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    Laptop video card underclocking

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Campe, Aug 30, 2008.

  1. Campe

    Campe Notebook Consultant

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    Hi there. I decided to plug my laptop into my router to see if it was my network that was failing, but i didnt get to test it because my fps was 9 when i was unplugged. I usually get above 50 fps in Call of Duty 4 on max graphics, and i heard that your video card sometimes underlclocks on battery. I have a Gateway laptop 64 bit vista. If anyone could hlep me it would be great.
     
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    yeah i have the same problem. even if i have my power settings to high performance my vid cars allways underclocks itself when unpluged.
     
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    Yeah same here =[ Anyone know how to fix it?
     
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    Thats probably part of intels speed step; its done to increase battery life, i believe you can disable it is using rmclock? I would need someone else to come and confirm this.
     
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    If i disable it, will my battery life go down?
     
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    Anyone want to confirm what he said?
     
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    its not going to last long at all playing games.
     
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    Intel speedstep has nothing to do with a GPU downclocking. Powermizer is the issue.
    Here is a tutorial
    Download riva tuner and enable driver level overclocking. NOTE- you dont have to overclock for this fix, just use the program.
     
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    I dont want to be a pain.. but is there an easier way lol, i dont want to accidentally over clock my laptop and everything die =[ Yes, i am a laptop noob.
     
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    There is no such thing as accidental overclocking it. You can't accidentally overclock, you have to diliberately click a slider, move it, then click apply and go play a game with the OC. All you need to do is turn on the constant performance.
     
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    Ok. And it wont bring down my batter life unplugged will it?
     
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    Anyone know if it will decrees battery life if i do this?
     
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    It will decrease your battery life a lot to play video games on battery. If you enable that setting you can also expect a decrease in battery life when not gaming too. It's not worth it to game on the battery. Just find an AC outlet and plug in before gaming.
    Tim
     
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    Gaming will only get you about an hr on battery is your PC usually lasts about 2-3hrs without gaming. When you enable this option, do it right before gaming and reboot, then start gaming. Thereafter, disable it, reboot, and use as normal for regular battery life.
     
    amoney3, Aug 31, 2008
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