overclocking processor

how to overclock my processor?
what software should i download?
thanks

 

since you dont know about overclocking, i recommend you read some articles on it before i tell you how to overclock and what softwares to use.

 

overclocking and notebooks dont really mix very well, heat builds up too rapidly in a notebooks chasis, and parts run much warmer at stock clocks than their desktop counterparts, in fact more people seem to underclock their notebooks to gain a cooler running machine with better battery life

 

hi carbonic,
You could check my sig. It could be a good start.

Cheers,

Ivan

 

i've read ur sig,
and how u overclocked ur processor??

 

I did it in BIOS (it is a built in feature). Otherwise you can check ClockGen, and pray that some version supports your platform. I haven't found any for my current laptop, but successfully overclocked my old Asus M6N! The point is in overclocking FSB. Results are good, but please do read as much as you can, because it is not so simple.

Overclocking GPU is much easier, and gaming performance can be better up to 20-30%. There are also methods of undervolting CPU to cool your system etc...

Hope this helps,

Ivan

 

i think your estimates of increasing gaming performance 20-30% is a little too high for laptops

most laptops are gpu limited so no matter how much you OC your processor, your gaming will suck if you have a crappy gpu.

or you OC your gpu, but even then, estimates of 20% on a notebook is still high. for ex. i OCed my gpu and my 3dmark05 score went up from 1955 to 2339, a 19% increase in 3dmark05

but in FEAR, i only noticed a 2-3 fps increase, out of 40fps so really for that game only a 6-7% increase in performance.

also, i would not recommending OC your computer unless you can monitor your temps, just waiting for the gpu to artifact means that it's either over clocked too much or has become so hot that it causes errors. to me, it probably doesn't mean that thats good for your gpu's life

 

Hi hmmmm,

I would agree with you, and it is really true in most cases. But in my case it is true what I said too. From 2170 (350/300) to 3195 (413/430) 3dmark05 for me. But as you noticed it is a synthetic benchmark indeed. In FEAR 800x600 all max, shadows on medium and volumetric on medium. Textures on medium (only 128MB) AA off and anisotropic 4x - a 10ish fps up (avg 45 instead of 35ish) - never below 25.

And undervolting made the whole thing cooler (from gaming max 76-80 on average down to 67).

So on my notebook with my overclocking and latencies settings + CPU undervolting I get at least 20% gpu gaming performance up and 10 degrees C down. For me it is OK result. (Aside the FEAR slowdowns for no reason at all - even on my brothers dual duocore Opteron with 4 GB ram and nvidia 7950gt 512MB.)

ANd you are right about monitoring temps- I can monitor GPU, GPU ambient, CPU, HD. I can track them in NHC and analyse in excel. So I learned many interesting things - like:
GPU works at 120 without any problems (I was unfortunate to "test" it for a month due to the small airpocket in the thermal pad). No artifacts or damage whatsoever. 95 for cpu is still OK (another mishap with the original thermal paste dissapearing!). Ambient GPU temp never goes over 67.

So after all this things that I tried or was forced to try - I draw the conclusion written in that post. Notebooks can be noticeably faster and cooler... I wish the people to have results worth of their effort, and I know that it is not always the case. But from my experience with this - I would try and see.

Cheers,

Ivan