Surprisingly, practically the last company you would expect, Apple, is one of the few to remove all TDP limits, and just allows the chips to run up to their full turbo until they hit tjunction max temps.
th3guardian same here. can't go above 15 watt tdp after prolonged usage. Intel and laptop manufacturing companies should really remove this limit and allow processors run up to their max clock speeds as long as temperatures are ok. After all, it's not the i3-s, these are i5-s and i7-s which have turbo boost we pay for.
Indeed, it's not actually Intel's fault, but most of the time the 3rd party manufacturers like HP, Dell, etc. I have a new HP with i5 8250U but as soon as the turbo window is gone the tdp is locked to 15-17W. I've tried going around this with ThrottleStop using the TPL window, but nothing helps. (Even though those options are NOT locked for me which would indicate that they are not BIOS locked for me, as they should? Maybe it's because of DPTF then, but nothing makes sense.)
That's really amazing. I remember back in 2014 when I received my new gaming laptop and ran a cpu test. It was a disaster. The i7-4800MQ just kept throttling even though there are 3 pipes to transfer the heat. Undervolting bearly lowered the temperature to 80 some degrees Celsius, but at least the processor finished cinebench r15 multithread test with 690 points, so yay.
Huawei mate book x pro here, did all of this but used throttle stop (XTU wont install) thing is, not every laptop has the cooling overhead to do this, the matebook x pro definitely does not unfortunately, couldnt handle more than 33 watts
I tried to download the extreme tuning utility on an i7 8550u and it stopped the download saying that it was an unsupported platform. I'm doing this on a laptop if that changes anything
I would love to see the results based on individual adjustments, I feel that the uniengine benchmark would've yielded similar results with just the gpu overclock. Most games are gpu bound and my cpu in the xiaomi never exceeds 40%. I have bios 502 and in addition to this, I'm experiencing a weird issue where XTU won't install because it says unsupported platform - with stats up on the screen during gaming I cannot justify risking a rollback of the bios and a reinstall of windows to get xtu working all for the sake of an undervolt.
Weirdly, some games really prefer clock speeds over the cores so 40% may not be a relevant statistic. I think performance will be better on this laptop with a higher clock speed
@@ethaningoa7461 Not really 100% sure what you mean but sort of get it. If you are running a game and your CPU usage is 50% for example, a boost in clock speed is not going to boost your FPS . I finally managed to undervolt my i5-8250U by 100Mv and have next to no performance increase . The only way it has provided a benefit is ofc with reduced thermals and a higher clock speed for the same 15w TDP. In addition in extreme situations where the CPU was for example at 80% and created loads of heat which would reduce my GPU clock by about 80MHZ , that has now been removed. I wouldn't expect a boost in performance if your CPU is not being fully utilized in the first place or if thermals from it are hindering your GPU clocks.
Hey, I just wanted to know the settings you applied for the 8250u will it be the same for the 8550u?? I have an i7 8550u with 8 gigs of ram. And if not, then what would be the voltage applications for the 8550u? (Btw great vid, and can you make a video on how to overclock amd radeon 530 graphics card as well please.
Thank you for this vid! I just got an Acer E5-576G with Core i5 8250u. Tried XTU (-0.100v, max turbo power to 40w). My results are more modest: around 7-8% increase in Cinebench R15, from 526 to 570. Perhaps the cooling solution of my laptop is not as good. Or it could be that the ambient temp in my room was already 32 C to begin with. I'm still happy with the results. Plus 8% is not trivial. Also, the sustained all-core frequency jumped from ~2.3Ghz to ~2.6Ghz. This means even better performance when used under load for hours at a time (instead of 1 minute in Cinebench). Cheers!
goku uchiha Sorry bro but I haven't tried, and I am no longer into games these days. Btw I switched from Intel XTU to Throttlestop, since XTU occasionally reverts to original settings (i.e. it removes the undervolt) for no clear reason. Throttlestop is more stable in my experience.
An official intel app that basically allows not simply tuning but actual overclocking of LAPTOP processors. I remember that it wasn't always that easy to tune power states and undervolt some core2 models. And in terms of increasing performance it was totally impossible. But now Intel's giving away such a wonderful tuning tool. Inconceivable!
IxBoost don't get too excited, on this processor it just allows the CPU to use more power. Don't think Intel has gone and hooked it up for us overclockers.
David Davidson I see that it's used for tuning turbo boost And TDP boundaries here are not limitless. But still with this CPU results are more than impressive.
you aren't technically "overclocking" in the sense that you aren't increasing the max multiplier set for the CPU cores (well not with the 8th gen Intel chips anyway, you can on some other chips), you are just removing the limits that make these CPU's reduce clock speed, think of it like GPU Boost 3.0 on Nvidia GPU's, the more you reduce the temperature the higher it will clock itself within the range the card is designed for.
