Overclocking my 660m?

[Thaladred]

Hey guys I just got a BBK5 model as a gift and it is running really well. I'm running GW2 close to max settings and getting 40-55 FPS, so really satisfied. Borderlands 2 is coming up and I have it pre-ordered, was thinking of overclocking my 660m and was wondering if you guys can help me out? What program should I use? And what are the best settings? Thanks a lot, looking forward to hearing your advice.

[Liquidus]

bignazpwns wrote:
Going to a GTX 670m you are going to a last gen GPU "Downgrading in a sense" 660m is a kepler 670m is a fermi. Kepler overclocks higher, uses less power and run cooler. You will never damage your gpu from overclocking. Only when you start to over volt to insanely high voltages. The GPU will throttle its self if temps get to high and nvidia has been doing over voltage protection for years. I use to do extreme overclocking on desktop systems and some i7's i put over 1.9volts to are running fine to this day at stock clocks as daily systems for people. As a user you will never kill your gpu from overclocking. It was once taboo in the pc world and now it is excepted and does not void warranties.

I know a guy who has a very heavily overclocked GTX 280m in his system. Been like this since it was new and its never gave him one problem. He uses it as a main system with about 40+ hours of gaming a week on it.


Also you dont need a unlocked bios to hit 1300mhz. But since you asking to go right to 1300 i wont tell you as you don't understand the basics of overclocking. Each GPU is diff. I can hit a little over 1400mhz on my core without a vmod. A friends can only do about 1335mhz. You might pull 1500mhz or you might only be able to get it to 900mhz without a v mod.

I understand the basics of overclocking. How can I get past the +135 limit. Nvidia inspector doesn't really do much.

[Zygomorphic]

Liquidus wrote:
I understand the basics of overclocking. How can I get past the +135 limit. Nvidia inspector doesn't really do much.

Get MSI Kombustor - ASUS doesn't really have a tool that I've found. Everyone will swear by their favorite utility, but they all basically do the same thing.

@bignazpwns:
1) Yes the 670M is a last-gen architecture, but it is still faster in just about every benchmark of note.
2) Over-clocking does void warranties - at least on laptops.

[Gumbee]

You can get past 135+ but you have to force p state to be able to go higher then 1085mhz. The only down side to that is that your gpu will stay at the overclocking state by doing that . If you just run it at 135+ the gpu will down clock it self. My 660m can go as high as. 1235 mhz stable but my ideal number would be 1300mhz .

[Liquidus]

Zygomorphic wrote:
Get MSI Kombustor - ASUS doesn't really have a tool that I've found. Everyone will swear by their favorite utility, but they all basically do the same thing.

@bignazpwns:
1) Yes the 670M is a last-gen architecture, but it is still faster in just about every benchmark of note.
2) Over-clocking does void warranties - at least on laptops.

I'm using MSI Afterburner. Can Kombuster or w/e achieve past the +135 limit?

Gumbee wrote:
You can get past 135+ but you have to force p state to be able to go higher then 1085mhz. The only down side to that is that your gpu will stay at the overclocking state by doing that . If you just run it at 135+ the gpu will down clock it self. My 660m can go as high as. 1235 mhz stable but my ideal number would be 1300mhz .]

Again, I've tried adjusting the P states (p5) using several methods, and each benchmark shows the clock is at 1085--and never higher. =\

[Zygomorphic]

Thanks! I said the wrong thing. I meant Afterburner. It will only go up a certain amount - there is no way around it that I know of.

[RollinDavar]

I was running BF3 1366 x 768 to be honest not digging it I actually do notice it with OC'ing I can only get +135 on the core which it already automatically OCs too and for some reason every time I input 500 + mem it insists on giving me a different number. Was using the precision X to do this. It wont left me get over 950. I'd be happy with 1050/1085mhx on the core with and addition 500+ to mem. Seems like it's not letting me do so.

Think ASUS will come out wih GPU 670m upgrade kit of some sort later on if the G55Vw does indeed use a MXM slot?

[Zygomorphic]

Doubtful, the 670M uses more power, so the system would run hotter. The mobo may not be designed for sourcing enough current, and the heatsink might not be ableto dissipate the heat.

