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    Sager NP8690 Surpassed 13,500 3dmark06

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by SUADE8880, Oct 20, 2009.

  1. IKAS V

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    Unless you have the 920XM there is no way to OC a cpu yourself, for the gpu NTUNE works great.
     
    IKAS V, Mar 16, 2010
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    Forget about the CPU. GPU you can use Nvidia System Tools to OC. It installs into your nv control panel and you can change the core/mem/shader.

    If you get real ambitious, you can use NiBiTor to read the vbios and make changes to it, like upping the voltage or making your clocks permanent. Use Nvflash to flash the video card with the changed bios.

    I would recommend to google flashing your bios to learn how to do it....you don't want to mess that up.
     
    Q56_Monster, Mar 16, 2010
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  3. Aeris

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    Whoa, that is a pretty high overclock that was posted by the OP, it reminded me of the burnin' hot clocks I achieved once on my Clevo D901C 8800m GTX SLi laptop:

    650 MHz Core, 1650 MHz Shader and 1050 MHz Memory, both cards, 24/7 Stable (Idle / 3DMark 2006 / Vantage), 1.02V.

    The Nvidia GTX 280m's performance shocked me, it achieved almost just as a high score as my cards on 3DMark 2006 'clocked, SLi on:

    [LINK.]

    Anyway, great job for achieving these clocks.

    (I know that the thread is old, but I still wanted to congratulate the OP.)
     
    Aeris, Mar 17, 2010
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    Those are nice scores Aeris....And that was back in the day (2008) to boot.

    Yea, 280m is pretty good for a single card. ATI is the leader now, though. I was able to get 700/1700/1235 out my 280m, for now.
     
    Q56_Monster, Mar 17, 2010
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  5. Aeris

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    Thank you! :) Yeah, I retired from Overclocking after achieving the highest clocks my Ol' Faithful could deliver.

    Agreed, ATI has outright impressed me with their new mobile cards, there is really not much that NVIDIA can do to compete with ATI if they do not embrace a newer architecture, nice clocks and scores, by the way. :)
     
    Aeris, Mar 17, 2010
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  6. IKAS V

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    Well we won't know an answer until FERMI cards are out, should see desktop cards soon, might be a while until we see them go mobile.
    Nvidia has to step it up soon or it's gonna loose a lot of ground to the 5870.
     
    IKAS V, Mar 17, 2010
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    I was referring to what he was using not what I could use, I already modified my GPU bios, undervolted and overclocked with Nibitor.
     
    andros_forever, Mar 17, 2010
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  8. timsp8

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    this is the highest mine will go. all on stock cooling, room normal temp. NP8690, i7 920, 4GB, 280M, 256GB Corsair SSD

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    timsp8, Mar 17, 2010
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  9. IKAS V

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    Impressive!
    Well done, is that a suicide run just hoping everything holds together or was that stable?
     
    IKAS V, Mar 17, 2010
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    Forgot to ask?
    Have you tried to OC using E-LEET for the CPU?
    Is there anything in the BIOS to OC the 920-XM?
    I mean that's the only i7 that's made to OC beyond it's factory settings.
     
    IKAS V, Mar 17, 2010
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    that was stable, no artifacting in 3dmark 06. at the highest setting, 3dmark gave an error the first time but i didnt change anything and ran it again and it went all the way through.

    i tried E-LEET, but it wont run. gives an error about not finding a driver. i have win 7 64 bit. is it compatible with 64 bit?
     
    timsp8, Mar 18, 2010
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