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    Overclock m1530?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by owais, Jun 12, 2008.

  1. owais

    owais Notebook Deity

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    i am getting the m1530 and want to see the easiest way to overclock it (never did before), i looked in the forum and cant work anything out.

    1.what is the easiest and safest way to overclock it ( i want it to last at least 3 years)

    2.also is the 8600m gt 256mb card 156 dedicated and 256 shared or just 256 dedicated?

    3.is the driver that dell give for the 8600m gt any good,if not, which is the best and where can i get it?

    4.do people use fraps to monitor FPS in games?


    sorry, im a noob to this stuff :p
     
    owais, Jun 12, 2008
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    David, Jun 12, 2008
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  3. owais

    owais Notebook Deity

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    cant find the file for the 2.4ghz t8300

    is ntune anygood, and what does it overclock, whole pc or graphics only? i dont want the temp to high for anything as i want it to last, so would rivatune or ntune be good?


    and i cant find out which driver to get on lapropvideo2go, they dont tell you? which one would be the best to go for?
     
    owais, Jun 12, 2008
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  4. cacto

    cacto Notebook Enthusiast

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    the links on that page are the target speed. Pick what you want to overclock at
     
    cacto, Jun 12, 2008
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    What is the Clock Generator setting to use for an XPS 1530, in SetFSB?
     
    jfdube, Jun 12, 2008
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    if you want it to last then dont overclock. i suggest you read up more on gpu overclocking before you actually try it
     
    flipfire, Jun 12, 2008
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  7. owais

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    is ntune any good, and will it push my laptop alot (shortning lifespan)
     
    owais, Jun 13, 2008
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    what is the point of overclocking a system?
     
    robgt, Jun 13, 2008
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  9. owais

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    make it quicker better?
     
    owais, Jun 13, 2008
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    DFI Fan Notebook Evangelist

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    I overclock the hell out of my desktop (my CPU is overclocked from 2.13Ghz to 3.2Ghz), but due to the limited cooling in a laptop I would not recommend it in any laptop.
     
    DFI Fan, Jun 13, 2008
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    google.com
     
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  12. halkyon

    halkyon Notebook Consultant

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    AFAIK you cannot overclock the CPU in the XPS M1530. However, the GPU overclock works quite well. I went from stock 475/700 to 685/1000 and the laptop is stable in demanding games like Crysis even after 4-5 hours of playing. Went from 4300 to 6100 in 3DMark06, and temps have only risen 2-3 C higher than stock clocks.
     
    halkyon, Jun 14, 2008
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