The only reason I opened a video named like that is because you made it! Otherwise I would have assumed it was nonsense! That’s an actually nice tip! Will try for sure, Thanks!
Hey i tried exactly this (on my i7 8550u - yoga 920) but my cinebench scores dont move at all. Is it possible that something is locked? XTU seems to apply the settings but i dont see any difference in benchmarks
I think he probably made an error in the first benchmark because cinabench makes ur cpu frequency boost maxed out and you should almost always get top score when running cinabench the reason he got such a low score before I suspect is because he didn't have his laptop plugged or had low battery left.
Hey Guys, anyone here who has experience in overclocking the mx110? I've been trying to find some info on Google but unfortunately, no results as of yet. Happy to get any info! Cheers.
I don't reccomend doing that, the mx110 usually comes with an i5 8250u, if that is the case for u, don't overclock....there is only so little power provided to the computer, overclocking the gpu will limit the power given to the cpu and not all cores will be used at full potential. That will cause a decrease of performance instead of an increase
When you have the offset it also applies to the idle stage as soon as I know. Seems like undervolting these 8th Gen Ultra Low Voltage processors are impossible. I got my HP Laptop with 7200U, I had undervolted it with XTU, under load there is not a single problem, but when it is idle, it just restart, freezes etc.
If you go in stand by and your pc support Connected stand by, xtu can cause crash of windows. I tested this on,2 ultrabook and the solution is use throttlestop
Hello! many thanks for this video. I have the "Xiaomi mi notebook pro version i7 8550U" whith Nvidia MX150. I have two questions : 1) Regarding the MX do you know like which graphic card the MX150 will perfom by following the way you use to boost your laptop? 2) Will my laptop can support hours of gaming without negatives consequences after boosting the Notebook i7 and the graphic card? Many thanks in advance.
I'm not sure if you're still reading comments for a 3-year-old video, but if you are reading this, I have a question to ask. I have an i7-8550U and Geforce MX150 on my ASUS Zenbook 13. I installed an older version of XTU but followed whatever you did, even the MSI Afterburner part, etc. On the i7, what performance gain should I see? Thanks.
You can increase the TDP on the 13.3" model, it will also hold the turbos longer. But since it's only a dual-core CPU it's no way near as powerful. You just have to also watch the temps, the cooling on the Mi Notebook Air 13 isn't as good.
Kickass video, buddy. I plan on buying the i7 16gb one when it's available. If I do this to that version will it work? Will I be transported to the future and find myself in a reality where i9 chips exist on portable laptops?
That looks great! Could you test for performance degradation with the OC? It almost makes me wish Xiaomi had added a second heat pipe and a GTX 1050...
I've been testing it, video ecoding at 4k 100% CPU use, 4 cores a solid 3.4Ghz the hold time for 20 minutes. 65 degrees C max in 25 degrees C room. But once you add the GPU and also max that the CPU will hit 81 degrees C and GPU about 69 degrees. So no thermal throttling. But it does get hot above the keyboard.
how would it perform during a sustain load though? Because 8th gen intel cpu are beasts for light tasks but the heavier it gets the lower the clock would stay
Interesting. Very strong cooling indeed. Which is a bit of surprise to me honestly. I will try modding my 13 incher with heatpipes and pads and we ll see how it goes. I wish 2018 version of 13 incher will have MX250(?) And their new 10 nm cpu chip.
i know its a long time ago but daim. my i5 7200u was running at 1,5ghz in some games because of that 15watt tdp. wich made the game run at 20fps (watch dogs) with this. ik runs just under the turbo boost at 2.8ghz and im getting almost 40fps. thank you some much
I'm curious if there would be any benefit to getting a higher wattage USB C power supply (I believe the one that comes with this is 65watts, i'm too lazy to unplug to check mine). I see power limitations from the GPU reported from GPU-Z all the time, really curious if this can take advantage of the 89watt supply from the Macbook pro.
Hummmmmm! I see no difference after using your settings with both applications, my results stay around 542 with Unigine 2 my laptop is an Acer with the same I5 and Mx150 as yours.
Lets say you have a Windows and Linux on this laptop. Will the CPU overclock settings persist after you boot on Linux? I really like the possibility to overclock this machine but I always use Linux.
Did you do some actual stress-test like OCCT for like 20-30 minutes or Intel Burn Test for this amount? I honestly doubt it won't throttle, but nonetheless, quite impressive.
Intel's XTU CPU stress test 15 minutes it did not go over 65 degrees. Then gaming on it with the TDP and overclock 81 max on the CPU. GPU about 74 max after 1 hour of Battlefield 1.
