laptop GPU overclocking help!

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Sothe

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So, for christmas, I want starcraft 2. I plan to be playing it on my mid- 2010 macbook pro (with snow leopard and windows xp professional). Notebook check said I could get 39- 56 fps on medium and 26.5-33 fps on high. Now, a friend has overclocked their macbook pro in windows and says the fans arent going crazy fast and it dosen’t run that much warmer than it normally would (he just overclocked the shader thing). I got my gpu overclocking program ready, but I don’t know how high I should set it or if I might be able to play starcraft 2 on high without it looking like a fast- paced slideshow. The clocks are currently set at: Gpu clock:500MHz, Memory clock: 790 MHz, Shader clock: 1100MHz and voltage 0.900V. I attached the screenshot if you want to see it. Also, I was wondering what the dangers would be if I did set it too high.
Thanks in advance for helping out a noob!


edit: sorry for the blury pic. :( I don't know how to make it bigger
edit:edit: sorry for making 2 of these threads, I don't know how it happened.
 

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well, the temp really never goes over 160. I think I could squeeze a little bit more of performance out of it.
 
Yes, It does need to be asked. You could be from a different country and use the Celsius scale. It makes a huge difference.
160 Fahrenheit = 71.1 Celsius.
160 Celsius = 320 Fahrenheit.

Components can only get so hot before they stop working. Overclocking anything in a laptop is probably not a good idea.
 
BurningSkyline said:
Yes, It does need to be asked. You could be from a different country and use the Celsius scale. It makes a huge difference.
160 Fahrenheit = 71.1 Celsius.
160 Celsius = 320 Fahrenheit.

Components can only get so hot before they stop working. Overclocking anything in a laptop is probably not a good idea.
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160 Celsius is not even a probable temperature. It was safe to say the OP meant 160 Fahrenheit.

To the OP:
IF you do so desire to overclock your laptop, 71 degrees is very hot for a CPU. As a rule of thumb, I personally never run my CPU over 60 deg at full load.

Most laptops are not meant to be overclocked. They just are not built that way. The cooling is just not there. There is a reason that enthusiasts use high end cooling solutions when they overclock. When running your components over their recommended specs, you risk immediate failure and a severely decreased lifespan.

I would implore you to bring all of your components back to their respective clocks. If you do decide to keep it overclocked, decrease the amount you have done it by to lower your temps.
 
No, at that point, some of your solder will start to liquefy, among other things. :(

Edit: Or will come close.
 
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