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Overclocking Powerbooks
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Are there any utilities to overclock the graphic chips in Powerbooks? Windows folks seem to have dozens of 3rd party apps for tweaking graphics settings. I badly want to squeeze some more performance out of my GFMX4 in the Alu 17 1Ghz.
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Join Date: Jul 2000
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I have not heard of any utilities specifically for powerbooks. A MAJOR issue you would run in to is the fact that powerbooks run really hot as it is. You have to remember, with Windows laptops you're dealing with a processor that is throlltled down most of the time. That's why mac laptops are great, they run desktop equivolent processors at full speed. So I would think even if you could get the speed up, it would lock up very often.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Originally posted by Owlicks:
I have not heard of any utilities specifically for powerbooks. A MAJOR issue you would run in to is the fact that powerbooks run really hot as it is. You have to remember, with Windows laptops you're dealing with a processor that is throlltled down most of the time. That's why mac laptops are great, they run desktop equivolent processors at full speed. So I would think even if you could get the speed up, it would lock up very often.
My PB runs pretty cool but I doubt a G41Ghz or a 64Mb GF4MX can be called 'desktop equivalent'.
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Hi all,
CPU throttling on a Windows laptop is optional.
If you were a PC user overclocking your laptop graphics card, would you throttle your CPU? Probably not...
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Originally posted by cash:
Hi all,
CPU throttling on a Windows laptop is optional.
If you were a PC user overclocking your laptop graphics card, would you throttle your CPU? Probably not...
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I don't understand this jibberish going on. I just want an app that can adjust the clockspeed of the GPU and VRAM. What this has to do with so called throttled PC laptop CPUs, I don't know.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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I fully understand what you are talking about. I love a small utility I use on my PC called PowerStrip. It allows me to get quite a bit of more power from my Radeon. I too wish there was a similar app for the mac...
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Powerstrip! Thats the one I remember! I'd love that for the Mac!
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Join Date: Jul 2000
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ooooh.. hah, sorry. I was tired when I read that and I read it as overclocking the processor. I didn't catch the part about it being the graphics you were talking about.
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