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    Can playing with MSI afterburner ~LOWER~ GPU temps? P180 560m SLI

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ClarkD, Jul 25, 2012.

  1. ClarkD

    ClarkD Notebook Consultant

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    Greetings everyone!

    I have my system finally working at 100% and after speaking with a few different owners I'm wondering about something... (the title mostly...)

    A few other owners of the p180hm have mentioned that when "very slightly overlocking" their graphics cards, they saw minor speed improvements AND lower GPU temps... This seems odd to me and I'm wondering if anyone has an experience that is similar to this.

    I'm generally a person who will just dive in and try to figure it out, but I've had a few bad experiences in the past month or so and I'm pretty gun shy about messing with it.

    My current temps aren't bad normally 81-82 pri card and slightly lower on the second card. If I could sneak in a little more power and drop temps even more that would be amazing.

    Thanks everyone!
     
    ClarkD, Jul 25, 2012
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    R3d Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's not going to lower temps unless you undervolt/underclock.
     
    R3d, Jul 25, 2012
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  3. ClarkD

    ClarkD Notebook Consultant

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    Hard question for you then, any idea on how much the power loss to temp loss ratio would be... Just a guess would be good. :)

    That doesn't seem like something I'd likely do... but who knows.
     
    ClarkD, Jul 25, 2012
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