner & Advance System Care for further clean the registry
• Reinstalled .NET Framework 4
• Updated .NET Framework 4
• Downgraded the BIOS to F.13
• Upgraded BIOS back to F.1A
• Left the BIOS in dynamic graphics mode
• Installed CCC using the HP file sp53025.exe
• Switched the BIOS to fixed graphics mode
• Ran MSI Afterburner and OC'd to 825/975 & ran the assessment

Here is a screen shot.
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5329/finallyo.jpg

 

still dunno why you're not getting at least 6.9

 

he's getting 7.1 lol, which is normal due to his overclock.

 

Maybe "dwalk1989" needs some wearable ocular enhancing optical lenses.

 

my bad lol nice

 

Very nice! Install 11.5b now and get a slight performance boost!

 

could you please run 3dmark vantage and 10 mins of furmark mate?
i'd like to purchase 1 of this laptop
but yea.
i'd like to see the performance here

 

OK guys, I really hate to be a pest, and I know that I am right now, but I'm having some serious problems with my GPU right now. So, I had OC'd to 825/950 just fine earlier today and was satisfied with it. So, I undid the OC and put all the settings back to save battery. Now, I went to play some games again tonight, and no matter what I do, the core speed is stuck at 400 and the memory speed is stuck at 800 in MSI. I can control the fan speed, but no matter what I try to do to control the clock speeds, is constantly shows 400/800. I'm still on the 11.5b hotfix, so I really don't know what's going on.

Thanks for all your help guys!

 

Here are the numbers I got running the GPU @ 825/975.

3DMark Vantage
AMD Radeon HD 6770M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2720QM Processor,Hewlett-Packard 3388 score: P7321 3DMarks

3DMark11
AMD Radeon HD 6770M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2720QM Processor,Hewlett-Packard 3388 score: P1778 3DMarks

 

Should I be changning the fan speed in Afterburner? Ive checked GPUz while playing a game and it always stays at 30%... I even have the coolsense to run max when plugged in.... Is this normal?

 

Afterburner has no ability to change fan speed on the dv6t 61xx. Coolsense set at "max" rather than "performance" will at times keep the CPU clock down to keep it cooler, in other words it will cut performance.

 

Hey Earhog,

I have the HPDV6z, but I have noticed the same issue. The GPU fan stays at 30% regardless of how hot the graphics card gets... setting coolsense on max cool doesn't really help either...

 

Well I don't notice any artifacts or crashes while playing Crysis 2 or SC2 on a overclocked card so I'm not going to stress too much. I also put the setting back on Performance instead of max cool since max may underclock the CPU/GPU.

 

11.5b is the most stable of the AMD direct drivers, but I still ran into some DirectX11 glitches with it in Homefront and Metro2033, so I reverted back to the latest HP official drivers as well. Crysis 2 and SC2 both ran perferctly with either set of drivers.

wittynorseman, your scores are very close to what I'm seeing at 825/975 (my default OC as well). It looks like you got things sorted!

 

What temperatures in furmark are acceptable?

Mine stopped increasing at around 84 C, then slowly crept up to 90 after like 6-8 minutes, after which I shut it off.

 

I am currently sitting at 810MHZ Clock and 950 MHZ Memory. This yeilds a 3dBenchmark score of 1703 on my system and a WEI of 7.5/7.6/7.0/7.0/5.9 Max temps I have seen thus far are 70.5C in a 23C room... Not bad. I will need to do some further tests for heat and general use. for the next few days.. if that doesn't work Im backing down to the 800/930 that was stable with 69C temps.

 

I am not going to install another program. I am not clogging this pc up like my old one. But please look through the thread. Fur mark has been done.

 

I think my GPU went as high as 88C in furmark when left to run for about an hour, but never sees above 80-82C in actual game use at 825/975. Theoretically, it can handle more, but I wouldn't want it to have to sustain those temps on a regular basis. The performance difference you should be seeing in most games should be more than 20% in terms of FPS. Pretty amazing when you think about it!

 

So far every data reading application and OC application read the fan at 30% no matter what it is actually at. Dont worry, this laptop has pretty good dynamic cooling (it will speed up the fan when it needs it).

 

As a general rule of thumb, dont let your temperature get over 85 degrees while running furmark. At 825/970 I get a temp of 82 after 45 minutes...

EDIT: Oops didn't mean to double post

 

How is your gpu that cold? Hp must have done a bad pasting on mine

 

I am running a notebook cooler as well... You could try lowering you core clock to 825. When I was at 850, it was roughly 3 degrees hotter on furmark, with no noticable increase in FPS. I have found that I get the biggest increase in game FPS when I raise the memory clock vs raising the core clock. Of course both help though...

 

Okay, I think I have figured out half the problem. So, when I am plugged in, the OC'ing works fine, and MSI reflects the right clock speeds. However, when I unplug and try to go on battery, I can no longer OC and it reverts to 400/800. Anybody know why this might be?

 

Go to your power management settings in control panel, and set it for HP Performance. I think that might fix it?

 

I just ran 850/1000 on mine furmark burn in, along with prime 95, and throttle stop, for nearly 8 hrs with no problems. I can live with avg of 90 temp with 100% cpu and gpu stress.

 

I don't think I would use a constant overclock without a cooller. I'm not comfortable with the kind of temps my GPU reaches - or even the laptop itself.

Should be a lot better in the winter time, as I save on heating costs and often put the temperature very, very low.

I've noticed that benchmarking doesn't stress the GPU enough to cause any problems, so you should not have too many problems running 3dmark11 at max clocks at stock voltage.

 

Does anyone know why sometimes in afterburner I can't put the memory clock past 1040?

Then after I shut it down and reopen it a couple times it will let me?

 

Looks like its maxing out at 850/1100, any higher on the memory side and I get blue screens, any higher on the core side and my comp just freezes, or I get artifacts.

Just got a 1853 in 3dmark 11, 1653 gfx score.

 

Same thing happens to me... It also wont let me adjust the voltage even when I enable it in the settings...

 

What is the default voltage? What would be too high of a voltage when over clocking?