Does the Bios going to update itself automatically, or if I buy a laptop now, then I am gonna get it with the older bios and i need to update it or how?
this only works for turbo mode. sadly, you can't actually overclock the cores themselves so when youre using all the cores youre stuck at intels set clock speed , beacuse turbo mode is not enabled when youre using all cores. so for anyone that's expecting 7700hq performance across the board with this method, sorry it aint happening, but it works really well when youre not using all the cores though when turbo mode is enabled.
hi, is all this useful only for gamer? or even for daily use of the noteboook? i mean i'm not a gamer and i don't need to use premiere o program like that, just Photoshop sometimes and just for fun, so i need to do this? i have a mi notebbok pro i5 8 gb....
I just purchased the new i7 8th gen version, but all of the undervolting, / overclocking settings are greyed out. Does anyone know how to fix this? Is the new 8th gen bios locked?
reason never to buy Xiaomi. I mean I get why they'd want to disable the tdp increase(it's both dangerous for motherboard and allows processor work at much higher frequencies) but undervolting basically makes processor work more efficiently. One of reasons I love Intel is because they allowed undervolting since the 4-th gen. And disabling it again feels like going back to stoneage.
Yeah the i7 model doesn't really seem worth it, especially considering that if you look past the deceptive naming scheme Intel uses with laptop CPUs, the i7 is the same as the i5 except with 100MHz higher base and 200MHz higher boost clocks, not like in desktops where the i7's actually offer more threads.
NZRoflcopter it may be worth for programs that may take higher cache into advantage though(I think photo\video editing programs do?). i7 has 1\3 more cache than i5. Other than that - yeah not a big difference, sicne both procesors would throttle under prolonged use and won't be able to stay at max clock speeds for a long time, even with udnervolting.
Hello, I have the same CPU and laptop. I'm on windows 11. When I'm trying to install Intel's extreme tuning I get a message that says unsupported platform
I undervolted my 8250u (when plugged in) but when I unplug, it immediately shows a bsod and restarts, how do I solve this? I have an Acer Aspire A515-51G-50AC
You should change your power management system to deal high performance when unplugged, you can do it by entering the battery menu on system panel, and creating your own pattern
Its bullshit when i pull up my processor (i7 8550u) the BIOS disable the turbo boost and when i pull up my graphics card in Adobe i see something color line in league of legends and play with 60 fps and when i pull up nothing it 90-140 fps, this overclocking not safe !!!
Yes, however it wouldn't be as significant as you might think as that 5W decrease will only count when the CPU is under load, and even then isn't all that significant when you take into account total system power usage rather than just CPU power usage.
this makes me wish even more for a 1050 or 1050ti instead of the mx150 to make this truly gaming capable :( never the less thanks a lot for your videos. theres so few good comprehensive information and reviews on these chinese notebooks which makes everything you do even more valuable, thanks a lot once more :D
Somehow I don't have some of the options (and some are grayed out) in the Intel software. Do I perhaps have a new model where this stuff isn't allowed? I'm using an i5 8250U. Any idea what's going on?
Hey there, i have sort of an issue with my mi notebook air 2018. I installed an m.2 sata ssd on the extra slot. The bios detected it but when I open file explorer it does mot appear. Any thought on how to get it going?
I don't really know, but I'd estimate it's about halved under heavy loads. This modification allows the CPU to use almost triple the power compared to stock and increases the GPU power usage. However it won't increase the power usage of the screen and other components.
At a given clock speed, yes, but increasing the power limit as he did will cause the machine to run at much higher clock speeds. The CPU will adjust it's power usage to match the limit he specified, provided it isn't being throttled for other reasons like temps.
can you show us DXVA checker information of this laptop and every upcoming laptop? I want to know if the gpu can decode HEVC 10bit and VP9 video. Thank you.
Hi, i have a problem, when my laptop is in idle you dont even have to overclock it for it will run up to 3.2ghz, but when i play some games it will drop to 1.58ghz and it will stuck in that state causing my game to lag, do you have any solution for this?
Hey there , Xiaomi released a bios update which they ship with their models , which unfortunately disabled this function . The only way to overcome this is to rollback the BIOS to 402 or 403 it's one of them .
Hello! I had a xiaomi notebook i5 8250U and using Intel extreme tuning utility I'cant undervoltage my cpu, It appears to be locked, What can I do? is there some way to unlock this? or do I have to use other system in order to undervolt my cpu? thanks you !
yes :) you won't need to increase the tdp parameter though, just udnervolting will be enough :) I disabled the tdp power limit throttling on my i7 6500u by doing this
while i play csgo my cpu speed shown above goes from 3.4ghz to 1.6ghz default can you help me how to maintain 3.4ghz constantly i have acer a515 51g 58gj
it's a bit too high. I recommend keeping it around 80 degrees C for prolongued usage. For short-term usage a little above 90 is ok. You can install throttlestop program and control frequency directly through there, it also allows undervolting just like XTU.
can u say me that how did u changed the language in this pc?? I am trying so hard to change the language but still I was unable to do so?? So please help me to change the language
Pratik Sarkar download new Windows 10 Home iso with your preferred language on Microsoft website, mount it, run setup in it. You can either choose update or new install. The new installed Windows will recognize your key automatically.
