What to upgrade?

[unindexedsearchengine]

Disclaimer : I'm not the most tech savvy person ever to grace our planet, so bear with me.

So, this one's for the tech savvy escapists!

I have a neat little gaming laptop, that can run pretty much any game on mid-high setting without overheating at a rather unstable range of 25-70 fps, with rather quaint fluctuations. My specs are as follows :
Processor : Intel Core i7-2630QM 2.00GHz
RAM : 16.0 GB
Graphics card : Nvidia GeForce GTX 570M
64-bit Win7

Now, I know a laptop's innards are somewhat less customizable than a desktop, so anything I can tweak software-wise would be real helpful. I do use GameBooster (surprisingly, it has noticeable effects), TPU GPU-Z. I tried MSI afterburner, but with little success.

So, any hard/software suggestions to give my machine a boost would be much appreciated!

 

[AWAR]

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Well.. it is a laptop so not much can be done. You already have plenty of RAM as well.
If you absolutely want better performance you should start considering a gaming desktop.

 

[unindexedsearchengine]

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Well.. it is a laptop so not much can be done. You already have plenty of RAM as well.
If you absolutely want better performance you should start considering a gaming desktop.

I know the graphics card can be changed, to one compatible. There's a video tutorial how to do it.
As for the desktop, I am full aware that it is inherently better for gaming, but a desktop just isn't compatible with my lifestyle. I need my computer every day, since i regularly do gaming videos, however, I do most of my "me gaming" stuff on weekends. The problem is, I constantly travel. During weekends, I'm always all over the place, and desktops have little to no mobility, therefore, unfortunately, a laptop is the only way to go for me.

 

[AWAR]

I know the graphics card can be changed, to one compatible. There's a video tutorial how to do it.

May I have a look at that tutorial? Even if it's possible, a better graphics card is probably going to be bottlenecked by your CPU and imho simply isn't worth the money and effort.
Your CPU lists a max turbo frequency of 2.9ghz. There should be an option in the bios to unlock the turbo increase.
EDIT: turns out it's enabled by default.

 

[unindexedsearchengine]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOW1t3PmsjU

there you go!

And thanks for the cpu bios tip

 

[AWAR]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOW1t3PmsjU

there you go!

Fair enough. This is a pretty ambitious project though. Provided you have the necessary technical knowledge and you can actually find a laptop graphics card that's compatible, it is probably doable. My knowledge on laptops is limited though so I don't think I can help with that.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

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Well.. it is a laptop so not much can be done. You already have plenty of RAM as well.
If you absolutely want better performance you should start considering a gaming desktop.

I know the graphics card can be changed, to one compatible.

Errr... yes and no. Depends on your laptop. Same model as the one in the vid? Cool. Any other laptop that uses a discrete GPU card? Also cool. Anything else? Not cool.

Plus, as AWAR said, the biggest issue is getting your hands on a new, compatable, laptop GPU card. If you don't know of already know of a supplier that carries them or don't speak mandarin you're going to have a hard time finding one.

 

[unindexedsearchengine]

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Well.. it is a laptop so not much can be done. You already have plenty of RAM as well.
If you absolutely want better performance you should start considering a gaming desktop.

I know the graphics card can be changed, to one compatible.

Errr... yes and no. Depends on your laptop. Same model as the one in the vid? Cool. Any other laptop that uses a discrete GPU card? Also cool. Anything else? Not cool.

Plus, as AWAR said, the biggest issue is getting your hands on a new, compatable, laptop GPU card. If you don't know of already know of a supplier that carries them or don't speak mandarin you're going to have a hard time finding one.

In fact, my laptop is the same model as the one in the video. I specifically checked if the card in this particular model can be changed. Also, i've found a few alternatives that are compatible for this kind of change, and picked a few that I might like, but as AWAR said, they'd be bottlenecked by the CPU.