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    Overclocking y570

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Ideapad1, Aug 1, 2011.

  1. Ideapad1

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    I've read the Y570's owners thread and there was a guy overclocking the y470 with MSi afterburner. Anyone got good marks for overclocking the y570 they'd like to share?
     
    Ideapad1, Aug 1, 2011
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    Guess no one has overclocked there y570 yet...
     
    Ideapad1, Aug 9, 2011
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    Experiment... it's fun :D

    just to give you an idea... here are the scores for my OC'ed 550M

    Stock is 740/900 and I oc'ed it all the way to 905/1000 with no artifacts :D

    Stock

    Intel HD Graphics 3000 Mobile video card benchmark result - Intel Core i5-2410M Processor,LENOVO Base Board Product Name score: 9327 3DMarks

    OC:

    Intel HD Graphics 3000 Mobile video card benchmark result - Intel Core i5-2410M Processor,LENOVO Base Board Product Name score: 10426 3DMarks


    This is with the OEM drivers... could probably do better with the latest beta
     
    Luis_GT, Aug 9, 2011
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    Looks like I underestimated the 550M as those are some great numbers. What are the temperatures like?
     
    AboutThreeFitty, Aug 9, 2011
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    around 65 ish to 70 under load
     
    Luis_GT, Aug 10, 2011
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    haha I'd like to but i've never overclocked before--not even my desktop. I might google a few tutorials though and try. I'll post back here if I get good numbers.
     
    Ideapad1, Aug 10, 2011
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  7. Bill Nye

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    Could you run 3dmark11 and vantage?
     
    Bill Nye, Aug 13, 2011
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    Luis_GT, Aug 13, 2011
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    What was the stock score in comparison?
     
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    Yes... never did an oc run for vantage

    Edit: also, I always disable Physx, which is on by default, so the score may seem lower, but it's due to the much lower score in the physx tests.
     
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    Ah, could you?
     
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    Doing one right now... cause honestly... I'm not really sure if I ran it Stock or OC'ed... lol

    This run is with the new 280.26 drivers also...

    EDIT:

    My other score was oc'ed... seems like the new drivers ain't as optimized for benchmarks

    Stock

    http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3393496

    OC'ed to 905/1010

    http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3393476
     
    Luis_GT, Aug 13, 2011
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  13. Ideapad1

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    Finally became brave enough to venture to overclock the y570.

    Program: MSI Afterburner
    Stats: Core 900
    Shader 1800

    Avg Temp: 78

    Crysis 2 x786 resolution, vysnc
    Before OC: Gamer ~35 FPS
    Hardcore ~19

    After OC: Gamer ~40
    Hardcore ~21

    Not bad but also not good. I'm a total noob at this overclocking stuff so perhaps there's more I can do to up my FPS? 900 was the highest I could go without artifacts.

    Oh well, thanks for the idea Luis. It was fun.
     
    Ideapad1, Aug 26, 2011
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  14. Luis_GT

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    a 15% increase in Famerate just from overclocking isn't bad at all!
     
    Luis_GT, Aug 26, 2011
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    haha is that so? Great. I'm pleased then.

    However, on a few runs in BF2 my high temp was 95 and stayed above 89. Suggestions on better cooling besides buying a pad? I tried using the super cool fan setting but no significant changes.

    My method of adjusting msi, playing, then having to drop the slider down in increments is getting pretty repetitive too :(
     
    Ideapad1, Aug 26, 2011
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    BTW guys.... did u use OCCT GPU test with errorcheck on ? I can't breach past 88x/176x and 162x ( the x stands for last mhz) without gettint errors in errorcheck mode. I mean my 900 and 1680 on mem can run 3dmark just fine, but then again, 3d mark doesnt catch errors that your gpu produce when OC is unstable.
    Also : is there anyway to increase voltage on the gpu without hardmodding?
     
