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    Help with improving laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tobbsdasock, Feb 19, 2008.

  1. Tobbsdasock

    Tobbsdasock Newbie

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    I'll say this now, im completely new to overclocking, undervolting etc.

    Ive been hoping to improve the performance of my Acer 5672 WLMi through a bit of overclocking or undervolting, i was wondering if anyone had some useful advice or suggested amounts to overclock by.
    Specs:
    Intel Centrino Duo T2300@ 2x1.66GHz
    ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 512Mb (Driver Omega 3.8.413)
    1Gb Ram (almost, 1022Mb)
    DirectX 9.0c
     
    Tobbsdasock, Feb 19, 2008
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  2. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    I'll bite, get more RAM it is cheap and will improve your overall computer experience more than OC'n will. As far as I know the only way to overclock on notebooks (maybe just came out w/one CPU unlocked) is software to increase FSB. ClockGen is what use, when I do for fun, don't keep OC for long as why? For what I do no need. NHC I think can do (not on my Turion) SysTool. For undervolting I use RightMark CPU Utility I think NHC can do on some (not mine). Some of these work on GPU's also. Undervolting is only to control heat and helps with battery life.

    I don't play with GPU's just CPU's. All CPU's handle Clock speeds and voltages different. Even the same model. So you need to work with yours incrementally. I think on a 1.6Ghz I would start with about 50Mhz or 100Mhz at a time. If you get to that point stress testing is important for stability testing. I use Prime95 for this. On voltage I do not remember the common sense amount (%) but always do small.

    A word of advice, I always keep the default settings on these applications set at "Do Not Start With Windows" this way if it gets unstable and shuts down it will restart in a stable configuration. I know that Windows might already handle this on a forced shutdown but why take a chance. Even when I find a stable point I still keep that setting. That is completely opinion but I think better safe than sorry. I have no problem starting a couple of apps manually, and on that point I frequently wish Windows started up a lot less on it's own, that is a tweak in and of itself. Good luck. I have AMD so can't help as much on Intel.

    All programs mentioned are free, Google is your friend.
     
    powerpack, Feb 19, 2008
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