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    M17x R2 Throttling of Dual 5870's

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Megatony73, Aug 25, 2011.

  1. Megatony73

    Megatony73 Notebook Consultant

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    I read in another thread on here that some people have found a way to edit the BIOS of their M17x R3's to stop the built in throttling of their nvidia 580m's.

    Since that thread was about R3's and 580m's I figured I start another seperate one about R2's and 5870m's.

    I experience this same "throttling" in crysis 2 and other games as well...kind of annoying. I notice it the most in Crysis 2...basically I am walking along with FPS 35-45 and it will briefly dip down ton 10-15 every so often. This is not a certain points in the game...its a time interval thing really, like the cards get to a certain temp and then "throttle down" for a couple seconds and then back to normal.

    I found a thread with the exact process for an R3, but I am wondering if anyone out there in Forum land knows if this has been done on an R2 with dual 5870's?

    Also, is this safe? I mean, i am assuming they put in the throttling for a reason...anyone done this and confirm it is safe?

    Or perhaps I am just confused and the issue I see on my R2 is not the same as the one in the R3 from the other thread...let me know.
     
    Megatony73, Aug 25, 2011
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  2. CptXabaras

    CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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    How were your temperatures when you experienced the throttling?
     
    CptXabaras, Aug 25, 2011
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  3. Megatony73

    Megatony73 Notebook Consultant

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    My temps never go over 80c and spend most of their time in Crysis 2 at 74-78c.
     
    Megatony73, Aug 25, 2011
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  4. Tweak155

    Tweak155 Notebook Evangelist

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    That is right near that 79 degree infamous mark... sounds possible.
     
    Tweak155, Aug 25, 2011
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