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Title: Overclock your MacBookPro's GPU -- if you dare
phillipx

Time: 13:12
Date: 19 Apr 2006

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We're not suggesting you try this at home (though we're also not suggesting that doing so will melt your MacBookPro), but according to reports trickling out on the internets, the graphics processor in Apple's MacBookPro is woefully underclocked. One user who tested his unit found that the MBP's Radeon X1600 came in at just 310MHz, compared to 470MHz on similarly equipped laptops from other brands (we almost said "similarly equipped Windows-based laptops," but, hey, we can't do that anymore, can we?). So, what's a gamer to do? Why, overclock it -- or reclock it, if you believe the unit is underclocked in the first place. Just boot your MBP into Windows (you do know how to do that, right?), run ATI Tools 0.2.5 and kiss your sluggish graphics (and probably your warranty) goodbye. Oh, and just in case you really don't know how to run Windows on your MBP, it turns out that at least one retailer is now selling models with XP pre-installed. Get one now, before Apple shuts them down.

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just checking to see if it works
 
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