Compal HEL80 Geforce Go 7600 OC Results

There is nothing wrong with your English. And 70 degrees C is nothing to worry about.

Definitely let us know if your GPU remains stable over extended tests. Those really are nice clock settings. I am only able to get up to 480/369 like Donald in the first post of this thread.

I usually stay at 350/350 anyway, so it doesn't really matter much to me.

 

Does coolbits work in vista ?

 

so any update yet on how 2 unlock the pipes? or is it just not possible?
tnx

 

not possible. i think someone mentioned that they are physically locked (resistors)

 

No, it is not possible. They are physically locked. The extra pipes are likely not even usable on a lot of go 7600's--assuming you could unlock them.

 

ok i have 3109 (not oc'ed) in windows xp SP2

and 2800 in windows vista 64-bit

 

Ok this is weird i tried 2 oc by selecting "optimal frequenty detection" it puts my core : 381 and memory : 420

i can't pass 400 with the core?

 

your memory is too high. i think that was a faulty memory detection. most of us can't get passed 369 on memory without artifacting in game.

 

yes you're right .. there's something wrong with the detection . I did it again and the optimal detection comes to core/mem 200/220.. (as if )

I'm adjusting it manualy by putting the core on 445 and mem 425. i see no artifiacts in 3Dmark05 and my score comes to 3894.

Should i keep it this way or is it dangerous in any way?

tnx guys!

 

You may have gotten lucky and have a GPU that is capable of higher clocks than most of us. If it appears to be stable, then continue to use it at your own discretion--but keep a close eye on it for any signs of instability. You definitely want to bring them back down if any artifacting or crashing occurs.

I personally have the same limits as Donald did in the first post of this thread (480/369). Going any higher on either core or memory clock settings and I start to see artifacting or 3DMark05 fails to complete.

 

I tried the "optimal frequency detection"-button and the system runs stable at core:446MHz, memory: 846(423)MHz with forceware 93.71 from laptopvideo2go.com.
got 3556 points in 3dmark05 and no artifacts in cs:source or Gothic3

 

Thats plain wierd, your memory is clocked very high for this laptop, and yet your 3DMark score is pretty low. Should be at least 3800 with clocks like yours.

 

Those 3DMark05 scores do seem a bit low for the settings you have. I think I got a little higher than that at 480/369.

Of course, we are talking about synthetic benchmarks scores here--so as long as gaming performance is good, everything's good.

 

I know that I own an HP and not a Compal, but I wonder why my 7600 Go clocks so much higher then what I see posted here? I am stable at 540/425 using RivaTuner to handle my o/c's with very little heat increase.

 

Compal uses underclocked, slower memory. Hp doesnt.

 

That sucks man

 

Celeron M [email protected] @ 2.16Ghz (166*13) 1.1375v
Compal HEL80 (945PM)
7600 Go 350/350 @ 493/418
2*512MB DDR2 SDRAM Memory 667MHz (5-5-5-15)
Seagate 5400.3 120Gb

WinXP SP2, DX9.0c, FW 94.24 (WHQL - FM Approved)

3DMark05 3868

 

I'm having problems OC'ing my compal 80, I enabled coolbits and have the clock frequency settings box now in nvidia controls. But for some reason everytime i change the settings and click apply and ok out. Everything gets reset back to the default when I check back on it. Anyone know how to have it save my settings ?

 

i have the same problem as Phynd. No matter what I do, it always resets to 350/350.

 

try a driver, such as 84.26, from laptopvideo2go and give it a shot again.

 

Phynd & Jabe:

Have you been "testing" the new settings before applying them? That may be the cause of your problem.

 

i have got 84.25 drivers installed.
I was testing before and after applying. even more, if I try to apply before testing it gives me an error messange that no applying is possible before testing.

EDIT: i reinstalled the stock drivers. i really should obey some simple rules, like don't fix it if it ain't broken.

