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post #21 of 33
12/9/02 at 1:57pm

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i wouldnt bother Overclocking ur comp its not worth the performance u obtain u fry your laptop and they can prove that u fried it then they wont warranty it over 2grand wasted to get a couple more frames per second or 200 more points is in no way worth it or even worth all the effort trust me
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post #22 of 33
12/9/02 at 2:18pm
Frying either only happens if A) You screw something up, or B) you clock it too far and just keep it there, in which case your asking for it.

NS
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post #23 of 33
12/9/02 at 3:00pm
I agree somewhat that it isn't worth it to overclock... My philosophy is that if the card is way out of date and it's going to be replaced soon anyway, overclock it. I have my desktop card overclocked because it's old and I am going to replace it with a new one this week. It defaults at like 100/115 and I have it set to 115/137 or so. It actually helps with some games like Serious Sam 2... It skips less frames, lol. But, as has been said, it's not worth it (IMO) until the card cannot play the games to a playable level... If you are really good at it, as I imagine NS is, then best of luck! :-)
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post #24 of 33
12/9/02 at 3:40pm
I put the M9 back to default
It's not worth bumping them up 10 each to get that extra 2-3 frames
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post #25 of 33
12/9/02 at 4:42pm
Well, the fact that it is not worth it indicates that this is a good graphics card and boosts my confidence in that fact. The only thing I might do is overclock the 8886 to the 5660's defaults to see if it can maintain that setting... I don't think I'll keep it there, though.
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post #26 of 33
12/9/02 at 5:28pm
lol...I've been overclocking my POS inspiron7000 to the max for the past few months now trying to fry it so I can convince my gf to get a new one but the damn thing won't burn I get graphical glitches half the time but the thing still won't die on me.
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post #27 of 33
12/9/02 at 5:33pm
lol, see that's the same thing that happened to me with my desktop... I want that stupid card to die, lol. But, I've also heard that overclocking to a point of burning the card up could burn out your agp port as well... EEK, lol, that would be bad in the case of a desktop. With a lappy you don't have to worry about it if you are intentionally trying to fry it because you're gonna get a new lappy. lol, I suppose I should say good luck to you... :-)
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post #28 of 33
12/9/02 at 6:59pm
Nightshade,

> B) you clock it too far and just keep it there,

Why do you feel that your clock setting is not too far? I want to use your clock rate, but I fear that it is too far.
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post #29 of 33
12/9/02 at 7:00pm
When overclocking, you can over clock

a) core
b) memory

Do they both have the potential of causing damage? How are they different? Does anyone have a reading on this?
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post #30 of 33
12/9/02 at 7:41pm
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Originally posted by Ascence
Nightshade,

> B) you clock it too far and just keep it there,

Why do you feel that your clock setting is not too far? I want to use your clock rate, but I fear that it is too far.
Because if it was too far I would be getting little green blobs on textures and white flashing blocks on the screen.

Try it, and of it does that then clock it down.

Ascence, of course they are differnt, one is the Cards RAM speed and the other is the Cards Processor Speed.

The easiest one to damage is the GPU (Core) but its really not as easy to wreck as you are making it out to be.

NS
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post #31 of 33
12/9/02 at 9:37pm
As long as there is airflow, then it's fine. Overclocking each other two components has its ups... the core is for processing of course and the memory will help with load speeds and textures if I'm not mistaken. Usually the small amount that people overclock doesn't make a huge difference (other than the numbers).
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post #32 of 33
12/9/02 at 10:02pm
But it makes enough to give some extra options on games or to make them closer to that magic 60fps mark.

NS
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post #33 of 33
12/9/02 at 10:11pm
Agreed... I did have that experience with Serious Sam 2 on my desktop, thus far I haven't had occasion to do it on my current lappy, which is an M7, lol, so I am not anticipating the need to do it on a sager for a while... But that's just me.
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