For those with onboard graphics cards

[Rafael Mestdag]

I was wondering whether I could improve my onboard graphics card beyond its apparent 750Mhz of Clock in the BIOS.

What I've done was I put a small stock coler's fan stuck to it on my motherboard blowing into it and out to the sides as if the onboard graphics unit on the motherboard were a heat sink(which is what it looks like).

Well, to sum it all up, with this little change I was able to go up from its limit of 750 to 900Mhz and it's made a difference of about 25-35% on my games' FPS.

If you've got an onboard graphics unit, you could try this one out.

 

[boosted1g]

Might be more helpful if you stated what onboard graphcis you have? At this point don't know if you are talking about intel or amd, or if it is even a CPU integrated graphics or an old motherboard with onboard graphics.

 

[Chugalug_]

Not recommended, I'm pretty sure last time I tried to do this out of interest it resulted in extreme instability after a few days of use on an i3 6100.
Pretty sure it voids your warranty too.
Any reason you can't get a discrete GPU?

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

Might be more helpful if you stated what onboard graphcis you have? At this point don't know if you are talking about intel or amd, or if it is even a CPU integrated graphics or an old motherboard with onboard graphics.

It's a motherboard integrated AMD ATI HD3000

 

[Chugalug_]

Definitely not optimal for overclocking.
I'd stay away from it unless you want to stuff your whole mobo imo.

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

Definitely not optimal for overclocking.
I'd stay away from it unless you want to stuff your whole mobo imo.

And I have stuffed my motherboard, had to buy another one, but the problem, I believe was a short I caused while trying to connect the fan.

 

[Chugalug_]

No it wasn't your fan. They have very minimal impact, it was likely incorrect voltage regulation as a result of too much power being delivered to your CPU, I wouldn't be surprised if that's dead as well.
I DID warn you.....

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

No it wasn't your fan. They have very minimal impact, it was likely incorrect voltage regulation as a result of too much power being delivered to your CPU, I wouldn't be surprised if that's dead as well.
I DID warn you.....

No, actually the CPU along with all the other components survived. It was just the motherboard, but I'm sure I short circuited it by trying to connect the fan.

 

[Chugalug_]

Okay then, you can keep doing it, or ask for an RMA, but don't say I didn't warn you. T.T