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i don't think it is wise to overclock the T61p, this will lead to its premature failure. You won't gain much from performance even if did try to overclock it.
overclocking a laptop is just a bad idea in general. There isnt enough airflow going into the processor. While some may fair better than others, I have a desktop for my gaming needs
Could put a C2E X9000 in there, runs at 2.8GHz, not too sure the cooling system would be able to keep it under 50 at idle.. but still, worth a shot, there are some on eBay for about 300 bucks Canadian, according to
some people the T61p's GPU will fail inevitably so you might as well game on it as much as possible before it does.
The high temperature would exacerbate the problem of heat soak on the GPU, as the there is only one single heat sink/fan system that manage the heat load on both the cpu and gpu.
Is this not a little hypocritical considering your last topic that argued this? YOU are now the one with the bias toward mid-range processors, i could ask you the same thing, why put another processor in it from a T7700 to a T9500, for the most marginal gain in performance?
No, my topic was complex. A few people wanted to treat the topic with the complexity that it has most didn't which is why I dont participate in most lay fora. The topic has complexity that unless you are a computer professional that you wouldn't understand. So why get into it if all it's going to warrant is the thread being closed?
On the other hand Zaz is right for that portion of the population which is net bound,
IF one is net bound.
'YOU are now the one with the bias toward mid-range processors"
You're correct. I do have a bias against the midrange. But I am not a Forum or Forum Moderator and have no authority.
You deffinitely don't need to be a computer professional to justify which processor meets your needs, i've learned about how processors work internally from reading, and looking at diagrams, also experience, you really don't need to be one...
I agree with this now that you have explained your deffinition of professional a little better. However it's still no excuse to go about thinking that everyone is stupider or less wise than you about technology.
I don't think that most people are stupid and I never implied that. I will say that most people aren't interesting enough such that I want to talk to them. There are a variety of reasons. There are others that I'd have no trouble with. It's a matter of personal preference and those are mine.
Renee
I believe forums are a great place to learn new things. I have learned a great deal about computers here and other places as well.
Although I dont care for your elitist attitude, I will say that I thank all of those who has taken the time to overlook my ignorance, and spend their valuable time to insight me on technology.
Eh, while I think I remember reading somewhere that the X9000 will fit in the T61p I wouldn't recommend it. I have one in my M1730, overclocked to 3.4ghz. The heat issues are pretty extreme, and I had to undervolt it to ensure that it runs at 75C max on load... and that's in a notebook that has a far larger and more efficient cooling system than a T61p. Also, the T61p won't support BIOS-level overclocking and I'm not sure how to use software utilities to overclock.
It's a good chip, but unless you're doing some seriously intensive tasks(and even most gaming won't stress it out to the max) you're not going to notice a huge improvement in performance. In day-to-day tasks the L7700 in my X61s and the T7200 in my T60p perform just as well as the X9000.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
