• Overclocking/maximizing my laptop.
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Well, I'm a budget college student I play World of Warcraft casually and I'm looking to get an overall better performance out of my laptop. It is an Acer Aspire 7741z, specs below: Operating System: MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU: Intel Pentium P6000 @ 1.87GHz 43 °C Arrandale 32nm Technology RAM: 3.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 532MHz (7-7-7-20) Motherboard: Acer Aspire 7741 (CPU 1) Graphics: Generic PnP Monitor @ 1600x900 Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator HD Hard Drives: 244GB Western Digital WDC WD2500BEVT-22A23T0 (Unknown) 31 °C Optical Drives: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT30N Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio ______ WoW runs sub-par compared to most "to-date" machines out there.. my machine was purchased in October of this year. Is it possible to overclock the RAM/CPU or maximize the performance output of my machine without permanently damaging it? I am very tech-savvy but this is something I have am having some trouble with as I've never overclocked a laptop but a Custom-built PC located at my house, not my dorm. Or what upgrades with the upcoming Christmas season could I make? All input(s) are welcomed and thank you all in advance! Cheers, Quesadilla
overclocking a laptop is a bad idea unless you're attempting to start fires the only upgrades you can really do to a laptop is RAM and HDD and seeing as your RAM is fine and HDD has no effect on performance the only upgrade is a new system the main thing holding you back is the intel graphics which there's nothing you can do about [editline]10th December 2010[/editline] yours sincerely Dr. Nameisinthetopleft Ofeveryfuckingpost
Ah, thank you. Well that isn't going to happen since I'm paying for college on my own.. oh well.
Like posted above its not a good idea, I also would think that since its an Acer laptop you couldn't overclock it even if you wanted to. The BIOS configuration wouldn't have any options for it.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;26597810]overclocking a laptop is a bad idea unless you're attempting to start fires the only upgrades you can really do to a laptop is RAM and HDD and seeing as your RAM is fine and HDD has no effect on performance the only upgrade is a new system the main thing holding you back is the intel graphics which there's nothing you can do about [editline]10th December 2010[/editline] yours sincerely Dr. Nameisinthetopleft Ofeveryfuckingpost[/QUOTE] Well, it definitely is possible to overclock a laptop's CPU and GPU. The temps don't raise that much if you have a decent cooling system and/or a notebook cooler. I've overclocked my 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo to 2.98GHz, and it still runs fairly stable. On the topic of your laptop. You have Intel HD graphics... I don't even think it is possible to overclock intel GPUs, since they aren't even dedicated. And you can probably use SetFSB to get the CPU to around 2.00GHz, looking at your temperatures.
There's really not much you can do with Intel HD graphics. Overclocking your CPU won't do much because its the graphics that are holding you back.
There should be some custom intel gpu drivers somewhere, I've been using them on my netbook (Intel GMA 945) and i've got a faily good FPS on WoW
I may be mistaken, but I thought that CPU speed somewhat correlated with the graphics performance? For example, if you are running an i3 or i5(for sheer number sake) the graphics would perform faster/maximum because there's more cores/threads, as opposed to my Pentium(which is actually the new Core 2 Duo[dubbed Pentium]). I could be wrong though..
I posted pic before what happens when you overclock a laptop,let me fetch the 2nd degree burn pics and melted laptop. When it fails to shutdown after geting too hot : [img]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y5LEuosxvjo/0.jpg[/img] [b]DO NOT ENHALE THIS[/b] [img]http://billstclair.com/blog/images/melted-keyboard-648x486.jpg[/img] MELTING KEYS [IMG]http://consumerist.com/mini9fire3.jpg[/img] Netbook after fire for overheating
[QUOTE=ineedateam1;26602066]I posted pic before what happens when you overclock a laptop,let me fetch the 2nd degree burn pics and melted laptop. When it fails to shutdown after geting too hot : [img_thumb]http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y5LEuosxvjo/0.jpg[/img_thumb] [b]DO NOT ENHALE THIS[/b] [img_thumb]http://billstclair.com/blog/images/melted-keyboard-648x486.jpg[/img_thumb] MELTING KEYS [img_thumb]http://consumerist.com/mini9fire3.jpg[/img_thumb] Netbook after fire for overheating[/QUOTE] nice try
[QUOTE=ineedateam1;26602066] [img_thumb]http://billstclair.com/blog/images/melted-keyboard-648x486.jpg[/img_thumb] MELTING KEYS[/QUOTE] No, it's ergonomic! :downs:
[QUOTE=Flubadoo;26598242]Well, it definitely is possible to overclock a laptop's CPU and GPU. The temps don't raise that much if you have a decent cooling system and/or a notebook cooler.[/QUOTE] laptop coolers don't do much, they just make sure the surface is always cool. Even with my laptop cooler on my temps for my laptop are still hot/high
[QUOTE=Quesadilla;26601949]I may be mistaken, but I thought that CPU speed somewhat correlated with the graphics performance? For example, if you are running an i3 or i5(for sheer number sake) the graphics would perform faster/maximum because there's more cores/threads, as opposed to my Pentium(which is actually the new Core 2 Duo[dubbed Pentium]). I could be wrong though..[/QUOTE] 99% of the time your GPU is going to be the bottleneck in games. This is especially true since the Intel HD graphics is considered by many to not even be a GPU.
[QUOTE=Badal;26603128]99% of the time your GPU is going to be the bottleneck in games. This is especially true since the Intel HD graphics is considered by many to not even be a GPU.[/QUOTE] I most certainly agree, Intel HD blows.
It's more of a chipset integrated into the motherboard making it impossible to remove and replace. So basically the accelerator is just the driver.
[QUOTE=digigamer17;26603844]It's more of a chipset integrated into the motherboard making it impossible to remove and replace. So basically the accelerator is just the driver.[/QUOTE] I though the later Intel processors had the Intel HD GPU integrated, that it wasn't integrated in the motherboard anymore?
List of things that can be bought by the end-user and then changed in a laptop: (believe me i did the research) -CPU, Considering socket and TDP of previous CPU is a necessity -GPU, But only if the graphics card is dedicated and is connected through a MXM slot, find a graphics card that matches the MXM slot and you have your upgrade, again, wattage of the GPU is necessary to look out for. -RAM -HDD You [I]CAN [/I]overclock but in only in very small increments and the resulted boost will get you nowhere in terms of performance. What you [B]CAN [/B]do is undervolting, reducing the amount of volts (And therefore power comsumption) that go to the CPU, increasing battery time.
[QUOTE=Tools;26603964]I though the later Intel processors had the Intel HD GPU integrated, that it wasn't integrated in the motherboard anymore?[/QUOTE] Well, they still do integrate to the motherboard on some computers. There's some models of the i3/i5 that have Intel HD graphics in the CPU. If the laptop has an Atom, Core 2 Duo or similar, it'll either have an x3100 (PC's too), 3150 for netbooks or nettops, higher end laptops and netbooks will have the ATI 4200 or 3200. On the nvidia side of laptops, it'll be 310m, 330m or 335m. Its just what I think.
Assuming that your laptop can even be overclocked to begin with, there are absolutly no benefit at all, considering all the factors that you'll have to loose. For a few megahertz gain with unoticable performance, you are risking overheating at a much greater chance, as well as significant battery drain.
Your best bet is to tweak the software to run better, not overclock the hardware. In your case, WoW needs to be tweaked. Put all settings on their lowest, then set your resolution in game the lowest it'll go. That's the best framerate you'll ever get in that game. Now start to slowly raise settings, one by one. The idea is to only raise the fewest settings possible, and only enough to be acceptable. That way you find the balance of best possible framerate combined with playable settings.
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