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    asus g51vx low 3dmark score

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by clevoguy, Sep 30, 2010.

  1. clevoguy

    clevoguy Notebook Guru

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    So I just bought a refurbished g51 and of course the temperatures are high, i was expecting that. The problem is even though the gpu doesn't downclock while at 105c my 3dmark06 score is only 7,200. I have gpu-z running while 3dmark06 is and the card isn't downclocking I'm also using dox 195.62 drivers.
     
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    It may not be downclocking visibly, but you could be getting some stuttering/throttling at that temp (I think it's 105 where it does it!) that doesn't appear on GPU-Z.

    Try taking the bottom off, and sitting the g51 on top of a fan (or notebook cooler) or something else to see if you get the same score with some extreme cooling - because I"m pretty sure it's 105 where you get throttling.
     
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  3. clevoguy

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    OK somethings wrong, reapplied thermal paste and left cover off, temps only dropped 5c, but scores went up to 8k. Guess I'll try a better monitoring tool.
     
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    do a copper mod... those temps are too high and prop a notebook cooling pad like cryo LX... u'll burn your hands one day :D
     
    sean473, Sep 30, 2010
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  5. clevoguy

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    Shipping it back, somethings wrong with the heatpipes, started monitoring the CPU and its the one that's downclocking not the gpu.
     
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    yup send it back.. i would personally get a G60JX.. way better than G51 and should be cooler.
     
    sean473, Sep 30, 2010
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