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    Overclocking MBP (Boot Camp Vista) - Help me?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by mikolovesyou, Feb 23, 2008.

  1. mikolovesyou

    mikolovesyou Newbie

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    Hi guys,

    I just ordered a pretty nice laptop cooling pad for my MBP and 4GB of RAM (2x2GB), and I'm looking to see what I can do as far as overclocking this thing goes. I'm running Vista with Boot Camp (Still using Tiger), and I want to squeeze every ounce of performance out of this thing, as I am basically using it for a (mobile) desktop replacement.

    Has anyone had any luck overclocking their CPU / GPU? I'm more interested in pushing the GPU since I mostly use the laptop for gaming, but I'm not sure where to begin as most of the overclocking tools I know of supposedly do not work on Vista.

    My questions are:

    1. What drivers (I use the ones over at laptopvideo2go.com) will give me the best performance? I want to avoid using older drivers, but I don't think the new drivers even allow overclocking. What will give me better performance: Overclocking on old drivers, or keeping the default settings on newer drivers? (I'm mainly playing TF2 these days, I don't know if any drivers are specifically geared towards HL2)

    2. As far as overclocking the processor, is it advisable to do so? Am I going to have a total meltdown, or can I push it a little with adequate cooling and get away with it?

    3. What program can I use to overclock processor speed in Boot Camp Vista? Are there any that work, or do I have to go dicking around in the apple partition (I am not good with OSX :( )

    Thank you for any help you can provide me!
     
    mikolovesyou, Feb 23, 2008
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  2. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    You won't be overclocking the CPU because it's locked. You can however easily overclock your GPU, whether you use programs such as ATItool, Rivatuner, etc. You just need a driver that's overclockable, I personally recommend the 169.09, 169.28 drivers although the 17x series might produce good results as well.
     
    SmoothTofu, Feb 23, 2008
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  3. mikolovesyou

    mikolovesyou Newbie

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    I thought the 17x series weren't for laptops? I haven't heard anyone on a Macbook Pro using them.
     
    mikolovesyou, Feb 23, 2008
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    ANorecticUS Notebook Guru

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    mikolovesyou:

    I'm using 174.16 on my MBP and running Vista Home Premium 64-bit without any problems. Haven't tried oc'ing yet, thou.
     
    ANorecticUS, Feb 25, 2008
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