Anyone overclocked a F8?

I know I have ran across a few that have stated they have done it, but I was wondering if you could give me updates on how it's running? I am interested in overclocking my F8, however the overclocking world is totally new to me. I have done quite a bit of reading, however it is still a little uncomfortable to me, so I thought if someone could maybe help me out that had the same model (F8SA-X2, specs in sig), to make sure I am not messing things up. I am not wanting to push it to the max or anything like that. I am just wanting to up it a little bit. Like get my 2.2 to maybe 2.5/6 and up the frontside and possibly up the graphics card as well. If anyone can direct me into a good place to look or even help me with some steps that would be great. And I have searched, I just didn't find anything specific enough to yet make me feel comfortable yet. Also for you guru's that have been doing this a while, have you noticed any true damage to the system in the long haul when just doing some basic (not pushing it really hard) overclocking? Thanks guys.

 

I think most people are talking about overclocking the GPU and not the CPU. CPU overclocking on a notebook is generally quite difficult, if not impossible for the Santa Rosa platform at the moment, the most you can possibly do is use some type of software like Clockgen(dunno if it even works) to overclock the frontside bus.

As for GPU overclocking, it's relatively easy and using ATiTool would allow you to change the core and memory speeds to allow for a faster gaming experience. Make sure you run 3DMark 06 for several loops and monitor your GPU temperature.

 

Thanks D3X. I had read that for the most part overclocking was almost impossible on laptops and I think maybe that is why I was getting confused as to how people were pulling it off and wanting to know more. So thanks for the heads up. As for playing with the GPU I haven't done too much with it, so that is something I will have to play with. As a matter of fact I am gonna do it right now. If anyone has any tips or pointers I would love to have em. Thanks

 

Well impossible isn't quite the word, it's not impossible but very limited for Notebook platforms at the moment.

For example, my W3V which runs the older Sonoma platform as well as my C90S with the 945 chipset are capable of overclocking the CPU, however, the Santa Rosa is not. The Core 2 Duo however is possible of overclocking, I've read about the R200 AMD/Ati Chipset capable of overclocking a Core 2 Duo to higher speeds so it's not impossible for the Santa Rosa, but highly unlikely.

 

I would also have to question the actual in game performance increase from overclocking.

I think it's more of a hobbyist thing, this overclocking. As the time spent finding your limitations vs a 3-5% increase in fps doesn't seem worth it to me.

 

Agreed with onlycopunk.... I've tried and compared various overclocks with my 8600mGT DDR2... stock 475/400(? soz forgot if it's 400 or 425) runs about the same to me as 550/450... so as 575/475.... I actually only start to see a difference once I past 600/475 but I dun think that's too nice for my lappy lol.

 

Thanks guys for all the info. I have decided to stay away from it. I played with the settings in the actual ati program that came on the lappy and it pulled a good ol' blue screen on me after about 45 minutes, so I rebooted and put all settings back to factory. It sounds like it's more for people to say they did it, then it is really for usability. I appreciate all your help.

 

Well, done with care and in small steps overclocking can be useful. (but only if you need it. And if you don't know whether you need it or not, you probably don't)

But I agree with your decision, in your case it is the correct one to make.