artmustel Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) Hello everyone. My computer is an Asus G75V gaming laptop with an intel core I7-3630QM processor, which speed is 2.6 mhz, 3.6 ghz with turboboost, and I was wondering if it can be overclocked. The video card is not much by today standards: a gtx 670m. Laptop has 16gb of ram. Since I cannot upgrade the video card on it, at least it would be nice if I could overclock the cpu but I don't know if it is possible, and if so, how to do it? I currently use this laptop connected to an external monitor and keyboard. Thanks in anticipation. Edited April 3, 2017 by artmustel
Headwarp Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) The problem with trying to overclock a laptop is that you don't have access to the heatsink and cooling components without completely dismantling the thing. That and you do not have near the amount of room for airflow that you would from a full tower desktop. From what I just found on google people can overclock the videocard but I'm certain it has a large very open vent to exhale and move air out. So while people report successfully oc'ing the GPU.. don't even try it with the CPU, and be aware that even oc'ing the gpu can add heat to the enclosed space inside. Personally I'm running an i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz with a 980Ti, and a monitor with 3440x1440p resolution. There are certain settings I don't run max with when flight simming because the maps are larger than any other format of PC gaming, with much more to process graphically all while calculating flight models, wind, gravity and other various factors. Is your laptop struggling? What resolution are you running at? Is Civ Traffic off or at least low? you don't have trees and clutter sliders maxed do you? Have you made sure all of your drivers are up to date via the manufacturer's website? Have you ensured that your graphics card is indeed being selected rather than cpu graphics when you start DCS or any game that might not be performing as well as it should? (This setting is somewhere within nVidia control panel for m series cards.. it's a power saving feature, and sometimes you have to make sure it's enabled, and sometimes graphically intensive games don't want to switch even when it's enabled.. which requires a patch from the game developers to fix.. I have no clue if this is at all an issue with DCS.) Hit CTRL + ALT + DELETE and open task manager, click the performance monitor tab and then click "CPU". Make sure it's running at the advertised clock speeds. If it's not running at least 2.6ghz when just in windows your cpu is being throttled due to heat. Hit winkey+P and set it so one of your monitors is just a second monitor, and put the performance monitor on the monitor that the game isn't running on. Check your speeds when gaming.. it should stay @ 3.6ghz while gaming. If the CPU is being throttled, turn the machine off, TAKE THE BATTERY OUT* (good catch BitMaster) spray some canned air through the air holes. Give about 20 minutes for any condensation to evaporate, turn it back on. May not provide any results.. I've seen many a heatsink so gunked up that you have to scrape the dust bunny family off. If this doesn't help, the only real solution would be to take the thing apart, which for a laptop I would pay someone to do professionally as not to risk messing it up. Unfortunately laptops kind of are what they are IMO. Edited April 4, 2017 by Headwarp Spoiler Win 11 Pro, z790 i9 13900k, RTX 4090 , 64GB DDR 6400GB, OS and DCS are on separate pci-e 4.0 drives Sim hardware - VKB MCG Ultimate with 200mm extension, Virpil T-50CM3 Dual throttles. Blackhog B-explorer (A), TM Cougar MFD's (two), MFG Crosswinds with dampener. Obutto R3volution gaming pit.
BitMaster Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 *take the battery OUT before you spray canned air or you risc disaster. I have an old Asus G73...dont overclock it, its at the edge already with 3.6 on 1 core. Gigabyte Aorus X570S Master - Ryzen 5900X - Gskill 64GB 3200/CL14@3600/CL14 - Sapphire Nitro+ 7800XT - 4x Samsung 980Pro 1TB - 1x Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - 1x SanDisc 120GB SSD - Heatkiller IV - MoRa3-360LT@9x120mm Noctua F12 - Corsair AXi-1200 - TiR5-Pro - Warthog Hotas - Saitek Combat Pedals - Asus XG27ACG QHD 180Hz - Corsair K70 RGB Pro - Win11 Pro/Linux - Phanteks Evolv-X
artmustel Posted April 4, 2017 Author Posted April 4, 2017 Civil traffic and grass/trees were at maximum; taking slider to "low"(and shadows to flat) increased my frame rate from under 30 to 45-50. What a change! I checked cpu with task manager and all seem to be fine, still pending the canning air spraying. Thanks heardwarp! And thanks to you to bitmaster, I had no idea that I needed to take battery out before the air spray procedure.
Dudikoff Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) The only laptop CPU's with an unlocked multiplier are the XM series. Since you don't have that, you'd have to OC by increasing the base frequency which won't get you far it seems.. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=648391 But the CPU frequency on turbo is OK. It would be better to upgrade the GPU, but I see that the G75VW uses some custom PCB cards AND has vBIOS in the main BIOS so even if you upgraded the card somehow, you'd still need a modified BIOS which supports it. What a joke of a gaming laptop.. Edited April 4, 2017 by Dudikoff i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar!
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