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    Periodic downclocking of GPU in X3 Albion Prelude

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Pistino01, Aug 14, 2012.

  1. Pistino01

    Pistino01 Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys, while playing X3AP i have noticed kind of choppy performance as the game progressed... so i decided to get to the bottom of it and at some point i downloaded GPU-Z and noticed that while playing my HD 7970m actually downclocks spontaneously. Now to pass on some info... i use my M17x with Enduro (graphics switching) disabled, the temps always stay around 60°C, and it's set on high performance... It occurred to me that if I were to force the clocks by using MSI Afterburner (or some other program) it would solve the problem but i would like to use this only as a last resort. I would appreciate any input anyone might have. Hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this.
     
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    what drivers are you using? Have you tried the newest 12.8 beta?
     
    SlickDude80, Aug 15, 2012
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    No I'm actually using 12.6 ... I'm not very comfortable with using BETA and leaked drivers. I already fixed the issue I've been having however. I found out that it was apparently being caused by Win XP SP3 compatibility mode that I enabled earlier for certain reasons which have been resolved since then and forgot to switch it OFF... I've disabled it and everything seems to be OK, for now.
     
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