    Kriant, Aug 26, 2011
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    Turns out my thermal worries were misguided. My temperature peaks at 95 only if I'm playing with the laptop on my lap in bed. When I have the laptop on my desk with a fan cooler my temperature is a steady 78. The cooler has a negligible effect because its so cheap, but it does raise the laptop to increase ventilation.

    Final OC with no artifacts is 850/1714.

    Kriant, I'm new to OCing so this is the first i've heard of OCCT GPU test. Give me a link to download and a quick tutorial and i'll post my results back .
     
    Ideapad1, Aug 27, 2011
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    OCCT GPU Stable @ 900/1050 so far for my 550m
     
    Luis_GT, Aug 28, 2011
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    OCCT Stable at 850/1714.
     
    Ideapad1, Aug 28, 2011
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    What temps are you guys reaching under OCCT... my GFX tops out @ 63C... Very nice!!!
     
    Luis_GT, Aug 29, 2011
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    77 here at 879/1758/1802. But CnC or Sacred will push the card up to 80 during gameplay
     
    Kriant, Aug 29, 2011
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    ^Using the same specs I run a temp of around ~60. During game play my temps are usually at a steady ~85.
     
    Ideapad1, Aug 30, 2011
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    @Ideapad1

    Hey I'm a noob at overclocking and what do those number's stand for?
     
    i82muchcurry, Sep 5, 2011
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    Core clock/Shader clock/Memory clock


    Core and shader are linked.
     
    Luis_GT, Sep 5, 2011
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    Thanks a bunch Luis! Also, I plan on getting a Notepal U3 for keeping my laptop cool. Would that keep the Y570 cool even if it's overclocked to those configurations?

    EDIT: Also, do I overclock to those speeds in one go? Or should I do it in increments to reach those speeds? Also, what is your fan speed at? Thanks
     
    i82muchcurry, Sep 5, 2011
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  26. Luis_GT

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    I don't use a cooling pad with my Y470, so can't help you there


    Your max Overclock depends on luck of the draw... my 550m is stable @ 900mhz core... but not everyone can reach that speed... best way is to go in increments of 10mhz until you get artifacts, then back down every 5mhz after encountering them until it's stable with OCCT GPU.
     
    Luis_GT, Sep 5, 2011
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    When you overclocked, did you increase the default fan speed?
     
    i82muchcurry, Sep 5, 2011
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    you can't increase it... it's all automatic.
     
    Luis_GT, Sep 5, 2011
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    Ok thanks for the help Luis.
     
    i82muchcurry, Sep 5, 2011
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    hey, all. I just picked up a Lenovo y570 this week. I was a little disapointed to find out that there are a few different GeForce GT 555M graphics cards in different laptops, and the Lenovo has the slowest of them all. I wanted to see about overclocking it, and I'm not new to overclocking desktop systems, so I thought I'd see what I could get out of it. I downloaded MSI Afterburner and installed it. But when I try to overclock it and hit apply it goes back to stock levels. I can't get the overclock to stick.
    Also, I was wondering if anyone has ever tried flashing the BIOS with another GPU 555M BIOS. Maybe flashing it would unlock the other cores and stuff that's available in other GT 555M models?

    EDIT: I tried installing NiBiTor to see if I can tweak the BIOS at least. It doesn't even see my graphics card. Does anyone know if NiBiTor works with Optimus notebooks?
     
    mac_angel, Nov 4, 2011
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    No! Actually its not a 555m just a 550m with GDDR5 ram.
     
    Kirrr, Nov 6, 2011
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    i cant get occt to work with 550. i added occt.exe to nvidia control panel to use nvidia card and still nothing.

    edit: nevermind, got newer version, 4.0 rc2 and everything is fine.
     
    zarraza, Nov 7, 2011
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    Well I decided to try my hand at overclocking and got 900/1800/1750 no problems. GPU maxxed out at 73 and CPU hit 86C. Not bad and all this while playing a long game of BF3. I tried Memory at 1800, but started artifacting. I'll probably leave it at this for now.

    Heres a video:
    http://youtu.be/k2x9-AEvdRs
     
    wildcard36qs, Dec 29, 2011
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