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    Underclock 9600m GT, how to?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by sendmarksmail, Sep 21, 2009.

  1. sendmarksmail

    sendmarksmail Notebook Evangelist

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    How would I go about underclocking my 9600m GT. I would basically only to do when I'm not gaming on it. I thought I saw ATI/AMD PowerPlay, I guess you can underclock with this on ATI GPUs.

    Is there an equivalent for Nvidia GPUs? I'm running Windows 7 x64. Anyone? Thanks
     
    sendmarksmail, Sep 21, 2009
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    i think there is riva tuner. but i didn't tried it.
     
    wkbag, Sep 21, 2009
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  3. sendmarksmail

    sendmarksmail Notebook Evangelist

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    I can't figure it out for some reason. Is there another option out there?
     
    sendmarksmail, Sep 21, 2009
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  4. sgogeta4

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    Search NBR for PowerMizer. It basically downclocks your GPU to the 2D minimum clocks to save power and stretch battery life.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 21, 2009
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  5. Th3_uN1Qu3

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    Yeah, but it totally *bleeps* up your sound. If RivaTuner does not work with it, the nVidia Performance utility will.
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Sep 22, 2009
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    Are you talking about nVidia nTune? I tried installing the version 5, but it keeps hanging at the very end, causing me to do a hard reset with my notebook.

    Do you have a link for this nVidia Performance utility? Does it work under 7?
     
    sendmarksmail, Sep 22, 2009
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    I use it all the time and haven't heard any issues about sound. Can you describe what you mean?
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 22, 2009
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  8. Th3_uN1Qu3

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    Burps and farts. :p No, really. I disabled it on my DV9000 for this very reason - the powermizer calls cause HUGE DPCs because of which the sound clicks, crackles, and pops all the time, making any kind of realtime audio work impossible. This is a known issue, but nVidia doesn't seem to be interested to fix it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1pN1IWs8g
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Sep 22, 2009
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    I use ATITool, and yes, before anyone points out, I use it on Nvidia cards. I'm currently using it on a quadroFX 770m, which is 9600mGT based. It gives total control over your clocks.
     
    stumo, Sep 22, 2009
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    If I don't like the results and I decide to uninstall, will it go back to the default settings? It's only a software fix right? Not permanent?
     
    sendmarksmail, Sep 23, 2009
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    Yeah, total software.
     
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    Looks like I need a signed driver, I'm running Windows 7 Professional x64. Seems the latest ATiTool is 0.26.
     
    sendmarksmail, Sep 23, 2009
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    Bummer, I haven't migrated to win7 yet, still on XP. I was hoping they were going to do away with that signed driver money grabbing BS. Is there any way around it?
     
    stumo, Sep 23, 2009
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    F8 during startup -> Disable driver signature enforcement. You will have to do this every time you boot. But nVidia Performance will work with it and it is signed, so why bother?
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Sep 23, 2009
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    I am able to downclock my 9600GT using the same tool I use to overclock it... RivaTuner. I setup two profiles. One for overclock speeds (600/1200/500) and another for lower clock speeds (200/400/200). I also setup Rivatuner to auto-start with the lower clock speeds and when I want to play 3D games I manually select the overclock profile.

    As a note, there appears to be a minimum clock speed for this card somewhere just below 200Mhz.
     
    Rozwell, Sep 23, 2009
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    That is interesting. I have 4 separate FX770m cards (9600mGT based), and they have minimum clocks around 120MHz, but it seems to depend on what monitor(s) you have running.
     
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  17. Th3_uN1Qu3

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    You're lucky, RivaTuner does not work with my 8400GS. I wish it did, coz the nvidia utility is so buggy sometimes.
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Sep 23, 2009
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    That's weird. I guess I'm lucky?
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 23, 2009
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  19. Th3_uN1Qu3

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    That, or you don't notice it, maybe it does not appear with an Intel CPU. On mine even listening to music was total hell, not to mention working in FL Studio.

    It did make the 8400GS run at 65C at idle vs 50ish, but i can have good quality audio now.
     
    Th3_uN1Qu3, Sep 23, 2009
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