Overclocking mbp with 169.01

For those of you not aware, the newest nvidia drivers 169.01 allow you to overclock the 8600gt.

I have mine set to 577/677. Going to 600/700 causes hl2 stress test to crash and my screen to go black. Wondering if anybody has been able to push it higher?

 

are you reffering to clock/mem or clock/shader... your mem should be 700 by default (its gddr3)... if your reffering to clock/shader those are very good results.

 

default for mbp clock/mem is 470/635 so i upped it to 577/677

using rivatuner

 

hmm I guess they underclock it... my guess is your core is maxed at 575ish but you may get more out of the shaders. I bet you could get the memory to around 750 probably even further.

 

If you have the time, please post some benchmarks in the MBP Overclocking Benchmarks Thread so that we can compare your results.

 

Where do you get these drivers and how do you install them? I see they are at laptopvideo2go, but I have Vista 32, they don't seem to have those drivers.

 

See this post.

LaptopVideo2Go Forum

EDIT: Yes, they do have Vista 32-bit drivers. Go to the Forum and Click the Release 160 Drivers and read the Titles. Here is a direct link for v169.01 VISTA 32bit.

 

what is the purpose of overclocking?

 

Better performance, of course.

 

What program are you using to overclock?

 

You can use Riva Tuner to overclock.

I dont know if nvidia still has the built in overclocking as they used to have with pre-8000 range. All you needed to do that with just a registry edit. It's called coolbits, might want to see if it still works.

 

nvidia has ntune but i used rivatuner

 

i tried playing around with the shader slider but it brought nothing but trouble. Made things slower actually. I found out the shader slider has to be enabled for xp but then I didn't really know where rivatuner sets the shader clock when the shader slider is hidden. So i'll stick with my 581/699.

 

I installed 169.02, but neither Rivatuner 2.02 or 2.05 will overclock - when I change the sliders and hit test, nothing happens. This used to happen on previous driver versions too, so I reverted to Bootcamp 1.4 drivers which worked fine with Rivatuner overclocking. Any tips?

Cheers, B.

 

My results in XP:

Core: 660 MHz
Mem: 860 MHz

 

I know for sure that 169.01 allows overclocking. I cannot say the same for 169.02. Nvidia may have locked overclocking for it. Use 169.01.

 

Whoa! Who mentioned 169. 02? The thread title clearly says 169. 01. That was completely off-topic.

ForceWare 169.04 was released today.

Have you guys tried overclocking those drivers yet on your Apple hardware?

 

And 169.04 is somehow on topic?

I have the same problem in 169.01 as I did in 169.02: the test button in Rivatuner does nothing. Additionally, I had to tweak the INF file to disable powermiser, as otherwise I couldn't adjust the 3D sliders.

However, if I set the sliders without testing and click apply, the clocks do seem to be adjusted, so all's well.

 

I have tried everything and i couldnt get 169.01 to overclock. I move the sliders, click apply (in rivatuner) and all looks well but you click ok and the sliders move back to the default as the window closes. I have the 169.01 driver from laptop video2go and i just reinstalled vista... any thoughts?