Question on Unclocking QX9300 in M860TU

Hi,

I recently purchased a custom M860TU with quad QX9300 processor and GTX260m GPU. I intend to do some gaming if and when I can. But most of the time I use the laptop for work. From time to time i run some heavy processes.
So, problem is that 90% of the time, I dont need to run at full tilt. To extend the life of my processor, it makes sense to under clock.

However, I have very little knowledge about unclocking
Have installed "Speedfan". It reports an average of 40-47c on both GPU and CPU. So I installed Rivatuner... but. I have no idea how to use it.

Is there some kind of "easy-to-use" software out there:
1 - Will automatically underclock the system when it becomes too hot
2 - Provides a simple to use GUI to manually override when gaming?

Or could you gurus make setting recommendations to Riva tuner?
Edit - I dont mind paying $

Your input appreciated. Cheers!

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=235824

Guide to undervolting. Easy to follow, even for beginners. It will make your processor last much longer.

 

if you dont mind paying money then buy yourself a CpuGenie license. i does what that massively long guide does with an easy to use interface. this program also supports half multipliers. the program posted above needs to be modified in order to support half multipliers. cpugenie also supports creating custom power policies per application. which means if you run X program X power policy is used etc...

one thing i like about it is the ability to set complete different power policies when your on battery or ac power without having to spend the time to configure it. like for example i have it set to maximum performance on ac but power saver on battery.

another way you could force the processor to not be at full tilt when not needed is to set the laptop on powersaver profile.

 

thanks for your input

 

Additional Question: This seems to cover the CPU, what about the GPU? Its running +50c most of the time. Cheers!

 

well for the gpu there are only a few things i can think of that might work for you.

1. you could try changing the thermal paste to a high quality one. ive had great results using ic diamond paste.

2. i dont know if your laptop supports this as some dont but you could try editing your video card bios with lower voltage values to lower temps but you should only try this if you are confident you wont screw it up as any mistake in the v.bios can mess your card up.

3. you could try using overclocking software to down clock your gpu this should result in lower temps but it wont make much of a difference.

honestly though a 50c temp isnt that uncommon on a gpu. mine right at this second is idling at 46c. when i play a game it usually stays around 64c-72c
a gpu isnt like a cpu meaning that it can get pretty hot and still be normal temps. what is your temp when your running something demanding like a recent game? you can use a program called hwmonitor to figure this out.

 

Thanks, I'l check it out. I was a bit worried about the GPU till I read your text.

I have used a thermal paste during installation, so that should be ok. I'll run hwmonitor tonight and see what it does.

For now I have Riva Tuner for the GPU. Dont know how it works though, so I need to do some testing. In no rush since 47-50c is ok.

Cheers