9700M GTS Overclock 33% gain in Crysis Med 1440x940

[L1qu1d]

I oced a Stock 9700M GTS ( GPU: 530, Memory 799, Shader: 1325) Stably with no artifcating to (GPU: 714, mem: 997 Shader 1748)

I use to get 21 fps in Crysis (Medium settings) @ 1440x940 now I get 31-32 fps (medium Settings) @ 1440x940. Its unbelievable, this is the first card that I had that could overclock this much, with so much gain. There is no artifacting (atleast visible to me, I didn't officially test it yet).

Unbeleivable.

Core clock of almost 200mhz gains, memory of 200 mhz and shader of 400 mhz gain! The temperature barely went up from 65 in game to 69 in game. I don't know how this will affect the batter but its doing fine for now

 

[Dekasav]

Is that a laptop card? 'cuz, it would make sense that laptop cards were clocked low to keep power consumption down, which would explain the good overclocking. Kind of like overclocking an underclocked card. Could just be a lucky card, too.

 

[L1qu1d]

it is a laptop Video card but I'm still shocked!

They should have on the fly overclocking if thats the case, when its plugged in it should oc and when its not plugged in it should down clock

 

[spuddyt]

how did you overclock it? I was unaware things like rivatuner worked?

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

To D: Yeah, but it's still a pretty impressive OC, that's 35% on the core (usually the toughest to OC for laptops as memory is usually artificially low so has headroom).

My old MRX700 had good OOCability going from 330->420 core 27%, but only felt a bit good about that since most X700s are 350 core to begin with but still glad to have the OC in Oblivion.

Nice Job L1qu1d solid results, I wish I could improve the HD2600 more, but +60Mhz (~10%) on the core and +120(240) (~20%) on the memory is all I can squeeze out of it before it get near unstable. It helps, but still doesn't let me play native resolution in Crysis (I run 720x450 4:1 scale with shaders cranked and it's in the 20s range, playable but would always love more).

Edit: They could do greater dynamic OCing, but it would likely mess alot more with reliability. After the GF8 series mobile problems I don't see OEMs offering heavy OC options whether plugged in or not in the future.

 

[spathotan]

Nice OC there. But be on the lookout for that faulty nvidia chip (Shocking!)

 

[L1qu1d]

well My friend works at BestB so if it breaks he just grabs me another Toshiba, and we jsut echange it with the one in the box

I'll have some official benchmarks up soon .

Sorry Core 751**** I meant to change it

I'll have benchies between the 2 up with screen shots. I literally almost needed a triple bypass when I saw the results.

BTW TGGA it was cuz of you I made the 9700M gts choice, you said about how your 8800m GTS is treating you well, and I heard that this is slightly above (ofc when it comes to heavy shader games, your 8800M GTS takes the cake). I went with the 9700M gts because it slightly smaller yet still along the lines of what you said, the hp you suggested was 20" and was on sale for 1399$ @ Bestbuy beleive it or not!

@ spuddyt

The only way I could OC the video card was through ntune (Mobile optimized version) and optimized 177.98 Nvidia drivers. With out the nvidia drivers ntune didn't let me touch the clock settings so you need the whole package.

i'll link em

Ntune For NBooks:

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19402

Driver Updates with Custom Ini File which makes them laptop compatible ( follow instructions cuz you gotta dl the driver first and next to the download link should be download inf file)

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showforum=94

 

[L1qu1d]

now I tested thoroughly I can tell you what I saw wrong with the whole proccess.

well for starters when the computer is unplugged ntune can't change the clock frequencies anymore, so it means that you can oc your laptop only when its plugged into the power outlet.

Second I get 9 fps in crysis when the laptop is take out of the plug and I run Crysis.

Theres the problem, so for travelers it becomes very stupid to oc the computer, unless you plan on plugging it in every time you play!

 

[spathotan]

And then that eliminates the whole purpose of a laptop, heh.

 

[alvine]

I oced my 8600m gs in my laptop once lol u can oc everything these days

 

[L1qu1d]

And then that eliminates the whole purpose of a laptop, heh.

