Help- Computer experts needed (overclocking my GPU on my laptop)

[Koovie]

even if you installed ten nitrogen cooling systems and bought an entrie power station, you'd never be able to do that. You wasted you money on the i7, for gaming an i3 with 680m would have been better

Actually I can play on Ultra with AA disabled. My cousin brother can play on ultra with full AA with his I7. Its not the processor but my weak GT630M which is the main problem.

Laptops should mainly be avoided for gaming purposes. There are gaming laptops in the market, but they are unnecessarily expensive and difficult to upgrade later.

My advice, spend a little cash and get a desktop system for playing games. It's cheaper than a notebook and can be upgraded for future gaming requirements (for at least 2 - 4 years).

True, but I wanted a laptop to be mobile, to take it whenever I need where ever I need it.

Dude!!! don't do it, it's a laptop for Christ sake. Overclocking will make your laptop heat like an oven. It's very difficult to provide adequate cooling to laps. Over heating will burn the board up. Even on desktops, we have to provide Liquid cooling or extra fans (depending upon the height of overclock) to keep the temps down, that even after careful calibration until achieving stable performance without artifacts. If you want to clear any doubt about overclocking, just visit the site I provided. Still many people do overclock their laptop gpu, but I don't recommend that. I had also overclocked my laptop gpu to squeeze some performance for gta iv, but the surge in temps are very discouraging and I reverted back to stock frequencies.
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Forget it, I gave it up. I wont waste my new laptop to play BF3 on full ultra sets

High sets are enough

 

[RazorMC]

...Maybe in usa, but not always. Personal experience ays just buy a mediocre lappy and play games at medium settings, then mess with building a desktop (it's fun and you learn a lot though)

Desktop prices have been falling continuously for the past 4 years, ever since the laptops, netbooks and tablets became affordable.

 

[RazorMC]

...True, but I wanted a laptop to be mobile, to take it whenever I need where ever I need it.
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Hmmm. Good point. Heard that newer laptops have replaceable RAM and GPU like how HDDs can be replaced. Look into those for a cost-effective solution.

 

[Koovie]

Hmmm. Good point. Heard that newer laptops have replaceable RAM and GPU like how HDDs can be replaced. Look into those for a cost-effective solution.

I will definitely change my GPU after 1 or 2 years. But not now, it will do its job since it can run all the latest games. Furthermore I dont want to lose my warranty so soon, since I will lose it when I open my laptop

 

[Shahin Vatani]

Post on either of these forums:

Tom's Hardware Forum

Forums | Tek Syndicate

There are some real computer experts there that can help you. However I wouldn't recommend pushing it too hard, as it can overheat. But I am sure you can squeeze a little extra juice out of your GPU.

Also as long as your temps are under control, you could also look at overclocking your CPU, that helps with frames per second as well.

 

[RazorMC]

I will definitely change my GPU after 1 or 2 years. But not now, it will do its job since it can run all the latest games. Furthermore I dont want to lose my warranty so soon, since I will lose it when I open my laptop

Upgrading usually does not void your warranty. Check with the outlet where you got the laptop...

 

[474474]

Actually I can play on Ultra with AA disabled. My cousin brother can play on ultra with full AA with his I7. Its not the processor but my weak GT630M which is the main problem.




True, but I wanted a laptop to be mobile, to take it whenever I need where ever I need it.



Forget it, I gave it up. I wont waste my new laptop to play BF3 on full ultra sets

High sets are enough

that's what im trying to say, it's NOT the cpu, your cousin can play because his i7 comes with a good GPU, i have a phenom with a 6870, but it's better than my laptop (nearly same specs as you)

 

[Koovie]

Upgrading usually does not void your warranty. Check with the outlet where you got the laptop...

Unfortunately no, Acer does not allow this.

 

[474474]

Desktop prices have been falling continuously for the past 4 years, ever since the laptops, netbooks and tablets became affordable.

But the enthusiast market has been rising despite the laptop trend, so gfx/cpu/mobo manufacturers are keeping their prices stable. Unless you're talking about pre-made desktops, then you'd essential be paying for the brand - never buy a premade desktop if you want performance, make one yourself. If it was possible i'd recommend making laptops yourself to - but it's not feasable

Desktop prices have been falling continuously for the past 4 years, ever since the laptops, netbooks and tablets became affordable.

But the enthusiast market has been rising despite the laptop trend, so gfx/cpu/mobo manufacturers are keeping their prices stable. Unless you're talking about pre-made desktops, then you'd essential be paying for the brand - never buy a premade desktop if you want performance, make one yourself. If it was possible i'd recommend making laptops yourself to - but it's not feasable

 

[Shahin Vatani]

But the enthusiast market has been rising despite the laptop trend, so gfx/cpu/mobo manufacturers are keeping their prices stable. Unless you're talking about pre-made desktops, then you'd essential be paying for the brand - never buy a premade desktop if you want performance, make one yourself. If it was possible i'd recommend making laptops yourself to - but it's not feasable

Depending where you live you could also look into boutique PC makers. Some of them are really competitively priced and already do all the overclocking for you.