Pratik Sarkar this is how it worked on my mi air 12 inch model: create and log into the Microsoft account, update your system (not sure if needed), perform a clean Windows installation from Microsoft website ( DON'T choose the single language version, just the normal multi language Windows 10 home), after the installation your Windows should be automatically activated with the key of the Chinese version ( make sure it's activated before you start). It worked for me, i have a clean Windows 10 home in English without any bloatware
Most laptop from major OEMs will disable this in the BIOS. Chinese companies tend to leave their chips unlocked.
And good thing they do!
Surprisingly, practically the last company you would expect, Apple, is one of the few to remove all TDP limits, and just allows the chips to run up to their full turbo until they hit tjunction max temps.
Yep, evident by the fact that no matter what I do, there still is the 17W TDP lock after turbo (carefully monitoring in either XTU or ThrottleStop).
th3guardian same here. can't go above 15 watt tdp after prolonged usage. Intel and laptop manufacturing companies should really remove this limit and allow processors run up to their max clock speeds as long as temperatures are ok. After all, it's not the i3-s, these are i5-s and i7-s which have turbo boost we pay for.
Indeed, it's not actually Intel's fault, but most of the time the 3rd party manufacturers like HP, Dell, etc.
I have a new HP with i5 8250U but as soon as the turbo window is gone the tdp is locked to 15-17W. I've tried going around this with ThrottleStop using the TPL window, but nothing helps. (Even though those options are NOT locked for me which would indicate that they are not BIOS locked for me, as they should? Maybe it's because of DPTF then, but nothing makes sense.)
That's really amazing. I remember back in 2014 when I received my new gaming laptop and ran a cpu test. It was a disaster. The i7-4800MQ just kept throttling even though there are 3 pipes to transfer the heat. Undervolting bearly lowered the temperature to 80 some degrees Celsius, but at least the processor finished cinebench r15 multithread test with 690 points, so yay.
Huawei mate book x pro here, did all of this but used throttle stop (XTU wont install) thing is, not every laptop has the cooling overhead to do this, the matebook x pro definitely does not unfortunately, couldnt handle more than 33 watts
I tried to download the extreme tuning utility on an i7 8550u and it stopped the download saying that it was an unsupported platform. I'm doing this on a laptop if that changes anything
@Gulielmo Dimas how do i do that
I would love to see the results based on individual adjustments, I feel that the uniengine benchmark would've yielded similar results with just the gpu overclock. Most games are gpu bound and my cpu in the xiaomi never exceeds 40%. I have bios 502 and in addition to this, I'm experiencing a weird issue where XTU won't install because it says unsupported platform - with stats up on the screen during gaming I cannot justify risking a rollback of the bios and a reinstall of windows to get xtu working all for the sake of an undervolt.
Weirdly, some games really prefer clock speeds over the cores so 40% may not be a relevant statistic. I think performance will be better on this laptop with a higher clock speed
@@ethaningoa7461 Not really 100% sure what you mean but sort of get it. If you are running a game and your CPU usage is 50% for example, a boost in clock speed is not going to boost your FPS . I finally managed to undervolt my i5-8250U by 100Mv and have next to no performance increase . The only way it has provided a benefit is ofc with reduced thermals and a higher clock speed for the same 15w TDP. In addition in extreme situations where the CPU was for example at 80% and created loads of heat which would reduce my GPU clock by about 80MHZ , that has now been removed. I wouldn't expect a boost in performance if your CPU is not being fully utilized in the first place or if thermals from it are hindering your GPU clocks.
I don't know why Intel xtu says "attempted to install on unsupported platform"
My laptop has i5 8250u with MX 150
Look for an older version of XTU 👍🏻
try the program called Throttlestop
also what laptop do you have?
Bios lock, maybe
Same acer aspire E5 576G
Intel blocked it on mobile chips recently ... use older versions
Hey, I just wanted to know the settings you applied for the 8250u will it be the same for the 8550u?? I have an i7 8550u with 8 gigs of ram. And if not, then what would be the voltage applications for the 8550u? (Btw great vid, and can you make a video on how to overclock amd radeon 530 graphics card as well please.
Hi thank you for the tips! I'm just wondering, what's the battery duration like after you performed the tweaks? Thanks
Thank you for this vid! I just got an Acer E5-576G with Core i5 8250u. Tried XTU (-0.100v, max turbo power to 40w).
My results are more modest: around 7-8% increase in Cinebench R15, from 526 to 570. Perhaps the cooling solution of my laptop is not as good. Or it could be that the ambient temp in my room was already 32 C to begin with.
I'm still happy with the results. Plus 8% is not trivial. Also, the sustained all-core frequency jumped from ~2.3Ghz to ~2.6Ghz. This means even better performance when used under load for hours at a time (instead of 1 minute in Cinebench). Cheers!
