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OC'ing in Vista

Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by Captain828, Mar 31, 2007.

  1. Captain828 TechSpot Guru Posts: 275

    Hi guys,
    So how on Earth do I OC a nVidia GPU in Vista (running driver 100.65)?
    I tried RivaTuner, but it doesn't see my driver at all; I tried with different drivers, but no luck
    I have an ASUS EN6600 on AGP; OC'ed it with no probs in XP at 380/553
    Waiting for my 8800GTS 320...
    So how do I do it?
    Captain828, Mar 31, 2007
    #1

  2. vnf4ultra TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,195

    Have you tried ntune (run as administrator) or ati tool?
    vnf4ultra, Mar 31, 2007
    #2

  3. Captain828 TechSpot Guru Posts: 275

    ntune is for nVidia MCP boards, mine is not
    I thought ati tool is only for ati; i'll give it a try

    EDIT: it works!! thx a lot man!
    Captain828, Mar 31, 2007
    #3

  4. vnf4ultra TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,195

    Glad it worked. Actually both utilites, despite their names, can run on most boards(i.e. ntune runs on non-nvidia boards, but can only oc the gpu, and ati tool can change settings on cards other than ati as well.)
    vnf4ultra, Mar 31, 2007
    #4

  5. Captain828 TechSpot Guru Posts: 275

    I heard nTune is better (it has good temp monitoring and better GUI)
    Thanks again
    Captain828, Apr 1, 2007
    #5

  6. MetalX TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,902

    I personally like nTune, except for me, it doesn't remember the settings I set after I reboot :(
    MetalX, Apr 1, 2007
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  7. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    If you don't change your overclocking speeds often, you could flash the graphics card BIOS with the new speeds. That way it would be OS-independent.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 1, 2007
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  8. CMH TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 2,572   +9

    I'm not a big fan of flashing, if stuff goes wrong, it can go wrong horribly.

    But its nice if someone can give a step by step video card bios flashing tutorial.

    I might add it to my simple overclocking post, but its not something I'd recommend newbs to do.
    CMH, Apr 3, 2007
    #8
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