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If you want to overclock a laptop think one more time because when it will burn it's too late. Remember also about weak psu that can't handle too much power at once.
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07-16-2010, 10:21 AM
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nah my days are just fine
actually a 260 is by far better than a 310.... as for OCing the gpu in a laptop... well try getting 80c constant in your laptop and in 1 year you will cry over it... (suggested temps are below 70c at MAXIMUM and only for short time if you want it to operate as it should..) also running crysis at 40fps doesnt mean anything.... i dont know your settings or monitor resolution but even if i knew and they where HIGH still emulation is something totally different!
and well if you dont know what you are doing yeap you will kill your poor lappy!
last actually a 310 was not made for that cause its not an "enthiusiast" level of gpu but the lowest-end of 300 series = not for gaming just casual staff....
edit: corrected mistakes i did from the speed i was writing lol
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07-16-2010, 05:09 PM
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Crap is a harsh word, still the practical outcome is the same, most laptops are inadequate to play games in general and heavy emulators in special. We are dealing with physical limitations, overclocking in this special case will not bring enough to compensate the temperature rising (always a concern source in the already tight laptop space).
I'm sure the lappy brings and will continue to bring happiness to you even if it can't do everything it was not meant to do from start, it may yet run PS2 games more CPU than graphic intensive, I dare to say it'll run Shadow hearts nicely, that is a game that playing in software mode is better than in hardware accelerated mode. That should be valid for many others not graphics demanding games since the GPU is indeed the weakest link in the chain.
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@ Rezard, You make some very valid points. But i think I am not going to overclock anything. Its a little to risky with my current situation. I would be better off buying or building a desktop pc with higher specs.
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07-17-2010, 05:47 PM
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(07-17-2010, 05:37 PM)Acebug5 Wrote: @ Rezard, You make some very valid points. But i think I am not going to overclock anything. Its a little to risky with my current situation. I would be better off buying or building a desktop pc with higher specs.
Now that is a sensible posture. The lappy is honest and does nicely what it's meant to, but sadly it can't do miracles and should not be forced to it. Still it may ever run some games nicely, specially those that run fine in software graphics mode, as already told.
OFF topic and does not sheds any light to the thread but... My wife got an HP lappy centrino based as a gift from our daughter, I don't even know about the video it uses... I know for sure I don't want to try PCSX2 on it ...
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