 

some feedback:
coolbits optimized settings: 382/421 3dmark05=308x (can't remember the last digit)

overclocking:
max with NO artifacts 473/423 3dmark05=3968

i did test 476/x at one point and x/426 at another and in both cases I could only see one little artifact in the last scene, when the zeppelin is disappearing around the corner, but that does not count anymore, right?

it's interesting that i couldn't overclock the memory at all (putting it to 423 from 421 was an accidental click). so would it be safe to leave it at 421 or should I go lower?

I've still got a couple of questions not concerning overclocking directly:
1.) is there a way to set up profiles like "normal", "overclocked" that would save these settings. i've made these two profiles but obviously I can't set them right, cos when I click "normal" the card is still at 465/421 and i have to manually readjust it to 350/350. same story with normal --> overclocked.

2) could I benefit from underclocking? in cases I'm on battery and try to gain a few minutes, I usually only use office applications and perhaps internet. let say I'd set it to 300/300 - would that give me some extra minutes, but with no visible differences in performance?

EDIT: one more thought about being able to get memory settings over 400 - I use VBI EL80 and I believe most of you who reported maximum values of 370ish use non-VBI. perhaps that is the difference.

 

The "2d" as in "Not hardware accelerated" settings should already be down in the 100's already. that is about as underclocked as it gets for websurfing and whatnot.

 

Hi,

I'm new on the forum, but no stranger to Overclocking. I have seen some irregularities with laptop drivers versus desktop drivers, and HUGE differences in O/C with different versions of drivers among laptop drivers.

One thing I've found is that with the 94.20 modded laptop drivers (Extreme_G), I am able to get good clocks at levels that I couldn't even get close to with stock drivers and coolbits. I can set the Hel-80 with 94.20 drivers to a maximum of 489 core and 470 RAM. This nets 4129 points in 3DMark05, and 2505 in 3DMark06. With the stock drivers and coolbits, 350/350 was MAX O/C. Non-OC'ed 3DMark05 was about 3050. With the 94.20 drivers, about 3105 average (with 118 BIOS) and XP Pro.

 

Nice overclocking there!

I managed to get my clocks to GPU- 490 / RAM - 420 with the oficial drivers 84.85 and coolbits...

my score in 3DMark2005:



the system seems stable and i didnt see any artifacts...

guess i got lucky with my card...maybe because i got the european version and the RAM's are diferent, i dont know...


btw...what non oficial drivers do you recomend?

 

Use RivaTuner, that'll save you a lot of trouble.

Ok, I downloaded today the new version of NiBiTor v3.4a.
http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/3623/1/
Added Support for GeForce Go 7600 PCI-E

But it steel doesn't want reading that BIOS and I want to play with timings so bad.
Does anybody have any idea what is the problem?

Edit:
Ok, I found out that BIOS I saved is empty, so is the one I tried with nvflash. Does this laptop have any independent video BIOS at all?

Another question, I noticed that 2D/3D settings are only applied when the laptop display is active. when you use stationery display through D-SUB 3D clocks are always active. A worry a bit to keep adapter on its’ edge all of the time sins while at home I allways keep it connected. Maybe there is some way to fix it (make 3D/2D profiles work again)?
For now a made two setting: one 480/414 for gaming and the other 175/175 for 2D and bind them to hotkeys with RivaTuner. So when I'm trying to start 3D application I have to activate overclocked settings manually. And 2D one is loaded with windows all the time. A bit uncomfortable and I have to have RivaTuner in system tray all the time, and it eats >=7mb.

 

Just found this thread, very cool guys, gives me a lot of hope for the new generation of nVidia cards =)

 

I noticed recently while messing around with different BIOSes on my HEL-80 and Go7600 (256 MB) that BIOSes 116-119 are better for OCing the video card.....odd

Has anyone else noticed this? I'm currently using Bios 119b and XP-pro SP-2, and for the vid-card the 94.20 Extreme_g drivers installed with "tweaked" settings.

 

on 1024x768 and Overclocked 490/455 with the 94.20 modded laptop drivers (Extreme_G)

 

Nice! I haven't looked yet, but I think that you have the #1 slot for go 7600 in 3DMark06 for the moment. Wait...

