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How to overclock Nexus 4 GPU?

Want to get better 3D gaming performance on Google Nexus 4? Well, you can overclock Adreno 320 GPU to do so. Of course, you need to install custom kernel that support GPU overclocking in order to do so. And make sure that your Nexus 4 is not overheat else it will auto reduce GPU clock speed as well just like CPU do. Does overclock Nexus 4 GPU really improve 3D games performance? Try it to find out…

Note – overclock will reduce Qualcomm APQ8064 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU and other hardware components lifespan because it will overheat easily. Do it at your own risk.

LG Nexus 4 GPU @ 487 MHz

How to overclock Nexus 4 CPU?

How to overclock Google Nexus 4 CPU? Well, it is not recommended. Yes, you can overclock nexus 4 Qualcomm APQ8064 CPU but it gets overheated easily. And will reduce CPU speed by itself to avoid overheat. Using faster bin Nexus 4 CPU does have better overclock ability though. By the way, you need to have custom kernel that support CPU overclocking. Default kernel won’t let you do so.

Note – overclock will reduce Qualcomm APQ8064 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU and other hardware components lifespan because it will overheat easily. Do it at your own risk.

LG Nexus 4 CPU @ 1.8 GHz

How fast is your Nexus 4 CPU?

The very first thing that I want to find out for long time after getting my Google Nexus 4 ~ how fast is the Qualcomm APQ8064 CPU chip inside? Slow, Nominal, Fast or Faster bin? The faster bin means you can overclock and undervolt better than other bins. So you can get better performance, battery life and generate less heat if configure correctly. Want to know yours? Just use Terminal Emulator to find out. Note – Root access is required.

LG Nexus 4 CPU binning

Download Snapdragon BatteryGuru for Android Free

Is your smartphone battery manages to last for your whole day usage? Qualcomm has a free Android application that can help to extends battery performance and improves overall user experience. Yes, Snapdragon BatteryGuru is the one that intelligently making changes to optimize Snapdragon device functionality. Therefore, smartphones like LG Nexus 4, HTC Butterfly and Sony Xperia Z which use Snapdragon chipset can enjoy this feature.

Snapdragon BatteryGuru

How to install and use Chainfire3D on Samsung Galaxy S3?

Samsung Galaxy S III is equipped with ARM Mali-400 MP GPU (overclocked version of Samsung Galaxy S II). So Samsung Galaxy S3 can play Tegra, Snapdragon and PowerVR games with Chainfire3D’s help just like Samsung Galaxy S2. However, Chainfire3D was not updated for quite sometimes. So it does not support the latest NVIDIA Tegra 3 games. Or maybe it does? Anyway, if you have old Tegra 2, Snapdragon and PowerVR games and want to play them on Samsung Galaxy S3. Feel free to install Chainfire3D on Samsung Galaxy S3. Note – root access is required.

Install Chainfire3D driver on Samsung Galaxy S3

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