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    Overclocking AR21M ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by merlinpat, Jun 21, 2008.

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    Is possible Overclocking in this notebook ? Ics? Awesome...
     
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    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    I wouldn't advise overclocking the cpu. You can always upgrade it if you really want to. The gpu on the other hand, the go 7600 i believe, can be easily overclocked.

    First download rivatuner, HWmonitor and make sure your drivers are up to date (the newest ones are available on laptopvideo2go.com)
    It's would also be a good idea to download 3Dmark06 and ati-tools to stress your gpu, measure increased performance and scan for artifacts.

    There's plenty of guides on oc'ing gpu's but the jist of how to do it is:
    Increase the core clock 5-10MHz at a time and run 3Dmark06 while monitoring temps. If the gpu temps stay in a safe range (lower than 80C) then increase the clock another 5-10Mhz. After do the same for the memory clock and run ati-tool's artifact scanner aswell to check for artifacting.

    Don't push the clocks too far! Even if the temperatures remain in a safe range as your card will eat up more power and as you can't alter the current consumption of laptop gpu's and pushing too far will cause instability.
    Good luck ;)
     
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    tenkiu your are the best...awesome
     
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    No prob merlin :) Be sure to keep us updated with how it's going whenever you get around to it ;)
     
    WILLY S, Jun 21, 2008
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    Windows Vista Ultimate, Setfsb
    Vaio AR21M Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2,0Ghzs, with fsb :
    ICS954227CGLF Ultra, 284/760, overclocking 2,4Ghrz
    Working Ok...
    Score WIndows Vista 5,3
     
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    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    These are your specs? What gpu do you have? Are you ocing cpu there?
    :confused:
     
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    I have Intel core 2 duo T7200, chipset intel 945pm...?¿
     
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    Did you download HWmonitor:
    http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

    Keep an eye on temps there. Again i wouldn't recommend oc'ing the processor as you could damage your system fairly easily :eek: You also won't see much improvement performance wise with general use.
     
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    Puffff The cpu temperature working is 68...reboot system...
     
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    :confused:
    I don't speak that language?? You're not advertising are you? That would be against the forum rules
     
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    My T7250 maxes out at 72C so i think that's not too bad :)
     
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    Is this overclock to much?
    i dont want to burn my laptop out so are these settings to much?
    original settings are
    Intel core 2 duo T7200 2Ghzs with nvdia go 7600 2gigas ram

    new settings are below.
    2,4gHZs
     
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    I wouldn't overclock at all unless you know *exactly* what you are doing.
    You need to increase the processor speed in *small* increments and stress test the cpu every time with a program like orthos or wprime.

    Really the performance increase will not be enough to justify burning out your laptop.
     
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    Without overclocking Temperature Cpu 50
    With Overclocking with temperature is correct ? awesome
     
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    If your not stress testing your cpu then you can't tell if the oc is stable. I suggest leaving it for a while and reading some of the overclocking guide on the forum, then maybe taking another stab at it if you want ;)
     
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    with is the link ?
     
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    Search for overclocking guide on google, a good place to start ;) :D
     
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    you are the number one...tenkiu (i am spanish)
     
    merlinpat, Jun 21, 2008
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