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    Single GPU Utilization?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Tristan, Jun 13, 2010.

  1. Tristan

    Tristan Garrosh Did Nothing Wrong

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    So I had my hands behind my machine and noticed only side was blowing out warm air. Opened Hwinfo and lo and behold only one gpu is being used. Crossfire is enabled, all i'm doing is browsing the web/hulu.
    What is causing this?
     

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    You will only be utilizing 1 gpu while browsing anyway.If you restart Hwinfo should read your second card.I seen it do this before .Try that.If you going to be solely browsing why not disable Xfire anyway i do.
     
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    Understandable, i'm just worried as to why it is getting so hot when i do something so basic
     
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    Looking at your screenshot looks good, clocks are 100/100 thats correct powerplay is doing its job.As far as heat its also good 41c is nothing on a 5870.Whats the idle temp of 5870 out of curiosity ?.
     
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    Not too shabby for idle, huh? Only big process running is bittorrent
     

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    Is it possible to disable powerplay, in windows 7 or ccc ? I want to get both my 5870;s to run at 700/1000.
     
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    I downloaded Hwinfo but it says that it can't connect to my GPU's because of some driver issue :\
     
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    Yeah they look good.Have a look@ my idle temps with i7 620M & 4870's .
     

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