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    Overdrive on Laptop

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Nocturnal310, Nov 19, 2007.

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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    AMDs overdrive software.... its for overclocking AMD processors...

    I have AMD turion 64X2 (see my signature)... can i use Overdrive on laptop?
    I was wondering if i could just overclock to 2.0 GHz ..

    I know dangers of overclocking ...can anyone give me some advice on this??
     
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    I believe it requires the ATi R700 series chipset to function. So, no it probably wont work with the Nvidia chipset in your laptop.
     
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    so i can't overclock at all ever?
     
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    miner, Nov 19, 2007
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