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    Over/underclocking pet peeve.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Amourparfait, Sep 24, 2012.

  1. Amourparfait

    Amourparfait Notebook Guru

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    I have the 7970m set at its stock values (850MHz/1200MHz) and it runs at like 58 FPS on GW2 and when I overclock it it obviously improves the FPS.

    However, there lies the problem when I 'reset' the OC back to its stock values, my FPS will drastically decrease to about 15 FPS.

    So my question is essentially, is there a way to combat this problem? I tend to overclock it for World Vs. World and play at stock values for PVE.

    P.s I use the MSI afterburner.
     
    Amourparfait, Sep 24, 2012
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    SVOShark Notebook Consultant

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    What driver are you using?
     
    SVOShark, Sep 24, 2012
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    Amourparfait Notebook Guru

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    The latest one.

    I think it was actually just GW2 as it's currently having lots of FPS issues. I tried it on other games such as Crysis 2 and Deus Ex and when I reverted the OC to its stock values, the FPS was back to normal.
     
    Amourparfait, Sep 25, 2012
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