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w00t! over clocked graphics score

post #1 of 6
12/4/03 at 2:14pm
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I have a sager 8890-V fully loaded, and I'm using the Omega Drivers based on the 3.8's and I used their overclocking utility and pushed my card to 427core/283memory
using the artifact tester utility that came with the Omega drivers

I then ran 3dmark03 and got a score of 3476!

before the I overclocked I got a score of 3027.

I've tested my lappy at these settings for a week and it has run stable

I've now turned the settings back to normal because I feel that untill the newer games that are coming out start having trouble running on my laptop I have no reason to push my laptop that hard.

But It's nice to know that I can if I want to .

(Warning! Overclock at your own risk. Overclocking my permanently damage your system out side of warranty protection!I take no responsibility for damage caused by others trying to Overclock!)
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post #2 of 6
12/4/03 at 2:39pm
Yeah, but I'd worry about the HEAT more than anything else (battery drain, wear on the card, etc)... still, it is nice to have "head-room" there, isn't it?

-myrkat
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post #3 of 6
12/4/03 at 2:52pm
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You are totally right about that Myrkat. That’s why I only plan to start pushing it as the need arises. I used henriks temp program and got a max temp of 58c but I don't think that temp is affected by the GPU. and I got 48 minutes of unreal 2003 on battery, and boy did that battery get hot. But in the end I realize the extra load on the transistors and capacitors will inevitably shorten the life span of the GPU the harder I push it. It's just part of the laws of overclocking anything the harder one pushes things the shorter the life span.

But I have faith in my sager and the quality of the components.

The 8890, she's a tough machine.
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post #4 of 6
12/4/03 at 3:17pm

cool times

But thats like russian rulette. Id maybe tryyy it..but thats about it...
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post #5 of 6
12/4/03 at 3:48pm
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Well in a way. Because of manufacturing flaws each chip can differ from the others so one chip may have a higher tolerance to overclocking than another,however chips that meet a standered baseline for preformance will go to market. So my chip may last 10 years leaving it alone and over clocking it my reduce it to 8 years maybe less. That's why I would only push it as the need arises And those numbers are probably even high. The truth is we don't know. Just turning your computer on is a form of russian rulette.
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post #6 of 6
12/4/03 at 7:04pm
Hey, everything has a lifespan - it's called sustainability. That is, we're keeping them employed by replacing defective or broken components more frequently.

Ask someone living in the U.S. during the 50's how long something was supposed to last... then compare that with today. It's shocking. But that's progress, as they say.

-myrkat
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