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    can i downclock my GPU?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by putochip0123, Aug 22, 2009.

  1. putochip0123

    putochip0123 Notebook Consultant

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    can i downclock my GPU? since sometime i play low graphic games. like DOTA
     
    putochip0123, Aug 22, 2009
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    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    I don't know. Can you? I know I can.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Aug 22, 2009
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    Yes, use Riva Tuner to change the clock settings.
     
    David, Aug 22, 2009
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    Follow my guide (in sig) and instead of raising clocks, lower them.
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 22, 2009
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    Yeah, you could, but why would you want to? It's not going to save that much battery is it?
     
    Amnesiac, Aug 22, 2009
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    It depends on how deep the underclock is. If he underclocks his highest level of say 500/1250/800 to 400/1000/600 with an appropriate undervolt to go along with it, the battery savings will be quite impressive.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Aug 22, 2009
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    IMO.....you really shouldn't ever have to underclock your system if its a gaming laptop.

    If its because of the heat, then RMA it since no laptop should require a whole host of modifications to run decently (people like me only do so to maximize the potential of the laptop, not to make it runnable)

    If you're doing it for battery life, then you really should've not bought a gaming laptop.
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 22, 2009
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    play hard core game of course i will optimize it. thx for ur information. And 1 more thing, y i cant get SetFSB, even i downloaded, it keep on asking me to enter the number. cannot excess the SetFSB
     
    putochip0123, Aug 23, 2009
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    Look at my response to your post in my guide
     
    TevashSzat, Aug 23, 2009
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