How to overclock any Mobility Radeon graphic card!

Caution! Be warned of the following!

1) Overclocking your graphics card will technically void any warranty that have on your laptop. I say technically, because the act of overclocking does breech the terms in the warranty, but it's improbable that anyone will ever find out, or care for that matter.


2) Laptops obviously cram a lot of hardware into a small package. The hardware creates a lot of heat when it's all packed in tight, and the small form factor of the laptop leaves little room for sufficient cooling. For this reason laptop GPUs are intentionally underclocked as to prevent overheating.

With that being said, you can see how overclocking the GPU can be potentially harmful to your system. Overclocking desktop GPUs is simply a matter of pushing the hardware further than what the manufacturer deemed reasonable for that GPU. When it comes to laptops, overclocking the GPU is not just a matter of pushing hardware limits but rather completely disregarding the manufacturer's idea of what is reasonable and safe.

THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT!

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1. Download & Install Rivatuner: http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/

2. Download GPU-z : http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

3. Launch Rivatuner then close Rivatuner so the Rivatuner.cfg will be created.

4. Open the folder where Rivatuner is installed, open Rivatuner.cfg with Notepad.

5. Google for your Graphic Cards rv number. For example Radeon 3650 + rv.

6. Find your graphic card in the Rivatuner.cfg (Notepad) by searching for your cards RV number. for example rv635.

7.Then add your last 4 numbers in Device ID then add a "h" without any space between (Check your Device ID with GPU-z)

device id+h , for example 9591h

8. Open Rivatuner again, select Low-level system settings then overclock as you want, be careful... overclock small (2-5MHz) then test if it is stable by running a Benchmark.

9. Benchmarks for testing
3DMARK03 - Good for older computers
http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark03/

3DMARK Vantage - Good for newer computers.
http://www.3dmark.com/3dmarkvantage/

SONG: South & Maine - Divine Retribution
http://www.myspace.com/southandmaine

You should be able to overclock...
Mobility Radeon X300, X600, X700, X800 Series
Mobility Radeon X1xxx Series
Mobility Radeon HD 2xxx Series
Mobility Radeon HD 3xxx Series
Mobility Radeon HD 4xxx Series
Mobility Radeon HD 5xxx Series
Mobility Radeon HD 6xxxM Series
Mobility FireGL/FirePro series

This is the best way to overclock your ATI/AMD Mobility Radeon gpu!

There is something else called MSI Afterburner that's actually the best

not to be an ***.... BUT TYPING ALL IN CAPS IS JUST ANNOYING


tbh i dont condone overclocking anything in a laptop... their cooling systems seem to all be so marginal at best that even a lil dust build up leads to overheating... let alone extra wattage out put.

BigTerminator said:

There is something else called MSI Afterburner that's actually the best

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It doesn't work with Mobility Radeon cards!

nd4spdbh2 said:

not to be an ***.... BUT TYPING ALL IN CAPS IS JUST ANNOYING


tbh i dont condone overclocking anything in a laptop... their cooling systems seem to all be so marginal at best that even a lil dust build up leads to overheating... let alone extra wattage out put.

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Well, laptop gpus are underclocked by standard to prevent overheating, but thats more of a safety that the companies take since there is alot of idiots out there that for example have their laptops in the bed while playing, if you have your computer on a good surface and if you clean your fans once in a while overheating won't be a problem if you overclock!

Doesn't work on the X2300.

Seems like a good idea. Not sure if it actually will work though.

What's with the Song link in there?

If you replace the thermal paste and clean the cooling fins then the GPU should stay cool even when overclocking. And Laptops don't let you over volt but the performance gain will really be marginal. And yes you can overclock the newer Radeon cards, maybe not the 3xxx, but 4xxx and up it should work just fine.

CompuTamer said:

Doesn't work on the X2300.

Seems like a good idea. Not sure if it actually will work though.

What's with the Song link in there?

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The song link is there because I wanted to give proper credits to the band since I used their song in the videoguide