The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Tweaks?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by kikmatic, Nov 13, 2008.

  1. kikmatic

    kikmatic Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    12
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Sup everyone, I recently bought a macbook (not the new one) and I was wondering if they are any tweaks to make it as efficient as possible. Any tips are welcomed.
     
    kikmatic, Nov 13, 2008
    #1
  2. fikys0

    fikys0 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Well, if you are going to run Windows on Boot Camp you should underlock video card. This may solve Windows freeze issue when going to standby and some random short freezes with artifacts on the screen. I was suffering from these problems for several weeks and found no solution on the web. But when I used ATITools to underlock the video card all the issues were gone!
     
    fikys0, Nov 13, 2008
    #2
  3. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

    Reputations:
    364
    Messages:
    1,193
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Underclock the video card? the old macbook doesnt even have a video card...
    And how does underclocking the gpu help windows freezes anyways??
    The macbooks don't use ATI video cards! The only Macbooks that has an ATI card was the old Macbook Pros
     
    Tony, Nov 13, 2008
    #3
  4. fikys0

    fikys0 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Sorry, I have mac book pro. ATITool underlocks ATI and Nvidia cards. How this helps I don't know but it helps!
     
    fikys0, Nov 13, 2008
    #4
  5. BlackMac

    BlackMac Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    240
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    LOL! :D

    Go through all the system preferences, and set everything how you want it :)
     
    BlackMac, Nov 13, 2008
    #5
  6. Tony

    Tony Nissan ftw!

    Reputations:
    364
    Messages:
    1,193
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    LOL your reply makes a lot of sense...
     
    Tony, Nov 13, 2008
    #6