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    Downclocking when not playing games

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by fantomasz, Jun 22, 2012.

  1. fantomasz

    fantomasz Notebook Deity

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    When I downclock my graphics to minimum ( msi afterburner) my laptop become silent.So I was thinking to downclock when not playing games.Still enought power for internet,pictues and movies.What You think?
     
    fantomasz, Jun 22, 2012
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    define what is minimum to you and in what situations
    for me minimum is 70/100 when on battery

    ofcourse you can downclock the clocks with modifying the vbios but keep in mind when the memory clock changes for example from 1000 (default) lets say 900 the screen will flicker
    and that is the main reason i dont have my clocks lower for the memory on AC

    and becouse of this G73JH Jumping clocks - YouTube

    EDIT : sorry i didn't saw that you have NVIDIA card
    NVIDIA is a different story and it doesnt flicker when changing clocks i think

    that's why i always wanted separated threads or at least name the thread with the model of your laptop
     
    mite_jan, Jun 22, 2012
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  3. tijo

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    I say go for it a long s everything is stable, it's not like it will have a negative effect on your system.
     
    tijo, Jun 22, 2012
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  4. F34R

    F34R Notebook Consultant

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    I keep mine at rates it was shipped with. I can't hear mine at all, gaming or not. G75vw...660m
     
    F34R, Jun 22, 2012
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  5. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    I have a problem with my 6990M which I am yet to fix, when I had my screen replaced by my Clevo Reseller they had it connected to an external screen and now the card thinks it is still attached to an external screen when they replaced it. No amount of flashing or reinstalling tweaking can fix it so until I finally disassemble to put my new keyboard in my clocks sit at idle 250/1100 and clocks upto 850/1100 when I game so it keeps my fans on.

    I found a simple fix was to go into CCC and setup two hotkeys to turn powerplay on and off. Off forces it to sit at 100/150 for me which is stable and allows me to still watch movies and browse and switches the fans off solid. I just hit Alt P and it switches powerplay back on when I want to game. I couldn't stand the downclocking not always working either and switching my fans on and off so I find this to work well. May be what you are looking for.
     
    Yiddo, Jun 22, 2012
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  6. fantomasz

    fantomasz Notebook Deity

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    I downclock to this level
    system is stable,internet,pics,movies running good

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    and these are idle temps when downclocking

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    fantomasz, Jun 23, 2012
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