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    980m + dying light the following = gpu clock get stuck at 721mhz?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by anarky321, Feb 13, 2016.

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    not sure if i need to update my profiles? using 353 J95 PEG drivers...anyone else having an issue like this? clocks are P1/P2 matched

    edit: updated profiles to the latest J95 provided and seems to have possibly fixed the problem, running in borderless window now also bc vsync seems to be bugged in full screen mode
     
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    still having occasional drops to ~750mhz...this is one of the few games that has issues w 980m for me

    restarting the game fixes the issue

    im wondering if it is temperature related....gpu stays at 85C during gameplay bc the game maxes out the 980m almost 100% of the time

    p.p.s.: for anyone that HASNT played Dying Light, its a pretty awesome game and i highly recommend it...the newest DLC just came out also....its a gorgeous game and maxes out the 980m easily
     
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    im still having issues with GPU clock being stuck at 405mhz occasionally..happens every couple of days and requires restart to fix...this is with any game...anyone else have this?
     
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    vsync in this game is CANCER, it caps the fps to half the refresh rate with slight fps drops . i tried to fix it with 3doverrider , nvidia control panel but no joy , i opted to turn it off in game and turn adaptive vsync in nvidia control panel on
     
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    i use an app called Windowed Borderless Gaming to make the vsync in this game work...works great

    ill play the game some more with the new vbios and drivers i just installed yesterday to see if there is a difference
     
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    and it looks like full screen?
     
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    well yes you can't tell the difference between borderless fullscreen and real fullscreen...many games use borderless which is a pain because i have to switch desktop res to 1920x1080 before launching the game...there's another app for that

    dying light vsync implementation really is screwed that was the only way i found around it because otherwise the screen tearing is awful
     
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    thanks for the heads up i might try it on my desktop pc :)
     
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    fyi just tested dying light with the latest nvidia drivers and it seems they fixed it , turned off vsync in game and went to nvidia control panel to turn vsync and triple buffering on and is working like a charm, i havent even bothered to try in game vsync to see if tech land fixed it via game menu though
     
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