Notebook Cooler allows for higher OC

Hey guys i was just wondering if having a notebook cooler will increase the max OC i can put on my Graphic Card.

I have a notebook cooler and my current OC setting is in my sig. Will having a notebook cooler allow me to hit the magical 650 950 1600 status.

Or do i have to w8 for a new driver to come out b4 i can OC that high.

 

I could be wrong but I always thought that the OC limit was determined on a hardware level. The notebook cooler will help you with your temperatures, which in turn will prevent your GPU from frying.

 

Pretty much said it, lowering temperatures can allow users who have high temps restricting their OCs push it

 

That wasn't the case when I did a suicide run on my GPU, my temps never were over 60C but I was able to squeeze another 25ish MHz out of both the GPU and vRAM before artifacting.

 

Depends. For me the notebook cooler I bought was an utter waste and my gfx card is by far limited by the temperature.

If your notebook plays well with notebook coolers (not everyone's does as X2P doesn't point out) then go for it. You'll probably get another 5% if its really that worth it.

Really, you're not going to take it significantly further with a notebook cooler. A notebook stand and turning on the AC or opening the window if its winter would be far more useful

 

Exactly why Dire NTropy stated it is often limited by hardware itself not temps....

 

OK thanks guys. So it's dependent on my GPU and what the max on it is. Not necessarily the temperatures. OK thanks.

 

like cpus, no two gpus are made the same. you need to have luck as well.

 

I think everyone is downplaying the role temperature plays in the ability to overclock.

I agree that a notebook cooler might not make enough difference in temperature to help achieve a higher overclock. However, if you can find other ways to cool the computer, you will probably be able to overclock a little more. For instance, I'll crank my AC up and watch the temperatures on my GPUs fall. Since it's the winter, opening a window does the trick even better. Doing this allows me to run higher clocks than I usually do without crashes.

And although this doesn't apply to most laptop GPUs, increasing voltage increases the max overclock if you can dissipate the extra heat caused by the voltage increase.

 

In case your OCing temps were high, a cooler might allow for a higher OC.

However, it is only a matter of time until the GPU/CPU reach their voltage limit and even if they`re cool enough, they would probably require more juice to sustain the higher frequencies.

A cooler is mostly a safety measure, not a defined help in OCing ...

 

one can use the pro type coolers with in-draft and out-draft mounts. these are made for OC