L Monty did you try playing games after over clocking
goku uchiha Sorry bro but I haven't tried, and I am no longer into games these days. Btw I switched from Intel XTU to Throttlestop, since XTU occasionally reverts to original settings (i.e. it removes the undervolt) for no clear reason. Throttlestop is more stable in my experience.
An official intel app that basically allows not simply tuning but actual overclocking of LAPTOP processors. I remember that it wasn't always that easy to tune power states and undervolt some core2 models. And in terms of increasing performance it was totally impossible. But now Intel's giving away such a wonderful tuning tool. Inconceivable!
IxBoost don't get too excited, on this processor it just allows the CPU to use more power. Don't think Intel has gone and hooked it up for us overclockers.
David Davidson I see that it's used for tuning turbo boost And TDP boundaries here are not limitless. But still with this CPU results are more than impressive.
you aren't technically "overclocking" in the sense that you aren't increasing the max multiplier set for the CPU cores (well not with the 8th gen Intel chips anyway, you can on some other chips), you are just removing the limits that make these CPU's reduce clock speed, think of it like GPU Boost 3.0 on Nvidia GPU's, the more you reduce the temperature the higher it will clock itself within the range the card is designed for.
Seems like they have the thermal capacity to add a 1050 add on option in this.
they pushed the price to be under 1000, also mx150 is enough for most stuff.
Well they tried, even added another fan but looks like it wasn't enough
Sorry, I know this is old, but how did you get Intel XTU to run on the MNP? Mine always shows an incompatible device error on luanch.
Search for an older version to install that will work
I have an Asus vivobook i5 8250u GT 930mx 8ram I've overclocked the GPU and now going to test the CPU power so.
and how about the result? Did asus lock the tpd limit? Thanks a lot!
The only reason I opened a video named like that is because you made it! Otherwise I would have assumed it was nonsense!
That’s an actually nice tip! Will try for sure, Thanks!
Well it actually works so this is why I posted this. Not one of those silly clickbait ones.
Hey i tried exactly this (on my i7 8550u - yoga 920) but my cinebench scores dont move at all. Is it possible that something is locked? XTU seems to apply the settings but i dont see any difference in benchmarks
I think he probably made an error in the first benchmark because cinabench makes ur cpu frequency boost maxed out and you should almost always get top score when running cinabench the reason he got such a low score before I suspect is because he didn't have his laptop plugged or had low battery left.
You're the best! Thank you!
Hey Guys, anyone here who has experience in overclocking the mx110? I've been trying to find some info on Google but unfortunately, no results as of yet.
Happy to get any info!
Cheers.
I don't reccomend doing that, the mx110 usually comes with an i5 8250u, if that is the case for u, don't overclock....there is only so little power provided to the computer, overclocking the gpu will limit the power given to the cpu and not all cores will be used at full potential. That will cause a decrease of performance instead of an increase
Best guide (as always) but how to do to make make this mod running automatically at Windows startup? (Talking about Intel XTU)
When you have the offset it also applies to the idle stage as soon as I know. Seems like undervolting these 8th Gen Ultra Low Voltage processors are impossible. I got my HP Laptop with 7200U, I had undervolted it with XTU, under load there is not a single problem, but when it is idle, it just restart, freezes etc.
No issues with this one at -0.100mv
If you go in stand by and your pc support Connected stand by, xtu can cause crash of windows. I tested this on,2 ultrabook and the solution is use throttlestop
Hello! many thanks for this video. I have the "Xiaomi mi notebook pro version i7 8550U" whith Nvidia MX150. I have two questions :
1) Regarding the MX do you know like which graphic card the MX150 will perfom by following the way you use to boost your laptop?
2) Will my laptop can support hours of gaming without negatives consequences after boosting the Notebook i7 and the graphic card?
Many thanks in advance.
Is there anyway to unlock the frequenices without using any software
Don't update your BIOS to 502, becouse you will not be able to undervolt your laptop!
I certainly won't be!
I'm not sure if you're still reading comments for a 3-year-old video, but if you are reading this, I have a question to ask. I have an i7-8550U and Geforce MX150 on my ASUS Zenbook 13. I installed an older version of XTU but followed whatever you did, even the MSI Afterburner part, etc. On the i7, what performance gain should I see? Thanks.
780 cinebench R15 in a t480s i7 8650u here. 44/44W
Wow, that's so cool!
What about doing that on the 13.3 version? Would it be worth it?
Thank you and nice video :)
You can increase the TDP on the 13.3" model, it will also hold the turbos longer. But since it's only a dual-core CPU it's no way near as powerful. You just have to also watch the temps, the cooling on the Mi Notebook Air 13 isn't as good.
