Laptop overclocking adventures

[N-Gen]

Ok guys AlienWare have put my notebook on air again...I'm waiting for it to arrive

RESULTS SOON GUYS!

 

[N-Gen]

Notebook here...VGA clocked UNGODLY...check why http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/dbyp/

 

[Fizban]

Hmm, trying to overclock my Mobility x1400 but the program crashes everytime I click on the "Find Max Core" or "Find Max Mem" buttons in ATiTool.

 

[N-Gen]

I used rivatuner to get those high clocks...now I can't seem to get there again...it was a really difficult task to get the core up from 575 to 865

 

[kwchang007]

Hmm, trying to overclock my Mobility x1400 but the program crashes everytime I click on the "Find Max Core" or "Find Max Mem" buttons in ATiTool.

Use powerstrip in conjunction with the ati tool artifact finder.

Oh and nice overclock on the 7950...maybe the reason why you're having a hard time is ambient temps got higher?

 

[theonetruewill]

WE GOT STICKIED!

 

[kwchang007]

WE GOT STICKIED!

YEAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[speed00]

thanks a lot
just overclocked my acer aspire 1691 to 1.8ghz from 1.6ghz
gonna go to 2ghz in a minute

i used setfsb which is brilliant, you just download the right one for your laptop http://www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/

 

[N-Gen]

Just happened that once...it's really tricky to go there...sometimes it toggles pixel errors...but I really just went up there to say I did go lol

 

[theonetruewill]

thanks a lot
just overclocked my acer aspire 1691 to 1.8ghz from 1.6ghz
gonna go to 2ghz in a minute

i used setfsb which is brilliant, you just download the right one for your laptop http://www13.plala.or.jp/setfsb/

Damn I had forgotten about the fact that they had different chipset choices! Thanks for reminding me.
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[Fizban]

I doubt the overclock I just did on my x1400 counts as ungodly like N-Gen's but here's a rough idea for anyone having used Vista. My Windows Experience Index was a 3.3 because I had a 3.3 in Aero Experience and 3.6 in Gaming, those are now both 3.9's giving me a base score of 3.9.

 

[Fizban]

On second thought I guess it overclocked okay....beats Changs's x1400 now on graphics scores. I'll stability test it with 3dmark in a few, but I'm pretty sure it'll do okay.

 

[Fizban]

3725 with the x1400 on 3DMark03

 

[N-Gen]

Damn I've hit 21995 on 3dmark03 ...4000 something on 0 without HDR scores

 

[Fizban]

Damn, hmm, that's just...uncanny, I mean we have the same processor with the only difference on RAM being the brand, and obviously two very different video cards, but that big of a difference....eesh.

 

[-=CrAnSwIcK=-]

lol, i have a compaq armada P3 750mhz with an ATI Rage mobility 8mb....think i could overclock that??

actually, did notebook P3's use the same socket as desktop?? cause i have an 800mhz, and a 933mhz CPU for socket 370...

oh, and fizban...sorry for the sig steal...

 

[Fizban]

8 MB video Card....all I can say is ouch....mine overpowers yours worse than N-Gen's does mine...

 

[Fizban]

Well, retested and got a 3731...not that that's much better.

 

[-=CrAnSwIcK=-]

my desktop is for gaming...so there's no need for me to spend more than 100$ on a laptop...basically i use it for internet access on the go, and watching DVD's when i'm travelling...i paid 25 cents for the laptop, and the hard drive and caddy were 50$ and the wireless card was 20...and it came with 128mb of ram...

 

[Fizban]

Yeah...slight difference, I paid...$1,600

 

[Fizban]

Well, got ATiTool 0.26 to work as 0.24 never identified my clock, and it let me crank it higher than Powerstrip did in Memory resulting in a better ovcerlock.

 

[Fizban]

Damn, doesn't seem to be stable, runs fine but as soon as I benchmark it I got get a Driver Display Error. Seems best stable overclock is in the 540/495 region.

 

[Fizban]

Yes! Windows Experience Score is now 4.0 from 3.3 before any overclocking. Got a higher stable OC on the x1400 and now have 4.1 Aero Experience 4.0 Gaming Graphics.

That's with a 450/350 ------> 547/504 Overclock.

Goddamn! Not QUITE stable, passed the Windows Experience Index and even got me a 4029 on 3DMark03 but at some point during the test it over-stressed and clocked back to its default setting.

 

[Fizban]

Well, can't complain too much I guess, didn't beat Chang's 03 score, but it also didn't run at overclocked speeds for the whole test. When I checked theor online browser though I did place second among its database of pc's with my video card, the highest was an astounding 4500+ on a x1400, which I doubt I'll ever reach.

 

[Fizban]

How come every time I browse a forum I find idiots saying a x1400 can't play new games at anything but ultra-low? I play Oblivion at High all the time, sure it lags if I kick it into Ultra-High but High is no issue....it gets around 40 fps at 1024 x 768....that doesn't seem unbearable to me...

Hmm, what's normal % increases for a strong overclock, currently seems stable at +18% Core +39% Memory