Radeon 9600 Beef Up?

Randy P · Feb 8, 2005, 09:36 PM

I have a 9600 in my laptop and I am using Patje's 9600 drivers. Is there any way I can get more performance out of this 128mb card? Any suggestions at all would be great.

redsolar · Feb 8, 2005, 10:59 PM

Use radlinker to overclock it. Note, it will shorten your battery life before recharge and be very careful, go in increments of 5MHz and test things with a 3d application such as 3dmark every time (for artefacts). You can also use ATI Tool, which can help "detect" maximum overclock.

Randy P · Feb 8, 2005, 11:32 PM

Ok, but what about extra heat?

And...sorry I'm new at this, but what ATI tool?

Basically, I would like to have the safest, most user-friendly way possible.

But, I am concerned about heat...should I be?

redsolar · Feb 9, 2005, 02:39 AM

ATITool

Most user friendly is probably ATITool. Safe way? Well, being by your PC and watching it, seeing if anything goes wrong. If you are worried about heat - don't even try overclocking, since it's always increasing heat, and decreasing battery life as I mentioned above. Being careful is your best bet.

CDsDontBurn · Feb 9, 2005, 03:59 PM

on laptops i wouldn't recommend OCing anything. Laptops are meant for long battery life not tweaking and performance.

redsolar · Feb 9, 2005, 04:08 PM

I'll have to agree with CDsDontBurn on this one. However, you can overclock if your laptop is a desktop-set machine. I do suggest removing the battery from it (when it's turned off of course) and running it off the power only. Nothing damages the Li-Ion battery as the excessive heat does. You are always welcome to get yourself a notebook cooler too. There are plenty on the market. My Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo in my Inspiron 8600 overclocks quite well.

jafaro · Feb 9, 2005, 08:58 PM

You can tweak a laptop and you might be able to overclock it with little heat problems, it depends on ur chasis. Mine has it that the graphics card has it's own seperate fan, and the manafacturer clocked it low, makin huge gains possible, I reccomend using ati tool and watch ur machine while it test. Oh and as for battery life shortage, my 88mhz OC on core and 24 on mem lost me 5 minutes leaving me 3 hours and 2 minutes still, Nice. (and no Powerplay was not on)

ATi tool can be found at
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showth...4&page=5&pp=10

as for my Laptop it's meant for tweaking and overclocking.....

Randy P · Feb 9, 2005, 09:18 PM

Well my battery is external anyway. So the Ati tool will find the max core and max mem. settings all on its own so I don't really have to do anything?

This does sound pretty safe and I have a 'lapcool' tray under my laptop.

So any other concerns?

Feb 8, 2005, 09:36 PM	#1
Randy P HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 489 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Radeon 9600 Beef Up? I have a 9600 in my laptop and I am using Patje's 9600 drivers. Is there any way I can get more performance out of this 128mb card? Any suggestions at all would be great.

Feb 8, 2005, 10:59 PM	#2
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Use radlinker to overclock it. Note, it will shorten your battery life before recharge and be very careful, go in increments of 5MHz and test things with a 3d application such as 3dmark every time (for artefacts). You can also use ATI Tool, which can help "detect" maximum overclock. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Feb 9, 2005, 02:39 AM	#4
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	ATITool Most user friendly is probably ATITool. Safe way? Well, being by your PC and watching it, seeing if anything goes wrong. If you are worried about heat - don't even try overclocking, since it's always increasing heat, and decreasing battery life as I mentioned above. Being careful is your best bet. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Feb 9, 2005, 03:59 PM	#5
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	on laptops i wouldn't recommend OCing anything. Laptops are meant for long battery life not tweaking and performance. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Feb 9, 2005, 04:08 PM	#6
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I'll have to agree with CDsDontBurn on this one. However, you can overclock if your laptop is a desktop-set machine. I do suggest removing the battery from it (when it's turned off of course) and running it off the power only. Nothing damages the Li-Ion battery as the excessive heat does. You are always welcome to get yourself a notebook cooler too. There are plenty on the market. My Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo in my Inspiron 8600 overclocks quite well. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Feb 8, 2005, 11:32 PM	Thread Starter #3
Randy P HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 489 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Ok, but what about extra heat? And...sorry I'm new at this, but what ATI tool? Basically, I would like to have the safest, most user-friendly way possible. But, I am concerned about heat...should I be?

Feb 9, 2005, 08:58 PM	#7
jafaro DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	You can tweak a laptop and you might be able to overclock it with little heat problems, it depends on ur chasis. Mine has it that the graphics card has it's own seperate fan, and the manafacturer clocked it low, makin huge gains possible, I reccomend using ati tool and watch ur machine while it test. Oh and as for battery life shortage, my 88mhz OC on core and 24 on mem lost me 5 minutes leaving me 3 hours and 2 minutes still, Nice. (and no Powerplay was not on) ATi tool can be found at http://forums.techpowerup.com/showth...4&page=5&pp=10 as for my Laptop it's meant for tweaking and overclocking..... __________________ Emachine M6810 Notebook Athlon 3200+ 1.25 GB Ram Radeon Mobilty 9600 XT overclocked ofcorse 1,014 3dmark05 3,018 3dmark03 7,562 OpenGL XSMarks 11,608 3dmark01 25,516 Aquamark 3

Feb 9, 2005, 09:18 PM	Thread Starter #8
Randy P HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 489 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	Well my battery is external anyway. So the Ati tool will find the max core and max mem. settings all on its own so I don't really have to do anything? This does sound pretty safe and I have a 'lapcool' tray under my laptop. So any other concerns?