Are there any compatible programs to overclock the on-board Nvidia GeForce 6150SE?

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If so, which is the best and is it even worth it? I have Vista Home Premium, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200, and 1918 (the "1024 MB" that came with the computer only registered as 894 MB) MB of RAM (which i plan to add at LEAST another GB, hopefully 2 GB in the next few weeks). I realize I could buy a PCI-E video card that is MUCH better but I'm not THAT into gaming on PC. Thanks

I just like to do stuff like this, I don't like to leave well enough alone

Answer 1

Hello; I somewhat agree with "Jake", although I think I've heard far "dumber" things in my life! You can add 4Gb of RAM, but still, a dedicated video card will be faster than all the RAM your system can take. Buying a motherboard (or a built system with a motherboard) with built in video is a mistake, plane & simple. A dedicated video card will have a faster bus speed, w/video processor, rendering video far more efficiently than "integrated" & "shared" RAM systems. I am ashamed of those companies that fool the public into thinking that their systems are fast, (or even a good deal), just becuase they have processor "X" (insert processor name there), and X amount of RAM.

Instead of taking the chance of damaging your system (although today's idiot proof systems shut down, rather than fry, it's still not a good idea), buy a dedicated video card... even if it's only a PCI video card. The milliseconds you gain from overclocking makes sense only to professional gamers (I worked with one, they're sick!), to give them tiniest advantages (like swimmers who wear a head cap, or shave their entire bodies bald!).. my point is, it's nothing that you'll even notice, but a new video card will be noticed.

You really want your system to go fast? I'd recommend two simple steps; 1. Buy a video card (PCI-E, if you've got the slot, but PCI would be better than nothing! 2. Buy Windows XP Pro for about $150 off ebay, or XP Home for about half that, (it only requires 256Mb RAM to run (512Mb is great with multimedia applications). The only difference between xp home & pro are some advanced networking features. A third option (instead of XP) is to download and install one of the Linux operating systems; they'll play almost any windows programs, and isn't nearly as resource hungry as windows OS's.

Windows Vista is resource hungry, and bogs down the systems too much, making them S-L-O-W! I have a notebook coming next week, the first thing I'll do is get rid of Vista, and load Windows 2000, XP, or Linux Ubuntu.

Answer 2

just buy a dedicated graphics card. if ur not into gaming y do u want to overclock it ?. no offence but overclocking an igp is the dumbest thing i've ever heard.