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frozenlead   02-01-2008 at 03:43:35 AM

Easy asked -
what's the performance difference between the 8600m GT 512MB DDR3 and the 8700m GT 512MB DDR3?

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MrCommunistGen   02-01-2008 at 03:56:16 AM
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Should be roughly proportional to whatever the clockspeed difference is. The 8700GT is an overclocked 8600GT and not terribly powerful because of it... of course its all relative. I believe that I can safely say it will be significantly slower than a desktop 8600GTS.

-mcg


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Maziar   02-01-2008 at 03:02:11 PM
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8700M GT= 8600M GT OC'd

------------------------------ Q6600@3.4+ TT V1 Cooler,SAPPHIRE HD 4870X2,ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA,4GB OCZ DDR2 800,LG W2452V 1920x1200
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frozenlead   02-01-2008 at 03:18:56 PM
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overclocking a laptop gpu is something i've never done...i'd imagine i'd just load up rivatuner or something and see what i can press out of the chip?

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homerdog   02-01-2008 at 03:24:51 PM
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Overclocking a laptop can have serious genitalia related consequences :sol:

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Avenger_K   02-01-2008 at 04:25:38 PM
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homerdog wrote :

Overclocking a laptop can have serious genitalia related consequences :sol:


LOL! You got that right.......

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lostandwandering   02-01-2008 at 04:29:19 PM
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frozenlead wrote :

overclocking a laptop gpu is something i've never done...i'd imagine i'd just load up rivatuner or something and see what i can press out of the chip?



Not sure if you can overclock it. I know the drivers on my Sager are locked so as to prevent heat related damage to the system.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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Maziar   02-01-2008 at 04:36:02 PM
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There are lots of users who have OC'd their notebook cards, here is a link of one :

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sh [...] p?t=149749


Message edited by Maziar on 02-01-2008 at 04:37:05 PM
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nvalhalla   02-01-2008 at 05:06:26 PM
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Use Omega drivers and you can oc like normal.

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lostandwandering   02-01-2008 at 05:23:54 PM
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I should have specified when I posted before. I did mean on stock drivers and it may just be a Sager thing. If you download drivers from laptopvideo2go.com or the afore mentioned Omega's, you should be able to OC. With mine on stock drivers, I can unlock the OC portion using Coolbits and set it to what I want, but the settings automatically revert back to default. Some google/ forum searching may be required to find out if your system can OC with the stock drivers.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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frozenlead   02-01-2008 at 05:57:14 PM
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alrighty, i'll do some more research before i blow up my g1.

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