Barring a new video card purchase outright, you can opt to overclock your laptop's GPU instead. Here's how.

1. How to Give Your
Laptop's GPU
That Extra Boost

2. So you just installed the latest sequel of
your favorite video game series on your
laptop, but somehow things don't quite look
like how they did at the E3 demo. In fact, the
game looks even worse than the last one in
the series.

3. This isn't some glitch, nor is it a scam on
the part of the game's developer. Rather,
it's a sign that it may be time for you to
think about upgrading your three-year-old
laptop. Problem is, getting ahold of laptop
replacement parts isn't as easy (or cheap)
as with desktops.

4. Laptops are portable by definition,
necessitating the construction of laptop
parts to be as lightweight and compact as
possible. This makes it especially hard for
consumers to find laptop spare parts when
they really need them.

5. As such, most laptop users are forced to
buy a new laptop instead when their
current one just isn't up to the task
anymore. However, there is another
option they can turn to: Overclocking the
laptop's GPU. Granted, a new laptop
purchase is inevitable. Nevertheless,
overclocking will stave off that purchase
long enough for the consumer to save
up enough cash.

6. And what exactly is overclocking? In a
nutshell, it is the increasing of the clocked
speeds of computer parts. The general
idea is that most parts are designated with
significantly lower speed than their ceilings
actually allow. Through certain
manipulations, the limiters of these speeds
can be overcome, leading to computer
component performances far beyond what
were initially thought.

7. With graphics-intensive programs like
video games, GPUs (or graphics
processing units) are the first things to
consider when amping up performance.
Fair warning should be given though:
Irresponsible handling of the
overclocking process can lead to your
laptop malfunctioning; or worse,
breaking down entirely. That said, as
long as you go with baby steps, there is
very little risk involved, if at all.

8. The first thing to do in going about this is to know
whether you have a GPU to overclock. That is, whether
your laptop has a dedicated GPU or if it has an
integrated graphics chip on its motherboard instead.
This might seem very obvious, but the fact of the matter
is many people are unaware of what they have.
A simple indicator of this is whether or not your laptop has the
A simple indicator of this is whether or not your laptop has the
"NVIDIA" or "AMD" logo plastered anywhere on it. If ititdoes,
"NVIDIA" or "AMD" logo plastered anywhere on it. If does,
then your laptop has a GPU installed.
then your laptop has a GPU installed.

9. The next thing to do is to get a software tool to
do the actual overclocking. Many of these are
free, with the most obvious choices being
those offered on the websites of the GPU
manufacturers themselves. The gamut ranges
from the simple yet insufficient, to the complex
yet comprehensive. Choose according to your
comfort zone.

10. Finally, test out each configuration after every tweaking.
Checking to see how far you can tweak until the computer
hangs is - to put it mildly - rather senseless. You are fine-
tuning very delicate equipment after all, so nothing but an
actual acid test at little increments will do. Sure, the whole
process may be painstaking and time-consuming, but in the
end, you will end up satisfied. After all, at 20%-30% more
performance beyond the initial designation, why wouldn't
you be?

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