[Gumbee]

Again, I've tried adjusting the P states (p5) using several methods, and each benchmark shows the clock is at 1085--and never higher. =\

Not Sure why Your Unable To go Higher So Lets Start From The Top . We Are Going to Use Nvidia Inspector For This.

1. If You Haven't Already Downloaded Nvidia Inspectior Do So Now. Next You Need To Create A Bat File Go To your Note pad and Create This Line.

nvidiainspector.exe -forcepstate:0,5 Now We Need To Save It As A .bat File . Go To File And Click Save As And Type .bat

2. Now Drag And Drop The .bat File To The Nvidia Inspector Folder .

3. Double Click On the .bat File And Then Open The Nvidia Inspector App Go To The Bottom Right And Click On Show Over Clock.

4. Once Your In The Overclocking Section Make Sure Your On ( Proformance Level {2}-(P0) ). Now Slide the Base Clock To
135+Mhz And The Memory Clock Off Set To 500+.

5. Now Go to The Overclocking Tap And Find ( Performance Level [1]-(P5) ). Slide The GPU Clock And Then Slide The memory Clock To What You Want To Run It For And Hit Apply Clock & Voltage . You Should See Your Core Clock Go Up In your Current Clock Tap.

Now Your Ready To Run Some Stress Test On It And See How Stable It Is. And Just Remember To Alway Start At The Lowest Point So If You Were Able To Run Your Core Clock At 1085Mhz Then Try 5Mhz To 10Mhz At A Time Till your Gpu Is No Loanger Stable . After That Look At your GPU Temp And Make Sure Their Not To High. The Last Thing To Do Is Hit The Create Clock Short Clock So That When you Need The extra Boost All You Have To Do Is Click On The Short Cut.

One more thing If you Shut Your LapTop Down You Must Always Do Step 3 To Be Able To Use your Short Cut.

[RollinDavar]

Gumbee wrote:
Not Sure why Your Unable To go Higher So Lets Start From The Top . We Are Going to Use Nvidia Inspector For This.

1. If You Haven't Already Downloaded Nvidia Inspectior Do So Now. Next You Need To Create A Bat File Go To your Note pad and Create This Line.

nvidiainspector.exe -forcepstate:0,5 Now We Need To Save It As A .bat File . Go To File And Click Save As And Type .bat

2. Now Drag And Drop The .bat File To The Nvidia Inspector Folder .

3. Double Click On the .bat File And Then Open The Nvidia Inspector App Go To The Bottom Right And Click On Show Over Clock.

4. Once Your In The Overclocking Section Make Sure Your On ( Proformance Level {2}-(P0) ). Now Slide the Base Clock To
135+Mhz And The Memory Clock Off Set To 500+.

5. Now Go to The Overclocking Tap And Find ( Performance Level [1]-(P5) ). Slide The GPU Clock And Then Slide The memory Clock To What You Want To Run It For And Hit Apply Clock & Voltage . You Should See Your Core Clock Go Up In your Current Clock Tap.

Now Your Ready To Run Some Stress Test On It And See How Stable It Is. And Just Remember To Alway Start At The Lowest Point So If You Were Able To Run Your Core Clock At 1085Mhz Then Try 5Mhz To 10Mhz At A Time Till your Gpu Is No Loanger Stable . After That Look At your GPU Temp And Make Sure Their Not To High. The Last Thing To Do Is Hit The Create Clock Short Clock So That When you Need The extra Boost All You Have To Do Is Click On The Short Cut.

One more thing If you Shut Your LapTop Down You Must Always Do Step 3 To Be Able To Use your Short Cut.

Thanks you very much for posting this, I will do this now thanks allot for posting this!

[Liquidus]

Gumbee wrote:
Not Sure why Your Unable To go Higher So Lets Start From The Top . We Are Going to Use Nvidia Inspector For This.

1. If You Haven't Already Downloaded Nvidia Inspectior Do So Now. Next You Need To Create A Bat File Go To your Note pad and Create This Line.

nvidiainspector.exe -forcepstate:0,5 Now We Need To Save It As A .bat File . Go To File And Click Save As And Type .bat

...

One more thing If you Shut Your LapTop Down You Must Always Do Step 3 To Be Able To Use your Short Cut.

Hey thanks, this helped, but the memory clock is stuck at triple digit numbers (like around 805) and overclocking that is artifacting the computer. It's like it won't multiply or whatever in the p5 state. Anyway way around this?