As for modified drivers, I know of 2 drivers that I would recommend for ATI: Enzyme from Cell-Systems (also could be called DNA-ATi), and Xtreme (idk the exact place, but a google of Xtreme ATI drivers should take you to tweakforce maybe)
On Aug 28, 2:06 am, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried using AMD GPU clock tool but to no avail, heres the strange > thing though: > > - It would show my clock speed as 124Mhz until I reselected my > graphics card from the list, then it would show 495Mhz > - I can OC it to any value I want, press set clock, but when I read > clock info, it shows 124Mhz > - If I reselect it in the list yet again, it will show whatever value > I set it at > - Catalyst Control Center showed me at my default clock (500Mhz) > - AMD OverDrive showed my GPU clock speed at whatever value I set it at > - GPU-Z showed my clock speed at whatever I set it to, and increased > my pixel fill rate by far > - WEI showed no improvement, nor did any game > > In other words, GPU-Z and AMD OverDrive can be decieving.... > > Now back to the voltage, have you tried AMD OverDrive? Maybe your > voltage is locked via OEM or BIOS. > > As for driver updates, you could always force it. Heres how I do it on > my Compaq on XP: > 1. Download the latest Catalyst Desktop drivers (10.8 in this case) > 2. Install it (you'll notice it won't show ATI Display Driver nor > Catalyst Control Center in the list) > 3. Manually install your graphics driver via Device Manager (use the > inf from the C:\ATI\Support\Driver\W7INF or whatever your OS is > folder) > 4. Go into C:\ATI\Support\Programs\CCC folder in explorer > 5. Install everything in that folder (except utility64 unless your on x64 OS) > 6. Reboot (not required, but nice to do anyway after all that) > 7. Profit > > Like I said this works fine on my Compaq 515 on Xp because ATI doesn't > have universal Mobility drivers on XP. But since I'm with HP, their > mobility package works fine on Windows Vista/7 > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey guys, Long time =p > > Anyway, I'm trying to change my Laptop GPU's voltage using AMD's GPU > > clock tool. OC'ing it works fine (now runs as a 5730 =p) but when I > > try and select the lower voltage in the list of supported voltages, > > nothing happens and the voltages stay the same. Thanks for any help! > > > PS: as a suggestion for the future, maybe you guys can start modding > > drivers for ATi/Nvidia GPUs, as my Vaio locks me out of installing > > driver updates =( > > > -- > > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > Acer TravelMate 2480 > GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz > HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