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3223029

Couldn't have that!!

I tried the 97 series drivers. I don't like the new control panel...tooo buggy, but the drivers are faster.

 

Also did some OCing for the first time, didn't try to reach the limit yet:
3DMark05: 3660
3DMark06: 1995
Official 94.24 450-400
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3226637
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2411003

 

Nope, I have non-VBI.

 

New results:
Official 94.24 460-410

3DMark03: 9065
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5434578

3DMark05: 3757
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3227350

3DMark06: 2048
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2412191

 

BTW How many people here have blown up there GPU in HEL80 with overclocking?

 

My Hel80 keeps freezing for some reason while i have it Overclocked. I thought these were stable settings that were tested??

 

You don't understand the basics of overclocking. You have to overclock on YOUR machine and do it gradually instead of just jumping to where someone else has been successful.

If you are artifacting or freezing...back it off 5-10 until you are stable.

You may well find that you can overclock higher on some games than others as well.

 

Here's one for everyone

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2403346

3DMark06 = 2566 points @ 1200 x 800 resolution and 97.xx drivers

This setting is likely not stable for extended gaming, though it showed no artifacts. The setting that got me 2500 point IS stable for indefinite gaming (I pulled an all-nighter)

 

f*** me.. You number "one"... for a short time I have only Celeron M430 @ 1.73 Ghz on comparison with your T7200 @ 2.00GHz

 

New results:
Official 94.24 470-420

3DMark03: 9253
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5436958

3DMark05: 3827
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3233483

3DMark06: 2090
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2426677

 

So what clock did you set to. I have the same setup you do. (Drivers and such.) what do you have your Core and Memory clocks set to?

 

Ender 328,

I can't run the clocks as high lately with the 97.xx drivers, so 480 core and 460 RAM is what I run for maximum with no artifacts. I Run FEAR at 460/450 all day long with everything almost maxed out graphics-wise.

I am using BIOS 121b with XP-Pro and the latest Intel chipset drivers. This BIOS and driver combo IS faster all-around than the last setup. I haven't had a chance to roll back to the 94.20 drivers to see if the gain was BIOS or drivers.

 

Ever since i used the 92.2X Modded drivers my memory clock starts @ 700... I have no idea why but it runs like it was still set at 350. did your do this too? Ive been clocking it up to around 770 and it runs fine... its kinda goofy.

 

Ender328,

DDR (Double Date Rate) SDRAM is the reason. The clock rate is the equivalent to x2 for DDR as compared to regular SDRAM. Divide by two and you get the single clock speed that you are familiar with.

BTW, What Motherboard BIOS are you using? I'm not seeing many of the older BIOS'es doing as well at high clock speeds and was curious as to whether the BIOS updates are including tweaks that are'nt listed.

 

I have played around a little with the overclock. So far I know I can go 400/369. I have had my HEL80 for a couple of weeks. Its possible it may be stable past the 369 mark. I have seen some posts of people saying they can get stable past the 369 mark. Will I know straight off the bat when I have OC to far?


The two games I use for testing are fear and overlord. (i'm done with overlord 25 mhz increase on the core did wonders,). Fear is a pain......

 

Most of the higher OC for my particular vid card happened with later BIOSes. The biggest change so far came with BIOS 116b and 94.xx video drivers.

Raw clock speed is only part of the equation. Up-to-date audio, video and chipset drivers are also in the mix (for gaming). Sucky drivers and high clocks can sometimes be slower than lower clocks and great drivers.

Anyone know of better all-around drivers than the 97.xx? I'm always willing to be a guinea pig

 

I got mine up to 480/374. I have not tried any higher. I don't have a reason to try and push it anymore.

 

Looks like I can go about as high as 480/385. Any higher and it starts having issues.

 

Which BIOS are you using? Later BIOS are faster than earlier ones in my experience. I've gone back to earlier ones and lost a lot of clock speed.

 

I'm not sure I will have to take a look when I get a chance.