I see. Also I'm interested on battery life... so thank you for the answer :)
Hopefully Xiaomi will release an updated Air 13 with the newer processor and better cooling.
at the very least do the undervolt, if nothing else you can reduce the operating temp and might gain a small bit of battery life.
my core voltage is locked how to unlock it any idea?
what was that battery software you used on the bottom right that shows more detail about the battery usage and remaining power? Cheers
Kickass video, buddy. I plan on buying the i7 16gb one when it's available. If I do this to that version will it work? Will I be transported to the future and find myself in a reality where i9 chips exist on portable laptops?
That looks great! Could you test for performance degradation with the OC? It almost makes me wish Xiaomi had added a second heat pipe and a GTX 1050...
I've been testing it, video ecoding at 4k 100% CPU use, 4 cores a solid 3.4Ghz the hold time for 20 minutes. 65 degrees C max in 25 degrees C room. But once you add the GPU and also max that the CPU will hit 81 degrees C and GPU about 69 degrees. So no thermal throttling. But it does get hot above the keyboard.
It's also covered in the video that it holds that 3.4Ghz on all four cores as long as you want.
That sounds promising! Please test GPU clockspeeds after OCing and playing/blender more than 30 minutes
You should also increase the turbo boost power time window to max which will allow it to maintain max turbo frequency for a longer period of time.
Did you run Cinebench and Prime95 + Furmark in the undervolted CPU and overclocked GPU?
Will changes using the Intel Extreme Utility or MSI afterburner carry over to the next reboot?
Hi! How did you install the CUDA drivers? I'm doubting if I was able to install it properly.
how would it perform during a sustain load though? Because 8th gen intel cpu are beasts for light tasks but the heavier it gets the lower the clock would stay
Can you please do a guide on how to replace the thermal paste on the gpu and cpu? I wanna do this when i get it but there are no guides anywhere
Hey! That’s hilarious. How would you do the same with the enhance edition 2020? I mean MI NoteBook Pro i7 +1T ssd + 16g RAM.. thanks for the content
Would this be a permanent change then or would you only do this for editing/ gaming etc?
Interesting. Very strong cooling indeed. Which is a bit of surprise to me honestly. I will try modding my 13 incher with heatpipes and pads and we ll see how it goes. I wish 2018 version of 13 incher will have MX250(?) And their new 10 nm cpu chip.
The volta version of this chip (mx250?) won't come out until Q1 2019
This was very informative!
i know its a long time ago but daim. my i5 7200u was running at 1,5ghz in some games because of that 15watt tdp. wich made the game run at 20fps (watch dogs) with this. ik runs just under the turbo boost at 2.8ghz and im getting almost 40fps. thank you some much
I'm curious if there would be any benefit to getting a higher wattage USB C power supply (I believe the one that comes with this is 65watts, i'm too lazy to unplug to check mine). I see power limitations from the GPU reported from GPU-Z all the time, really curious if this can take advantage of the 89watt supply from the Macbook pro.
Hummmmmm! I see no difference after using your settings with both applications, my results stay around 542 with Unigine 2 my laptop is an Acer with the same I5 and Mx150 as yours.
Lets say you have a Windows and Linux on this laptop. Will the CPU overclock settings persist after you boot on Linux? I really like the possibility to overclock this machine but I always use Linux.
Did you do some actual stress-test like OCCT for like 20-30 minutes or Intel Burn Test for this amount? I honestly doubt it won't throttle, but nonetheless, quite impressive.
Intel's XTU CPU stress test 15 minutes it did not go over 65 degrees. Then gaming on it with the TDP and overclock 81 max on the CPU. GPU about 74 max after 1 hour of Battlefield 1.
Oh but above the keyboard gets hot like the Mi Notebook Air 13
That are quite good temps
Hans I think you can set the profile to boost just before gaming or rendering a video, and then reset it. That should help with battery life no?
Bad news for you. The latest BIOS has disabled the voltage adjustment, so no more undervolting.
Does the Bios going to update itself automatically, or if I buy a laptop now, then I am gonna get it with the older bios and i need to update it or how?
It won't update automatically. But if you are going to buy now, you will probably get one with latest BIOS.
So this answers my question.... No wonder I can't undervolt. Such a shame... I wonder if there is any way to roll back to an older version.
so roll back to the older BIOS
If this laptop was hackintoshed would this tweak still be working in Mac OS? I would of thought this effects the BIOS settings so should still set.
Nice tweek !!
I cant change voltage:(. The softwarr has "block" that option option
Does intel XTU save and apply the undervolt on every boot?
Is there a similar video for the Air 13 with MX150?
No, but you can increase the speed of it a little with a TDP boost, the only thing is it has 2 cores less.
