Overclocking an E1505

Hey everyone,
I want to ask if someone could explain Over clocking.
What It does-
How you do it-
What risks are at hand-

Thanks a lot,
Mike

 

Overclocking improves performance, downfall is it voids warranty and could possibly damage components (you'd have to be really stupid / purposely trying to in order to pull off the latter).

To overclock your GPU (x1400), you can download Ati Tray Tools and go to overclock settings. Then let it automatically find the 'max core' and 'max memory' on its own. Then lower each by 5-15mhz respectively and you can run at those speeds 24-7.

You could overclock your CPU but that is more dangerous and most likely won't work in a lot of laptops unless you know some number (like a part or chip socket number or something?). If you know that number you can use a program called 'clockgen' to raise your FSB. Although there is a good chance you will get a blue screen and / or not be able to overclock much.

I definitely recommend overclocking your GPU, saving the profile, and turning it on while gaming. The CPU part I wouldn't recommend. Your desired overclock should be something around 520 on the core and 435 on the memory.

 

So in order for it to void my warranty, something has to go wrong? How would they be able to tell I have done this? No I am not a scum bag trying to get upgrades from dell

 

Overclocking the video card is the only thing you should OC in a notebook in my opinion, and even then be VERY careful. I overclock desktop system like mad, but I wont on my laptop. Heat is easily dealt with in a properly setup desktop system, with todays laptops cranking out performance on par with average desktop systems, they are already being pushed to high limits, and with the components packed so tightly together, heat builds up quickly. With the exception of the gaming forum, you'll find more posts about underclocking laptops than over clocking, under clocking can give you more battery time and reduce heat. If you do try and OC your vid card, just go slow, closely monitor your temps and back down as soon as trouble starts, graphical glitches,odd slowdowns, lockups etc.

Chances are the performance gains wont be worth the risk, before you do anything, research,research, and research. If your brand new to it, I highly suggest you find an older non important desktop system to experiment with first.

 

Ok Thanks for the info

 

Ok, so one more thing...how will this void my warranty? If hardware fails? Even then how would they know I had this

 

overclocking is not covered in the warranty because you aren't running at stock speeds and if it overheats it can melt or damage your laptop

 

Yes I know that but if its damaged from heat how are they going to know the gpu was overrunning from me over clocking it if its no longer operable?

 

Because it's burned/melted.

Dell isn't dumb. If you want to overclock, go ahead but don't expect Dell to take responsibility when/if you screw up your computer.

 

Thats it in a nutshell, basically if your already having trouble with a games performance, an overclock probably isnt going to help much, it varies by game, but often times you will only get a scant handful of increased FPS. Thex1400 while a capeable card, is far from a gaming monster, and it simply cant run modern games in all their glory at high res no matter how high you clock it. Your going to be stuck with lower res and medium settings on most modern titles.