Sylvester Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) Hi, I recently bought a dell Inspiron 1720 with the following specs: Intel Core 2 duo t7500 2.2ghz Dual channel 2GB 667MHz DDR2 Geforce 8600m GT 256mb DDR2 Vista Premium 32bit And currently running on the 169.01 drivers With 3dmark06 now getting 3445 points. I've read some topics here and there about OC but im not sure yet wich method i will try. Which app suits best, Riva or ATI? Is it wise to flash my vBIOS after the OC (for stability or anything?) I hope some1 can help me out. Thanks in advance! Grtz Edited October 30, 2007 by Sylvester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janvitos Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) If i was you i would follow these steps in order : - Uninstall current NVIDIA driver - Install 158.45 driver - Follow this guide <a href="http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1060" target="_blank">http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1060</a> - Once you've achieved stable overclocked frequencies, you may proceed to next step - Uninstall 158.45 driver - Install any newer driver that you want (i recommend 169.04 beta) - Install RivaTuner 2.06 - Set your overclocked frequencies and make them load with windows This is what i did and i've got a rock solid overclock with over 4300 marks in 3D Mark 06. I wouldn't personally recommend flashing your vBIOS as RivaTuner does a great job setting the frequencies on windows startup. Edited October 30, 2007 by janvitos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted October 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) - Uninstall 158.45 driver- Install any newer driver that you want (i recommend 169.04 beta) - Install RivaTuner 2.06 - Set your overclocked frequencies and make them load with windows This is what i did and i've got a rock solid overclock with over 4300 marks in 3D Mark 06. I wouldn't personally recommend flashing your vBIOS as RivaTuner does a great job setting the frequencies on windows startup. ok, sounds good. Rivatuner doesnt need the 158.45 driver for OC? Does it make any difference that i test the clocked frequencies stable on the 158.45 driver but then go to the 169.xx ones? Thnx for the help! Edited October 30, 2007 by Sylvester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janvitos Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 ok, sounds good.Rivatuner doesnt need the 158.45 driver for OC? Does it make any difference that i test the clocked frequencies stable on the 158.45 driver but then go to the 169.xx ones? Thnx for the help! RivaTuner 2.06 works with 16x.xx drivers. I recommend testing with 158.45 because ATI Tool doesn't seem to work properly with 16x.xx drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 RivaTuner 2.06 works ... Where? Seen just 2.05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) i get an error in ATI Tools saying that Windows doesnt use the vcard :S "visual testing has been disabled" Cant start scanning for artifacts and 3d image Edited October 31, 2007 by Sylvester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 (edited) its working now with atitool 0.27b2 standard the vcard shows 475/400 with 3d view round 61 degrees till how far did you clock? //edit after clocking to 600/480 on 67 degrees. How much degrees can a card take in a laptop? Edited October 31, 2007 by Sylvester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvester Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 I ran 3dmark06 and got +\- 4100 points so the clocking works for me! After that i installed the 169.01 driver and tried the same clocking with riva 2.05 and 2.06 but after pressing the OK button it goes back to default settings. There is also no "test" button. Is this a driver problem or am i doing something wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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