Overclocking for Dummies

Hi guys!

Was wondering if anyone can direct me to a thread about overclocking?

I'm currently using:

Asus A8JS with
Notebook Hardware Control 2.0 Pre Release 06
and RivaTuner v2.02

It's time I try my hand at overclocking the 7700go and CPU

Would be best if there is someone on here who overclocked his/her A8JS before and is willing to share the skillz

Thanks in advance!

 

tag.
i want to overclock my 8600gt =)

 

All you do is increase the clocks of the core or memory in small incriments, and then go test it for stability and tempature.

It helps to go look up results for a max overclock that others have had with the same card/machine as a baseline however you can never expect to get the same marks each card is an individual and has its own limits. Sometimes you may be the unlucky one with a "lemon" that wont hardly OC at all before artifacts happen (becomes unstable and crashes or you see graphic errors/glitches)

I recomend 3dmark06 or 3dmark05 as a quick test to see if your new overclocking settings are stable, then once you get comfortable go play games, soon as you see errors you know your too high and need to back down.

Overclocking in a desktop is common practice, in a notebook tho I cant say I recomend it due to limited cooling and how it will heat up the rest of the system aswell probably. Also you really need to know the extra power you get, some cards show alot of improvement with an overclock like the 8600gt because it has alot of processors, but other cards run high clocks and have fewer processors, these wont give the same benifit for an overclock and it is probably not worth the effort or risk.

as for the programs..

rivatuner is popular, I use ntune.

you can also try coolbits and a few other ones.