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    CPU/GPU overclocking? BIOS

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by spayk, Mar 27, 2018.

  1. spayk

    spayk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello guys,
    I have a Clevo based laptop called Dream Machines (from Polish company/reseller) - the model of the Dream machines is G1050Ti-17PL20 and the Clevo model original is: N870HK1. So I was looking for the newest drivers and of course Control Center 5.0001.1.46. The problem is that the application inside the Control center does not recognize my Graphic Card 1050ti and anything can't be clicked on it (it is disabled - the options) eventho I have the option in the bios called "GPU performance scalling" - the option is enabled. Even if I disable it, the GPUclocker still is disabled... When I try to open the .bat file it shows "unhandled exception system.indexoutofrangeexception".
    Do u have any ideas how to solve it?
    Also do u know where can I download latest version of BIOS for that model? I Mean for model h870hk1.
    Greetings.
     
  2. Danishblunt

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    You can overclock with MSI afterburner, do not ever overclock with the clevo control center. The software is a half broken mess.

    You cannot overclock your CPU, but you can undervolt it so it runs cooler.
     
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    spayk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello, thank you for your answer @Danishblunt
    I understand, but I've seen some posts from previous year (2017), that some people had those options active and could set it to "YES" and it was automatically overclocked. Also Some people had in the main menu of control center additional options like automatic overclocking and so on... I do not have such options and I do not know what is going on.

    Where could I do it? modded BIOS Prema or using some external software?
     
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    You can't overclcokthe CPU, it's locked. No mod will help.

    I think you're confusing with the fan profiles, also again do not ever overclock with clevo control center. Seriously, don't. Use afterburner.
     
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    Pardon my misunderstanding. I meant that some people had in the clevo control center GPU overclocking ooptions unlocked.

    Yes I saw Fan profiles but also the GPU and GPU v.2 programs run by users and there were also options unlockedi n the GPU section.
     
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    If you downloaded the clevo center from this forum, then it was removed on purpose.

    In the end it doesn't matter anyways, because you do not overclock with clevo control center. anyways. Just ignore it and move on with good tools such as afterburner and throttlestop.
     
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    I downloaded it from half a year ago the version to be newest from different reseller. Not obsidian tools, cuz it's paid and it does not detect my laptop.

    So Msi afterburner is for GPU as well as throttlestop? I used it on previous laptop, but it didn't seem to work
    @Danishblunt
     
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    No MSI afterburner is for GPU throttlestop is for CPU, you can undervolt with throttlestop for example.
     
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    Seems like half of the options on MSI afterburner are blocked for my card somehow >< can only raise "Core Clock and Memory Clock", the rest is locked... any idea why?
     
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    That's normal, the thing that boosts your performance by far is the core clock. Memory clock doesn't do much.
    So try and get the highest core clock possible until it starts crashing or gets unstable, then dial back a bit.
     
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    Okay then. I tried also installing few control center applications and in the .17 version there is no gpu overclock and it also does not recognize my graphic card. in the version .38 it does, but when I try to save the settings it just shows "Null and null", can't confirm nor cancel the settings.

    What about the newest bios for my version of laptop?
    @Danishblunt
    Where should I look to find latest one?
     
  12. Danishblunt

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    For crying out loud can you stop caring about the broken features already? It's not unlikely that there doesn't exist any versions where you will ever get it working. I remember a user here where his graphicscard died because of clevo centers bad fan profile. Just stop it. The moment you bought a clevo notebook you basicially made yourself deal with garbage software, just live with it as it is and don't bother.