Sucky AMD Laptop Performance - Help?

[iDieAlot1986]

Hello All!

I have had my laptop since 2010, and it has always been a pain to use. Currently, I am in the process of building a new gaming rig, but I still need a laptop that can perform my daily tasks.
First, I had Windows 7 Home Premium on this machine, and then I upgraded to Windows 8.1. The difference was drastic. Now I can watch YouTube in 480P and sometimes 720P, whereas before, my laptop would crash when opening the YouTube page.

My laptop has an AMD C-50 CPU clocked at 1GHz.
It has 3GB of DDR-3 RAM.
It has a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD, the drive that will be in my soon to be gaming PC.
It also has a RadeonHD Mobile 6250 GPU.

So, this leads me to my question...

Is there anything I can do to further my laptop's performance without putting any money into it?
Can I unpark cores?
Overclock?
Change registry values and activate some top secret super computer function? (I suck at sarcasm)

Is there anything I can do?

I have already disabled everything on start-up with the exception of Catalyst Control Centre.
I have configured MSConfig the best I could to get my laptop in top shape, but it's still not what it should be.

Sent from my Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200.

Thanks!

 

[TechyInAZ]

A good one is to tweak the Balanced Power Plan in windowses Power Options. Leave everything default for battery, but for plugged in, make everything maximum performance except for the CPU.

 

[deusimpervius]

What would you expect from a 1 Ghz processor?? As far as I'm aware, you can't do anything. the BIOS is unmodifiable and CPU parking is disabled in windows 8.1 already.

 

[drkatz42]

Hello All!

I have had my laptop since 2010, and it has always been a pain to use. Currently, I am in the process of building a new gaming rig, but I still need a laptop that can perform my daily tasks.
First, I had Windows 7 Home Premium on this machine, and then I upgraded to Windows 8.1. The difference was drastic. Now I can watch YouTube in 480P and sometimes 720P, whereas before, my laptop would crash when opening the YouTube page.

My laptop has an AMD C-50 CPU clocked at 1GHz.
It has 3GB of DDR-3 RAM.
It has a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD, the drive that will be in my soon to be gaming PC.
It also has a RadeonHD Mobile 6250 GPU.

So, this leads me to my question...

Is there anything I can do to further my laptop's performance without putting any money into it?
Can I unpark cores?
Overclock?
Change registry values and activate some top secret super computer function? (I suck at sarcasm)

Is there anything I can do?

I have already disabled everything on start-up with the exception of Catalyst Control Centre.
I have configured MSConfig the best I could to get my laptop in top shape, but it's still not what it should be.

Sent from my Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200.

Thanks!

If you google "super secret computer speed up", you will be faced with numerous claims to speed up your laptop by 1000% for a small "fee". Obviously, bogus claims! The cpu is going to be permanently attached to the MB and I believe 3 gigs of ram is the max supported. You have what you have my friend.

 

[iDieAlot1986]

A good one is to tweak the Balanced Power Plan in windowses Power Options. Leave everything default for battery, but for plugged in, make everything maximum performance except for the CPU.

That was one of the first things I did, but it still is not working as well as I need it to.

 

[Obnoxious]

To be honest your CPU is the weakest component in your laptop by far. Intel Pentium 4's from 2002 are similar in performance to your current CPU, and unfortunately the news gets worse. You cannot upgrade your processor either, since it's soldered onto your laptop's motherboard.

Generally the AMD processors on your current motherboard's socket are not that powerful. To be honest, there's not much you can do for your laptop unfortunately.

Update: Previously I did suggest desoldering your CPU etc., however after further research it's not worth the hassle; even if you were to successfully pull it off, the upgraded CPU may not be compatible.

All the best.

 

[iDieAlot1986]

Hello All!

I have had my laptop since 2010, and it has always been a pain to use. Currently, I am in the process of building a new gaming rig, but I still need a laptop that can perform my daily tasks.
First, I had Windows 7 Home Premium on this machine, and then I upgraded to Windows 8.1. The difference was drastic. Now I can watch YouTube in 480P and sometimes 720P, whereas before, my laptop would crash when opening the YouTube page.

My laptop has an AMD C-50 CPU clocked at 1GHz.
It has 3GB of DDR-3 RAM.
It has a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD, the drive that will be in my soon to be gaming PC.
It also has a RadeonHD Mobile 6250 GPU.

So, this leads me to my question...

Is there anything I can do to further my laptop's performance without putting any money into it?
Can I unpark cores?
Overclock?
Change registry values and activate some top secret super computer function? (I suck at sarcasm)

Is there anything I can do?

I have already disabled everything on start-up with the exception of Catalyst Control Centre.
I have configured MSConfig the best I could to get my laptop in top shape, but it's still not what it should be.

Sent from my Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200.

Thanks!

If you google "super secret computer speed up", you will be faced with numerous claims to speed up your laptop by 1000% for a small "fee". Obviously, bogus claims! The cpu is going to be permanently attached to the MB and I believe 3 gigs of ram is the max supported. You have what you have my friend.

The manual says it supports up to 8GB, but I would rather not spend that much on a 1GHz system.

 

[drkatz42]

Hello All!

I have had my laptop since 2010, and it has always been a pain to use. Currently, I am in the process of building a new gaming rig, but I still need a laptop that can perform my daily tasks.
First, I had Windows 7 Home Premium on this machine, and then I upgraded to Windows 8.1. The difference was drastic. Now I can watch YouTube in 480P and sometimes 720P, whereas before, my laptop would crash when opening the YouTube page.

My laptop has an AMD C-50 CPU clocked at 1GHz.
It has 3GB of DDR-3 RAM.
It has a Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD, the drive that will be in my soon to be gaming PC.
It also has a RadeonHD Mobile 6250 GPU.

So, this leads me to my question...

Is there anything I can do to further my laptop's performance without putting any money into it?
Can I unpark cores?
Overclock?
Change registry values and activate some top secret super computer function? (I suck at sarcasm)

Is there anything I can do?

I have already disabled everything on start-up with the exception of Catalyst Control Centre.
I have configured MSConfig the best I could to get my laptop in top shape, but it's still not what it should be.

Sent from my Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200.

Thanks!

If you google "super secret computer speed up", you will be faced with numerous claims to speed up your laptop by 1000% for a small "fee". Obviously, bogus claims! The cpu is going to be permanently attached to the MB and I believe 3 gigs of ram is the max supported. You have what you have my friend.

The manual says it supports up to 8GB, but I would rather not spend that much on a 1GHz system.

Yep, that would be a waste. Remember the old saying "when the horse is dead, its time to dismount".