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NVIDIA To Re-Enable GeForce 900M Overclocking

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-not-a-feature,-it's-a-bug dept.

jones_supa writes: One week after NVIDIA disabled overclocking on their GeForce 900M mobility lineup, a representative of the company has reported that NVIDIA will be bringing back the disabled feature for their overclocking enthusiasts on the mobility front. On the GeForce Forums, he writes, "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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  1. So how are they dealing with the overheating? by MetalliQaZ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This started with the (valid) concern to prevent overheating damage to laptop hardware. Are they just going to let someone fry their GPU and turn it in for warranty repairs now? That sounds unlikely. The new drivers will probably set a fuse to void warranty.

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    1. Re:So how are they dealing with the overheating? by pla · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Are they just going to let someone fry their GPU and turn it in for warranty repairs now?

      Perhaps just more aggressive thermal throttling in newer driver versions? "Sure, overclock all you like, but at 80C core or 40C ambient, you may a well have an IGP".

      Though as I understood their original announcement, they hadn't so much seem a wave of outright DOA returns, as much as expressing concerns that prolonged pushing of the envelope would lead to reduced lifetimes. In that case, as long as the parts can outlast their warranty, NVidia may simply have come to the conclusion that earlier death means earlier replacement.

  2. Re:Who really owns your graphics card? by Richard_at_work · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You do - you can stay on the version of the software that works for you, you don't have to switch to a new version. And they don't have to put new versions of the software out.