MSI X460 540M GPU Overclocking.

I didn't see a thread for overclocking the X460.

I used MSI Afterburner

Very easy to use, my favorite.

Smart tipsto keep your laptop from burning up:

Don't overclock the memory too much, as you can't monitor the temps.
Safe GPU temps are under 90C. If you get above that while gaming, definitely do not overclock.
If your computer blue-screens or freezes after overclocking you've gone too far.


I was able to break the 10,000 mark in 3DMark06(last picture)

Stock clocks are:

Clock: 672MHz - Memory: 900MHz - Shader: 1344MHz



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First, I overclocked it to GT 550M clocks:

Clock: 740MHz - Memory: 900MHz - Shader 1480MHz



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Next, I overclocked to GTX 560M clocks(left memory stock):

Clock: 775MHz - Memory: 900MHz - Shader: 1550MHz



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Next, I decided to overclock it to GTX 560M clocks and overclock the memory to 950MHz:

Clock: 775MHz - Memory 950MHz - Shader: 1550MHz



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Finally, I overclocked it to:

Clock: 775MHz - Memory: 975MHz - Shader: 1570MHz.

 

Are those the temperatures DURING the benchmark? If so, how do you keep it that cool?

 

those temps, clocks and scores are quite good I'm curious as how it will fare in actual games. rep'd

 

Yep I have it on my Titan G4, but the fans are off.

I tested the fastest overclock with JC2, and it was stable. I didn't run FRAPS, but it was very smooth on max settings 720P.

 

Stock paste? Cause thats wayy to cool for such an overclock, i was expecting maybe 85-90 with the final setup.

nonetheless, pretty impressive. Is that the max afterburner will allow?

 

Completely stock, I haven't broken the warranty stick on the bottom panel.

In JC2 it hits at the most 78C maxed out.

 

X460DX is so gangsta !

 

Comparing it to the 550M is fine, but not the 560M as they are different chips, technically to match the rop performance it would need to be clocked at 4.65Ghz

 

Lol, the GTX 560m has twice as many pipelines uses GDDR5(vs GDDR3) and a 192 bit memory bus(vs 128).

 

Yep the 560M also has 24 Rops where as the 540M has 4.