In UK Chillblast is a good example:

Chillblast - The UK's most awarded Custom PC builder - Cheap PCs - Gaming PCs - Workstations

Look at the stats of this PC for under £1000:
i5 3570K Processor overclocked to up to 4.7GHz
GeForce GTX 670
240GB Corsair Force 3 SSD

 

[474474]

I will definitely change my GPU after 1 or 2 years. But not now, it will do its job since it can run all the latest games. Furthermore I dont want to lose my warranty so soon, since I will lose it when I open my laptop

you said it was an acer right? I've had three acers, so i say never buy an acer EVER.
I doubt if you can upgrade gfx, RAM can be upgraded on most laptops exept ultrabooks and macbooks
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_PCI_Express_Module
You need to have an MXM in your laptop to upgrade GPU, not in a million years acer will have it. Only hige end brands like alien ware and razor might have it (they're like 10,000$)
But anyways, contact acer what you can upgrade, before asking if it'll break warranty

Depending where you live you could also look into boutique PC makers. Some of them are really competitively priced and already do all the overclocking for you.

In UK Chillblast is a good example:

Chillblast - The UK's most awarded Custom PC builder - Cheap PCs - Gaming PCs - Workstations

Look at the stats of this PC for under £1000:
i5 3570K Processor overclocked to up to 4.7GHz
GeForce GTX 670
240GB Corsair Force 3 SSD

Can you calculate how much it would cost if you did it yourself?

Also, overclocking is a good life experience - and it can be ridiculously fun (unless you burn a high end CPU, I'd recommend AMD they take a lot of torture)

 

[474474]

Depending where you live you could also look into boutique PC makers. Some of them are really competitively priced and already do all the overclocking for you.

In UK Chillblast is a good example:

Chillblast - The UK's most awarded Custom PC builder - Cheap PCs - Gaming PCs - Workstations

Look at the stats of this PC for under £1000:
i5 3570K Processor overclocked to up to 4.7GHz
GeForce GTX 670
240GB Corsair Force 3 SSD

Note: The price/performance increase is proportional only until a certain point, and after that there's a huge hike for high end stuff - so you'll lose value a lot faster and it'll become outdated and lose it's resale value by a larger persentage
I won't recommend that CPU unless you're 100% sure that you require it, save the money and get a 680(or equivalent)

 

[Shahin Vatani]

Can you calculate how much it would cost if you did it yourself?

Also, overclocking is a good life experience - and it can be ridiculously fun (unless you burn a high end CPU, I'd recommend AMD they take a lot of torture)

Maybe £50 cheaper. But comparing to a Dell or Hewlett Packard at a similar price level this is miles ahead. Yes overclocking can be a good experience, but if you have never done it before it can be very frustrating (same with building your first pc). AMD processors can usually overclock higher then intel, but still the performances are roughly the same (for gaming at least).

 

[Koovie]

you said it was an acer right? I've had three acers, so i say never buy an acer EVER.
I doubt if you can upgrade gfx, RAM can be upgraded on most laptops exept ultrabooks and macbooks
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_PCI_Express_Module
You need to have an MXM in your laptop to upgrade GPU, not in a million years acer will have it. Only hige end brands like alien ware and razor might have it (they're like 10,000$)
But anyways, contact acer what you can upgrade, before asking if it'll break warranty

Where can I check if my laptop has MXM ???

 

[474474]

Where can I check if my laptop has MXM ???

If the model is popular ask on any forum, if not then ask on Acer's forums
(although there were cmd prompt commands to check for that stuff and max ram, i dont remember)

But you should assume that it doesnt have it, because normal household brands dont include it

Maybe £50 cheaper. But comparing to a Dell or Hewlett Packard at a similar price level this is miles ahead. Yes overclocking can be a good experience, but if you have never done it before it can be very frustrating (same with building your first pc). AMD processors can usually overclock higher then intel, but still the performances are roughly the same (for gaming at least).

It was frustrating for me only because I had an unsupported chipset, otherwise there are tons of guides for each model that treat you like a little baby. And forums can be helpful.
AMD processors overclock higher is good for the noob as he's less likely to break it, and intel on the other end handles higher temperatures better
For gaming newer games are becoming multithreaded, and at the same prie levels intel forces you to settle for dual and quad cores where amd is like quad-hex-octa cores
But in the end of the day it's gaming, just conentrate on the GPU
I can help someone more if i know theyre price range and usage requirements, although learning to help yourself would be better in the long run