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    GTX 660m help

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by maplingstorie, May 23, 2012.

  1. maplingstorie

    maplingstorie Notebook Guru

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    So i've got a GTX 660M for my r4. Why do my games(DoTA 2, Crysis 2, BF3 only run at 400Mhz when the in GPUz it says default clock is 835Mhz? And what's with Turbo 950Mhz? I'm confused. Memory clock runs fine though(1250Mhz). It's the core clock i'm pondering. Any reasons?

    Anyone else tried overclocking the GTX660M?
     
    maplingstorie, May 23, 2012
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  2. i has m11x

    i has m11x Notebook Evangelist

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    Check to make sure that you don't have some sort of battery mode or power saver mode enabled. It could downclock the gpu if you do.
     
    i has m11x, May 23, 2012
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  3. maplingstorie

    maplingstorie Notebook Guru

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    i've checked the graphics performance in AC mode. It says maximum performance. Umm, what else?
     
    maplingstorie, May 23, 2012
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    Hm, I had that problem with ATI cards. Powerplay was sometimes the cause, and once it was actually a bad AC adapter. Have you gotten any earnings while booting up about your adapter?
     
    Tapakidney, May 23, 2012
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  5. maplingstorie

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    Adapter's fine. Now the memory clock dropped to 400mhz. . It was 1250mhz yesterday!!!!!

    nvm i solved it. had to reinstall the driver.. so weird. anyway have anyone succeeded in overclocking the gtx 660m?
     
    maplingstorie, May 23, 2012
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    Does that mean you're running DOTA2 fine now?

    Hadn't you reinstalled the drivers in your last thread without success?
     
    Tapakidney, May 23, 2012
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  7. maplingstorie

    maplingstorie Notebook Guru

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    i guess so. im still curious to what the Boost 950Mhz means. [​IMG]
     
    maplingstorie, May 23, 2012
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    The boost feature is an internal overclocking feature. The keplers have a turbo-boost feature. It has its own internal algorithms which determine when to overclock...using factors like temps and power usage
     
    SlickDude80, May 23, 2012
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    Nope, tried nvidia inspector and afterburner. the program says it applies the clock but during stress/stability tests the gpu never clocks above stock 835. might need a kind hearted geek to unlock the vbios for us i think....
     
    eliteone, May 23, 2012
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    awwww :( i just need a little bit more of clock speed to have my game run smoothly haha. oh well. thanks for the reply! much appreciated
     
    maplingstorie, May 23, 2012
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  11. krazeaznboy

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    First post. I have the same issues as you :( But I think it's an Alienware issue. After hours of researching, I found this http://tof.canardpc.com/view/a27daf88-2e03-44a5-8553-382fe61d7ec7.jpg. The Asus models with the 660m can overclock it. They are also running version 296.44. Do you guys think our drivers which is at version 296.39 is the reason why we are having this issue? Thanks :D
     
    krazeaznboy, May 27, 2012
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  12. maplingstorie

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    :( im not sure what the issue is over why we can't overclock our gtx 660m. I have a feeling the drivers are the cause perhaps. Ah well.. let's hope someone out there will solve it. xD
     
    maplingstorie, May 27, 2012
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    1085Mhz on the core? I wanna see some benchmarks for that!

    Was that guy using a different vbios?

    You guys just need to learn how to overclock... Maybe you need to enable it on Afterburner? Cause I had to for the 7970M.
     
    GeoCake, May 27, 2012
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    It's odd that are still no Verde drivers, beta or WHQL, for the 660M on the Nvidia driver site.
     
    The Revelator, May 27, 2012
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    I am pretty sure it's just a driver issue. Here's the benchmark. http://tof.canardpc.com/view/f6e09dc5-7a00-4b74-bc3f-9d8507cf353b.jpg. I got the benchmark info from http://forum.notebookreview.com/asu...-ivy-bridge-660m-review-owners-lounge-32.html. Tried afterburner, no luck :( My graphic score is around 2050
     
    krazeaznboy, May 27, 2012
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  16. maplingstorie

    maplingstorie Notebook Guru

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    Beta drivers are out for the 600M.. apparently there's no driver for the Alienware r4. :( this is not fair!!!
     
    maplingstorie, Jun 23, 2012
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    I'm just wondering if we got the Asus vbios would that work? Or maybe edit the .INf of the Asus nvidia driver?

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

    EDIT: got the asus drivers running by modifying the NVAM.inf file runs nice so far....... however no oc. Therefore it must take a vbios mod/flash to get the most out of our little 660's. Gonna see if I can source out a bios dump. If anybody can get access to one, I would love to take a look and see what needs to be done to put it on our card.... so please post :)
     
    eliteone, Jul 3, 2012
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  18. micbanand

    micbanand Notebook Enthusiast

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    my clevo
    I can turbo on my 3610qm3100mhz and gt650m 970/2900mhz
    using throttlestop 5 and msi afterburner.
    anyway to get higher on gpu? 72 degre furmark
    3100mhz 970/2800mhz gives these scores.
    are they ok?
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,CLEVO CO. W170ER score: P10803 3DMarks
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor,CLEVO CO. W170ER score: P2822 3DMarks

    driver and inf
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers
     
    micbanand, Jul 8, 2012
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  19. maplingstorie

    maplingstorie Notebook Guru

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    I've tried Afterburner. the software did push it above stock clock but when running stress tests, gpu clock remains stock.
     
    maplingstorie, Jul 9, 2012
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