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    m17x r3 downclock question?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by krazor8, Aug 14, 2011.

  1. krazor8

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    does anyone else m17x r3 downclock when going to a you tube vid, i have the 6970m, and every time i got to youtube, whether i have the stock clocks or my oc 750/1150 it don clock to 300/900, is this normal it didnt start doing it till now...
     
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    hmmm thats weird, have you modified or updated your drivers recently?
     
    bigtonyman, Aug 14, 2011
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    not they are the ones driver for the 6970m from dell, havent updated to the newest ones to do bugs concerns... ive just restared my computer, doesnt do it in games, only youtube and it does on all my webbrowsers...
     
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    Is there a decrease in performance at all? If not, this downclock might be a good thing and is designed to save battery while not gaming. :confused: other than that idk why AMD would do that.
     
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    well atm youtube videos are uneffected, its just drops the clocks to 900/300, but when i switch to another tab on firefox or google chrome, its goes back to 750/1150, the screen does that flicker everytime it changes, just dont want it to mess something up..
     
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    hmm yea i haven't had any problems like that with my Nividia Card, and I'm not really familiar with the AMD mobile cards or drivers. :( I'm Sorry i couldn't help you more.
     
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    its ight, i think ima go ahead and take the dive and update my drivers.. just to be sure
     
    krazor8, Aug 14, 2011
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    might wanna wait a few hours and see if someone who knows more about AMD graphics cards can help u :)
     
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    i think i figured it out, i used the one of the tricks here to unlock the catlyst overdrive feature for the 6907m, it automatically throttles back on lesser apps such as videos, at least thats what i think...
     
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    Yeah, I've noticed for a long time my clocks act weird. I finally realized that they act normal if Firefox isn't opened.

    BTW, you should not WANT it to be at full clockspeed when you are just on the internet... It should be just sitting at 100/150 unless you're actually doing 3D stuff. So actually, it pisses me off to see it at 300/900 when I am just using Firefox...
     
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    i restarted my computer and what da ya know, now the thing goes from my 750/1150 clcok, to my 780/1200 clock.. its like my presets are effecting it
     
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    I have my ATI settings to high performance when on power. Possibly it would go lower than 300/900 in FF while on battery.
     
    ewitte12, Aug 14, 2011
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    Both the 6990M in my R3 and the 6970M in my M15x use 300/900 clocks on YouTube or any other web site using Flash video (i.e. ESPN) and have for as long as I can remember. Once invoked, clocks remain at that level so long as there is an open tab for the page which included flash video. As soon as you navigate away, clocks return to 100/150. I think it is just providing a little extra oomph to handle flash video. In any event, it is perfectly normal for these cards. I think the 5850M in my M15x did the same thing (although the adjusted clocks may have been different).
     
    The Revelator, Aug 14, 2011
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    ive been messing with it, and now when i get on firefox it switch dowm to 250/300 and youtube 100/150
     
    krazor8, Aug 14, 2011
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