Overclocking the new Alienware 15 R2 (Late 2015) with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

You’ve probably already seen our in-depth review of the latest 15-inch Alienware R2 (Late 2015), and how its cooling system manages the high load in our synthetic and real-life gaming tests. Since we were more than satisfied with the temperature results, we decided to slightly overclock the GPU and see what we could get as an advantage in terms of frames per second in our gaming tests.

You can check the current price of Alienware 15 R2 here: http://amzn.to/1Ypltja

Let’s check the temperatures at normal load first, using 720p HD video. The CPU runs at around 40 °C and the GPU ~55 °C. This is how the temps look on the outside.

Even after 2 hours of 100% CPU+GPU load (1h of 100% CPU + 1h of 100%  CPU+GPU), the GeForce GTX 980M remained below 70C. Of course, that’s just a stability test and chances are you won’t be able to tax your Alienware that much with real software.

We canceled the synthetic CPU load and clocked the GPU by 13% (Core) / 5% (Memory), which was enough to provide up to 10% of FPS advantage in the games below.

Naturally, we ran a stability test as well – 30 mins at 100% GPU load. Alienware didn’t indicate any issues at all – GTX 980M ran at 64°C.

Here is a thermal photo of the laptop’s interior at the end of the test. Drag the slider to view the internals.

You can check the current price of Alienware 15 R2 here: http://amzn.to/1Ypltja

Author: Simeon NikolovEditor-in-Chief at LaptopMedia.com with 20+ years of experience in testing and analyzing laptops and mobile devices.

订阅

通知

新的后续评论对我的评论的新答复

I allow to use my email address and send notification about new comments and replies (you can unsubscribe at any time).

{} [+]

Name*

Email*

Website

I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy.

The comment form collects your name, email, and content to allow us keep track of the comments placed on the website. Please read and accept our website Terms and Privacy Policy to post a comment.

{} [+]

Name*

Email*

Website

I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy.

The comment form collects your name, email, and content to allow us keep track of the comments placed on the website. Please read and accept our website Terms and Privacy Policy to post a comment.

2 Comments

内联反馈

查看所有评论

Malachi

10 年 之前

How did you overclock the GPU and RAM? I have downloaded MSI afterburner. Please explain the ratios like increasing the voltages and changing the frequencies steps.

I have the same laptop with GTX 970M

0

回复