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    GPU Throttling during Furmark Burn-In on my ASUS G75VW

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by 1shado1, Aug 18, 2014.

  1. 1shado1

    1shado1 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not a gamer, so would usually not realize if there is a problem with my GPU. But I was running the Furmark 15 minute Burn-In test this morning, and it seems my GPU is severely throttling. It does this from the second I start the test until the test ends (see below).

    Furmark v1.10.6 - BURN-IN benchmark, 1920x1080 (0X MSAA)
    Frames: - time: - FPS:12 (min:11, max:13, avg:12)
    >OpenGL renderer: GeForce GTX 660M/PCIe/SSE2
    >GPU 1 (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M) - core: 950MHz (THROTTLING: -545MHz), mem: 2499MHz, temp: 74C, GPU load: 99%, mem load: 12%, fan: 0%

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    I have everything set to high performance in Power4Gear, and maximums set to 100%. Another strange thing: if you'll notice, it shows my fan at 0%. But when running the test, I can hear and feel the fan spinning pretty fast.

    Anybody have a clue as to why these things are happening, or possibly have a cure? :)
     
    1shado1, Aug 18, 2014
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  2. Support.3@XOTIC PC

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    I would think this is normal for the GPU to throttle during a burn in test. Those are made to stress the GPU and you often hit throttle temps. For more real world use run a benchmark test like 3D Marks and see if it throttles then too.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Aug 18, 2014
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    BaoTCP, Aug 18, 2014
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    Just in case people read it here, perfectly normal as turbo spools down ins stress tests to ensure no damage and boosts in games to increase fps. The fan control can't read the custom ec.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 18, 2014
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    FureMark is a badly test for graphics cards, since most graphics cards have an embedded Throttle feature to FureMark.
     
    Papusan, Aug 19, 2014
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    Many thanks, everybody!! :)
     
    1shado1, Aug 19, 2014
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