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Nvidia Enables laptop overclocking again after critique
An interesting post was spotted on the GeForce forums. Nvidia Enables laptop overclocking again after a bucket-load of critique. You need to read carefully though as it states that only certain models will allow it.
In a new driver release Nvidia will enable it again, that driver release however is next month. if you already like to use overclocking for your laptop, you can use the 344.75 driver.
Nvidia:
As you know, we are constantly tuning and optimizing the performance of your GeForce PC. We obsess over every possible optimization so that you can enjoy a perfectly stable machine that balances game, thermal, power, and acoustic performance.
Still, many of you enjoy pushing the system even further with overclocking. Our recent driver update disabled overclocking on some GTX notebooks. We heard from many of you that you would like this feature enabled again. So, we will again be enabling overclocking in our upcoming driver release next month for those affected notebooks.
If you are eager to regain this capability right away, you can also revert back to 344.75.
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#5017492 Posted on: 02/20/2015 09:15 PM
If people want to to melt there poorly cooled and designed laptops/ultrabook THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED to be OC to begin let them. and yes there all poorly designed when it comes to cooling.
Unless you payed arm and leg and even then i find them poorly cooled,
Sure you can get gaming laptop, that could play those game , but there not designed to take the heat that is produced.
I lost count how many laptops/notebooks etc i seen come in with shuting down issue due to heat issue, and they where not used for gaming, and they ranging from 200~3000+ $ laptops, they are not built to take the heat and people want to OC them let them i like have laugh at those people expense
If people want to to melt there poorly cooled and designed laptops/ultrabook THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED to be OC to begin let them. and yes there all poorly designed when it comes to cooling.
Unless you payed arm and leg and even then i find them poorly cooled,
Sure you can get gaming laptop, that could play those game , but there not designed to take the heat that is produced.
I lost count how many laptops/notebooks etc i seen come in with shuting down issue due to heat issue, and they where not used for gaming, and they ranging from 200~3000+ $ laptops, they are not built to take the heat and people want to OC them let them i like have laugh at those people expense
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#5017590 Posted on: 02/21/2015 12:26 AM
If people want to to melt there poorly cooled and designed laptops/ultrabook THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED to be OC to begin let them. and yes there all poorly designed when it comes to cooling.
Unless you payed arm and leg and even then i find them poorly cooled,
Sure you can get gaming laptop, that could play those game , but there not designed to take the heat that is produced.
I lost count how many laptops/notebooks etc i seen come in with shuting down issue due to heat issue, and they where not used for gaming, and they ranging from 200~3000+ $ laptops, they are not built to take the heat and people want to OC them let them i like have laugh at those people expense
Yeha except the problem is those people complain to the OEM's who then go and complain to Nvidia that their chips are causing failures. Which is why Nvidia probably stopped the OC'ing to begin with.
If people want to to melt there poorly cooled and designed laptops/ultrabook THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED to be OC to begin let them. and yes there all poorly designed when it comes to cooling.
Unless you payed arm and leg and even then i find them poorly cooled,
Sure you can get gaming laptop, that could play those game , but there not designed to take the heat that is produced.
I lost count how many laptops/notebooks etc i seen come in with shuting down issue due to heat issue, and they where not used for gaming, and they ranging from 200~3000+ $ laptops, they are not built to take the heat and people want to OC them let them i like have laugh at those people expense
Yeha except the problem is those people complain to the OEM's who then go and complain to Nvidia that their chips are causing failures. Which is why Nvidia probably stopped the OC'ing to begin with.
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#5017627 Posted on: 02/21/2015 02:04 AM
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834725005&cm_re=aorus_x7_pro-_-34-725-005-_-Product
That "gaming" laptop listed above has the capability to graphically perform a tick under the performance a DESKTOP GTX 980. $3100 though, but only 6lb, and as thin as a Macbook Pro (I have a 1st Gen Aorus, the heat is fine on them)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152707&cm_re=msi_titan-_-34-152-707-_-Product
Has two GTX 980M in SLi which will outperform the Desktop GTX 980, but again $4100, and it's insanely thick and heavy.
IMHO a Gaming Laptop is still an oxymoron... But some people travel a lot and its their only choice to play games in the hotel in the evening... In that scenario higher noise, additional fans, and cardboard air tunnels are not a problem 
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834725005&cm_re=aorus_x7_pro-_-34-725-005-_-Product
That "gaming" laptop listed above has the capability to graphically perform a tick under the performance a DESKTOP GTX 980. $3100 though, but only 6lb, and as thin as a Macbook Pro (I have a 1st Gen Aorus, the heat is fine on them)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152707&cm_re=msi_titan-_-34-152-707-_-Product
Has two GTX 980M in SLi which will outperform the Desktop GTX 980, but again $4100, and it's insanely thick and heavy.
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#5017630 Posted on: 02/21/2015 02:11 AM
yes but the end people dont care they just want there ability to oc, even if it want ment to be oc'ed which no laptop/notebook is ment to be,
Nvidia had there reasons and they where good reason but people dont care. they will just whine case and point look at what happen.
Yeha except the problem is those people complain to the OEM's who then go and complain to Nvidia that their chips are causing failures. Which is why Nvidia probably stopped the OC'ing to begin with.
yes but the end people dont care they just want there ability to oc, even if it want ment to be oc'ed which no laptop/notebook is ment to be,
Nvidia had there reasons and they where good reason but people dont care. they will just whine case and point look at what happen.
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All these people saying 'you can't game on a laptop' - go look at 1080p benchmarks for the 980M and 970M.
My 970M can run the original Crysis at 1080p at 55FPS average. A 10% overclock (perfectly possible, I'd expect 15%) would hit the desirable 60FPS average. As for any UT3 based game, it munches them.
It's not so much that you can't, it's more that it's kind of counter-productive. The purpose of a laptop is to be portable. Having a beefy CPU and GPU in a laptop means it has to down-throttle the performance to maintain battery life, thermals, and physical size. That means you're losing the performance you paid for. If the battery life doesn't matter to you, then that's 1 major feature that makes your laptop significantly less portable. If the thermals don't matter to you and you decide to put the laptop on a desk with an external keyboard/mouse, that's significantly less portable. If having a decent battery and/or thermals matter to you, the laptop will be bulky and heavy - being less portable. Also in many cases, what you get is what you're stuck with. You can't easily, if at all, upgrade a laptop in a way that will get better FPS in games. Sometimes all you need is a better GPU but you can't get one if it's soldered to the motherboard.
If you want a decent gaming system that you can bring to a friend's house, get a mini ITX build with a wireless keyboard and mouse. Some ITX cases have handle bars. If your friend can't supply a display, get a cheap laptop and stream to that instead. At least then the cheap laptop can be used for other means in a way that gives great portability.