Exactly, I'm going to try and installing the regular Drivers (Toshiba drivers that are properly optimized for the laptop) see if that helps, i'd rather have the battery die quicker then a laptop that can't game period hen unplugged LMAO!

I'll see if its possible.

 

[dagger]

now I tested thoroughly I can tell you what I saw wrong with the whole proccess.

well for starters when the computer is unplugged ntune can't change the clock frequencies anymore, so it means that you can oc your laptop only when its plugged into the power outlet.

Second I get 9 fps in crysis when the laptop is take out of the plug and I run Crysis.

Theres the problem, so for travelers it becomes very stupid to oc the computer, unless you plan on plugging it in every time you play!

Set power status on battery to "High Performance" and you should get full performance while still on battery. Or better yet, edit the power settings in "High Performance" tab to completely un-cripple it.

Control Panel -> Power Options -> Change Plan Settings -> Change Advanced Settings -> PCI Express -> Link State Management -> Off

Also, -> Processor Power Management -> Min processor state -> 100%

Can you run a Crysis Timedemo? I want to see how an un-crippled laptop stacks up against desktop.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Crysis-Benchmark-Tool-1.05-Final-download-1791.html

Bench for comparison, use same settings please.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Yeah, you should be able to override the declocking, by switching the power profile.

Same thing happens on ATi cards (although usually to an even more detrimental effect because they detune even more to save more battery), you need to tweak the powermizer settings.

You can also hack tweaks in but I'd avoid that unless you need to (usually only if you're stuck with OEM drivers, not those from laptopvideo2go or DH moded).

 

[L1qu1d]

I tried doing that, but it makes no difference the game performs very poorly when unplugged. Games such as Grid, Cod4 Crysis, all cap out @ 9 fps any ideas?

 

[dagger]

I tried doing that, but it makes no difference the game performs very poorly when unplugged. Games such as Grid, Cod4 Crysis, all cap out @ 9 fps any ideas?

Is it possible that the battery just isn't supplying enough power at a fast enough rate to feed the gpu?

 

[L1qu1d]

I fixed it, the new display driver wasn't regulating the power properly, I jsut did a system restore and installed ntune only and now it works like a dream

 

[dagger]

I fixed it, the new display driver wasn't regulating the power properly, I jsut did a system restore and installed ntune only and now it works like a dream

Good job there. Try running the Crysis benchmark.

 

[L1qu1d]

k I'm going to pick up my gf and i'll do it as soon as I'm back

 

[L1qu1d]

you want to hear something funny, with my GX2s the fps drops to 30 from 70 on high when I enable DX 9.... LMAO!!!! (crysis)

I'm doing the laptop benchies now

 

[dagger]

you want to hear something funny, with my GX2s the fps drops to 30 from 70 on high when I enable DX 9.... LMAO!!!! (crysis)

I'm doing the laptop benchies now

Hmm... why is that?

 

[L1qu1d]

I have no idea, :S its really weird. Either way sorrry if the benchies are taking long needed to reinstall Crysis, I put a cd crack hack cuz I was tired of carrying the cd with me, and I think i screwed it up.

I'll have em up in 5 mins

 

[L1qu1d]

here you go:

Not bad for 1600$ laptop. the 9700M GTS is a very good midrange/high end card.

 

[invisik]

you want to hear something funny, with my GX2s the fps drops to 30 from 70 on high when I enable DX 9.... LMAO!!!! (crysis)

I'm doing the laptop benchies now

the same thing happened to me when i had my 9800gx2.
btw impressive laptop u got there. =]

 

[L1qu1d]

Here is the version I actualyl wanted up, thats the clocks that I got stably:

2 fps increase

If this can do High on the poorly optimized Crysis, I think it can do it on Crysis warhead, which can run VH Full settings @ 1680x1050 @ 30 fps


I'll make some benchies with the clocks @ default and you'll see why I'm soo happy The temps cap out @ 65 max when running Crysis

 

[L1qu1d]

Just for the Record, I get slightly higher FPS when I run the Game with DX 9 High, then I do with DX 10 Medium (about 1 fps not alot).

And High DX 9 looks better, so that might be an option for alot of ppl Looks better, and runs better