How much did that affect the battery life? @techtablets
How do you undervolt via XTU? The Mi notebook seem disable this function, pls help
this only works for turbo mode. sadly, you can't actually overclock the cores themselves so when youre using all the cores youre stuck at intels set clock speed , beacuse turbo mode is not enabled when youre using all cores. so for anyone that's expecting 7700hq performance across the board with this method, sorry it aint happening, but it works really well when youre not using all the cores though when turbo mode is enabled.
idc honestly my i5-8250 has better benchmarks than i7- 7700HQ while turboboosted. more than happy with its performance at the end of the day.
hi, is all this useful only for gamer? or even for daily use of the noteboook? i mean i'm not a gamer and i don't need to use premiere o program like that, just Photoshop sometimes and just for fun, so i need to do this? i have a mi notebbok pro i5 8 gb....
its going to power limit throttle when gpu kicks in. so i don't think you will be able to use the cpu to the max potential while gaming .
Sadly my laptop has Core i7-8565U and i cant undervolt it.
Has anyone noticed that on new i7 model we don't have the core voltage unlocked?
Just noticed
Anyone that has bought recently can confirm this?
I do
mine is also locked
same on the i5/8gb variant
I just purchased the new i7 8th gen version, but all of the undervolting, / overclocking settings are greyed out. Does anyone know how to fix this? Is the new 8th gen bios locked?
So an update. It looks like Xiaomi disabled undervolting in the newest Bios version. Too bad...
roll back to an older BIOS if you can find one
reason never to buy Xiaomi. I mean I get why they'd want to disable the tdp increase(it's both dangerous for motherboard and allows processor work at much higher frequencies) but undervolting basically makes processor work more efficiently. One of reasons I love Intel is because they allowed undervolting since the 4-th gen. And disabling it again feels like going back to stoneage.
Will overclocking wear the processor or computer out faster?
Not at all. It's not overclocking but just more power for the CPU
Please tell me abouth this baterry indicator big with time ?
Does increasing short power max damages cpu or laptop?
Hey man, i have managed to overclock my cpu propertly. The problem is, when i go to some game, ghz drops to 2.4 ghz. Any ideas?
Lower your temps, maybe the game does not require higher clock speeds but more threads
I would like to see the same tweak on the i7 8550 and see the benchmarks of that ...
Me too! I doubt i will get the i7 model unless it really drops in price.
Yeah the i7 model doesn't really seem worth it, especially considering that if you look past the deceptive naming scheme Intel uses with laptop CPUs, the i7 is the same as the i5 except with 100MHz higher base and 200MHz higher boost clocks, not like in desktops where the i7's actually offer more threads.
how much i can undervolting 8550?
NZRoflcopter it may be worth for programs that may take higher cache into advantage though(I think photo\video editing programs do?). i7 has 1\3 more cache than i5. Other than that - yeah not a big difference, sicne both procesors would throttle under prolonged use and won't be able to stay at max clock speeds for a long time, even with udnervolting.
Yeah it'll probably have a noticeable boost over the i5 but not huge.
is it possible, that xiaomi disabled the option to change core voltage offset via a bios update? i'm on BIOS 502
Does'it work with Acer with I5 265U processor and a MX 130 Graphics card?
So, can I play any games on low setting 720p on this laptop? Not all, but at least GTA 5 and Watch Dog 1&2.
How's the screen under bright lights / sunny environments?
Not so good since it's glass, a lot of reflections.
hello, it's possible to do the same thing with the mi notebook air 13 with i5 8th gen?
Hello, I have the same CPU and laptop. I'm on windows 11. When I'm trying to install Intel's extreme tuning I get a message that says unsupported platform
need older version
Great vid. But will it overheat under long usage?
Yeah isn't throttling an issue ?
No its fine in my testing have used it now at 40W for hours on end, no overheating or thermal throttling.
the undervolting step removes the overheat issue, quickest way to reduce temps is to undervolt
i use al the setting like you but mine doesnt do anything . it still stuck at 1.6ghz . help mee . my game very lagg when play on this 1.6ghz
hi i have an acer aspire with same specs and when the laptop is on battery mode the turbo boost is disabled. is it normal?
Please make tutorial how to update bios
I undervolted my 8250u (when plugged in) but when I unplug, it immediately shows a bsod and restarts, how do I solve this? I have an Acer Aspire A515-51G-50AC
You should change your power management system to deal high performance when unplugged, you can do it by entering the battery menu on system panel, and creating your own pattern
Its bullshit when i pull up my processor (i7 8550u) the BIOS disable the turbo boost and when i pull up my graphics card in Adobe i see something color line in league of legends and play with 60 fps and when i pull up nothing it 90-140 fps, this overclocking not safe !!!
what do you mean with ,,reboot your system''
let me be cleared, how many cores does i7 8550U have?
somewhereoutthere 4
Both the i5 and i7 are 4 core with 8 threads.
Could you extend the battery life by limiting the wattage to 10 watts?
