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    Unable to overclock 680m on M17x R4

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Sprigga, Oct 22, 2013.

  1. Sprigga

    Sprigga Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently noticed that my MSI Afterburner isn't getting my GPU Overclocked. When running games, Clock speed's stuck at 715Mhz, Before with the +135 I can do with it, it kicks up to 888Mhz. Is anyone else having this kinda problem? Can anyone help me resolve this issue? I only wish to overclock my VC again.

    I'm currently running on
    - Windows 8
    - A09 BIOS
    - GeForce R331 Game Ready Driver [331.58]
     
    Sprigga, Oct 22, 2013
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  2. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What changed? You said you used to be able to.

    Have you tried rolling back the driver?
     
    J.Dre, Oct 22, 2013
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    Try a different program like nvidia inspector.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 22, 2013
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  4. Sprigga

    Sprigga Notebook Enthusiast

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    @J.Dre - Pretty much the graphics drivers. But that's about it, even after reverting back to the release last July, I can no longer OC. I tried to reinstall MSI Afterburner of the same version, but it does nothing. What I first noticed was, from that day on, whenever I open my MSI Afterburner, instead of seeing +135 on the clock, it's just 135.

    @Meaker - Did that too, it doesn't reflect the changes.
     
    Sprigga, Oct 23, 2013
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    Perhaps a clean install of the drivers could help.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Oct 23, 2013
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    I just did a clean install for both the video card and afterburner. Still, it's not OC-ing.
     
    Sprigga, Nov 21, 2013
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