Laptop Gpu overclocking

[Abdu_101]

Hello guys, this is my first post here, sorry for any mistakes

i have seen a video of linus changing the paste with liquid metal and then he overclocked the gpu 500+mhz on core speed, gpu was GTX 1080 Max-Q

how on earth could a laptop gpu be overclocked like that, been searching for a very long time but couldnt figure out how 

Thanks

[Kenpachi1985]

8 minutes ago, Abdu_101 said:

Hello guys, this is my first post here, sorry for any mistakes

i have seen a video of linus changing the paste with liquid metal and then he overclocked the gpu 500+mhz on core speed, gpu was GTX 1080 Max-Q

how on earth could a laptop gpu be overclocked like that, been searching for a very long time but couldnt figure out how 

Thanks

You hardly find infos about it cause literally no one does it. Except for some REALLY special units, Laptops have a hard time already dealing with the heat a non oc part produces. Putting more stress on the cooling system which is at its limit already by overclocking in most cases is just a bad idea.

[jaslion]

Depending on the laptop you can just do it like normal. I used to oc my 970m with around 200mhz on the core and it was fine at a nice 65c. However as Kenpachi1985 stated most laptops do not have any cooling headroom and so it just cannot be done. You also need to keep in mind. A lot of laptops also do not have much power headroom so an oc can go over the max the powerbrick can deliver and actually cause issues with sudden shutdowns.

[Abdu_101]

I did overclock mine 200mhz clock and 350mhz memorybut its still doing less than 70c after liquid metal paste, i believe it can be pushed way further but msi afterburner doesnt allow because of power limit

[jaslion]

4 minutes ago, Abdu_101 said:

I did overclock mine 200mhz clock and 350mhz memorybut its still doing less than 70c after liquid metal paste, i believe it can be pushed way further but msi afterburner doesnt allow because of power limit

This is as I said a safety limit to not overload the power brick of your laptop as that can only deliver so much power.

[Abdu_101]

any solution like changing the power adapter ?

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

This is as I said a safety limit to not overload the power brick of your laptop as that can only deliver so much power.

 

[jaslion]

Just now, Abdu_101 said:

any solution like changing the power adapter ?

 

Won't matter as msi has put a firmware lock on the gpu as to prevent issues. Adding a better adapter is not going to change that as msi intended for x laptop to be sold with y adapter so it comes with z firmware limitation.

[Abdu_101]

too bad as the laptop is really capable of pushing much more than this, thanks for clearing that, but how did linus do it ?