Yes, however it wouldn't be as significant as you might think as that 5W decrease will only count when the CPU is under load, and even then isn't all that significant when you take into account total system power usage rather than just CPU power usage.
this makes me wish even more for a 1050 or 1050ti instead of the mx150 to make this truly gaming capable :(
never the less thanks a lot for your videos. theres so few good comprehensive information and reviews on these chinese notebooks which makes everything you do even more valuable, thanks a lot once more :D
Angelo Merte it is a thin notebook
Somehow I don't have some of the options (and some are grayed out) in the Intel software. Do I perhaps have a new model where this stuff isn't allowed? I'm using an i5 8250U. Any idea what's going on?
Xiaomi released a bios update that prevents you from making these changes. The only way to restore this functionality is to rollback the bios to 402 .
Is this method works on Air version? (13.3)
How does this affect battery life?
thanks !
does anyone know how this will affect battery life?
Will this work on acer aspire a515-51g?
It should do
Why does my cpu only goes to 3.4 when I plug in charger and when I plug off it goes to 1.2
Because of the power plan it is using with the battery, u can change it in the control panel
Hey there, i have sort of an issue with my mi notebook air 2018. I installed an m.2 sata ssd on the extra slot. The bios detected it but when I open file explorer it does mot appear. Any thought on how to get it going?
Assign it using the diskpart command
It will get better performance if you underclock it?
How much is battery life decreased compared to stock?
I don't really know, but I'd estimate it's about halved under heavy loads. This modification allows the CPU to use almost triple the power compared to stock and increases the GPU power usage. However it won't increase the power usage of the screen and other components.
NZRoflcopter or maybe it's the other way around and battery life increased, since undervolting basically makes processor work more efficiently.
At a given clock speed, yes, but increasing the power limit as he did will cause the machine to run at much higher clock speeds. The CPU will adjust it's power usage to match the limit he specified, provided it isn't being throttled for other reasons like temps.
More info on this tweak here: techtablets.com/2017/10/boost-8th-gen-core-i5-i7-preform-like-i7-7700hq-mi-notebook-pro/
can you show us DXVA checker information of this laptop and every upcoming laptop?
I want to know if the gpu can decode HEVC 10bit and VP9 video.
Thank you.
power limit throttling anybody ?????
my i5 8250u is always running at 3.4ghz even in idle. If i put 40w will it run faster?
AMAZING,It's like buying a new laptop
Hi, I don’t know why I cannot adjust for the core voltage offset. Has anyone had this problem? How can I fix it?
they disabled voltage adjustment..
meaning yea u cant do it anymore
Hi, i have a problem, when my laptop is in idle you dont even have to overclock it for it will run up to 3.2ghz, but when i play some games it will drop to 1.58ghz and it will stuck in that state causing my game to lag, do you have any solution for this?
Bro did you figure something out?
i bought xiaomi notebook pro i7 and i cant push up my power limits. can someone help?
Hey there , Xiaomi released a bios update which they ship with their models , which unfortunately disabled this function . The only way to overcome this is to rollback the BIOS to 402 or 403 it's one of them .
Battery would be greatly affected
Hello! I had a xiaomi notebook i5 8250U and using Intel extreme tuning utility I'cant undervoltage my cpu, It appears to be locked, What can I do? is there some way to unlock this? or do I have to use other system in order to undervolt my cpu?
thanks you !
same problem here
can only change power limits but they dont seem to work
is work is i7-7500u boost cpu ? Asus vivobook S510 :) how to work please im sorry my english
yes :) you won't need to increase the tdp parameter though, just udnervolting will be enough :)
I disabled the tdp power limit throttling on my i7 6500u by doing this
while i play csgo my cpu speed shown above goes from 3.4ghz to 1.6ghz default can you help me how to maintain 3.4ghz constantly i have acer a515 51g 58gj
Bro did you figure something out?
My laptop, acer nitro 5 mx150,i5 8250u, graphic card crash after over locking so i leave it as it is
What? Acer nitro? Mx150?
my temps go up to 92 Celsius, I have an i7 8550u, is it normal, I think it is a bit too high
it's a bit too high. I recommend keeping it around 80 degrees C for prolongued usage. For short-term usage a little above 90 is ok. You can install throttlestop program and control frequency directly through there, it also allows undervolting just like XTU.
can u say me that how did u changed the language in this pc?? I am trying so hard to change the language but still I was unable to do so?? So please help me to change the language
Pratik Sarkar
download new Windows 10 Home iso with your preferred language on Microsoft website, mount it, run setup in it. You can either choose update or new install. The new installed Windows will recognize your key automatically.
Pratik Sarkar this is how it worked on my mi air 12 inch model: create and log into the Microsoft account, update your system (not sure if needed), perform a clean Windows installation from Microsoft website ( DON'T choose the single language version, just the normal multi language Windows 10 home), after the installation your Windows should be automatically activated with the key of the Chinese version ( make sure it's activated before you start). It worked for me, i have a clean Windows 10 home in English without any bloatware