Highest 8600m GT Overclock

[bsang]

It seems not many people have been overclocking their 8600m GT's to their limits, I'm wondering how high roughly the core and the ram can stably get up to?

I know each card will vary, but in general there usually somewhere near each other and I'm getting my 1720 soon depending on delays and am curious, currently i have a 9300 with a 6800 go and I've gotten it past stock 6800 go ultra card performance, I'm wondering if the 8600 gt even with ddr2, could get near performance to a stock 8600gt with ddr3, or even surpass that to somewhere inbetween a 8600gtddr3 and stock 8700m gt.

If you've overclocked, post you core/mem speeds you got up to, and post 3dmark( these should be more valuable than a 3dmark score compared to other cards, because its the same card just comparing it's clocks ) and/or game tests scores, and state if that was the highest before artifacts or just where you decided to stop.

[derelict1987]

It would be interesting to see how this card overclocks in comparison with the beautifully overclockable 7900gs.

[roswell]

3956 marks @1280x1024 on 3dmark06 with insiron 1720 and 8600mGT at 655/535

[choy]

Originally Posted by roswell

3956 marks @1280x1024 on 3dmark06 with insiron 1720 and 8600mGT at 655/535

wow... almost 4k... thats neat...

[Xeryus]

how are you able to overclock yours? using atitool or rivatuner, my settings get changed back to default instantly=\

[JBasham]

Originally Posted by Xeryus

how are you able to overclock yours? using atitool or rivatuner, my settings get changed back to default instantly=\

I had to change drivers. Some drivers allowed me to apply the changed settings, and others didn't.

I got a little over 3700 marks @1280x1024 on 3dmark06 with inspiron 1720 and 8600mGT at 620/499. I might be able to get over that, but I haven't tried. Temps stayed moderate -- I don't think I got over 70, even when I was gaming hard.

[mtylerjr]

I was conservative, and Ive just gone up to 610Mhz Core, 510Mhz Memory, and gotten 3600 in 3dMark06 (and my Vista Experience score up.2 from 4.6 to 4.8)

No problems at all, no heating up either. But I dont feel like pushing it, until I see what other people post here

Also, I used the drivers that came with my 1520 - I havent touched them. NTune overclocks them just fine.

Also, I have the WSXGA+ (1680x1050) screen.

[mtylerjr]

One other thing - WIth Ntune, at least, The settings default when I reboot the laptop. I.e. they stay when I sset them, and I can use them at the higher settings, but I have to do that each time I boot. Any ideas how to get them to stick?

[DoubleBlack]

The drivers you cannot overclock with are the 16*.** series

[Malc]

Well I have the vostro 1500 and 3dmark wont let me run at 1280x1024! At 1280x800 at stock speeds I just got a score of 3300 odd. Tempted to do some overclocking as the temps are really low, so any 15x.xx series can OC?