The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    HD5870M users spam ATi

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ziddy123, May 27, 2010.

  1. ziddy123

    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    954
    Messages:
    2,805
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    0
    IF you are a HD5870M user, you may have noticed it stays in 3D clocks all the time and never downclocks in 2D or IDLE.

    I think it's atrocious that ATi allows desktop versions to downclock to 200/300 while ours remain 700/1000

    Please spam CatalystMaker on Twitter

    Fill out this survey: http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D27E29B0E3
     
    ziddy123, May 27, 2010
    #1
  2. emreowski

    emreowski Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    103
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    What does it lead to, is it just power consumption? I am just curious :).
    Copying your message to the description part.
     
    emreowski, May 27, 2010
    #2
  3. ziddy123

    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    954
    Messages:
    2,805
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Power and heat.
     
    ziddy123, May 27, 2010
    #3
  4. rorage

    rorage Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    36
    Messages:
    459
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    same things happens for me, no twitter account.
     
    rorage, May 27, 2010
    #4
  5. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    4,976
    Messages:
    12,675
    Likes Received:
    65
    Trophy Points:
    466
    This is not happening with the M17xR2 users. I think you need to spam Asus not ATI. Remember that the Asus card is proprietary thus manufactured by Asus.
     
    Mandrake, May 27, 2010
    #5
  6. apachehavok

    apachehavok Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    22
    Messages:
    419
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Yeah dude, this is an ASUS problem, not ATI. Spamming ATI isn't going to do jack.
     
    apachehavok, May 27, 2010
    #6
  7. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

    Reputations:
    7,361
    Messages:
    4,586
    Likes Received:
    839
    Trophy Points:
    181
    GenTechPC, May 27, 2010
    #7
  8. PulsatingQuasar

    PulsatingQuasar Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    235
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I have no idea why they don't do anything about this. Either Ati or Asus need to allow the downclocking of memory in power save mode so the GPU fan can run more silent and the battery can have a much longer life.

    This is just too stupid to be true.
     
    PulsatingQuasar, May 27, 2010
    #8
  9. PulsatingQuasar

    PulsatingQuasar Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    235
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    So this is a video BIOS problem.

    I'm glad I stirred up talk about this outrageous not downclocking of memory but why is Asus taking so bloody long to fix this? MSI can do it so why can't Asus?

    I think Asus support is pretty abysmal. They take waaay too long to fix issues with the laptop with a BIOS that shouldn't have been there in the first place. And then they don't take people like me serious when I start hammering about the downclocking. And then I have to see that MSI does take this thing serious and does something about it.

    What the bleep is Asus doing ?
     
    PulsatingQuasar, May 27, 2010
    #9
  10. Tim4

    Tim4 Alchemist

    Reputations:
    385
    Messages:
    793
    Likes Received:
    13
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Agreed, that is vBios problem. But at least we have powerplay working, that reduces core to 300 from 700. Let's hope Asus will come out with new vbios.
     
    Tim4, May 27, 2010
    #10
  11. PulsatingQuasar

    PulsatingQuasar Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    235
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    That only mildly reduces heat and power consumption when idle. The real power hungry heat producing monster when idle is the GDDR5 memory.

    It needs to be downclocked and soon too. Get your bleep in gear Asus. You have no idea what you are doing.
     
    PulsatingQuasar, May 27, 2010
    #11
  12. ziddy123

    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    954
    Messages:
    2,805
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Would be nice if ATi and Asus worked together on this to expedite this issue.
     
    ziddy123, May 27, 2010
    #12
  13. ziddy123

    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    954
    Messages:
    2,805
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    0
    I'm a wuss, too afraid to try.

    This was posted in the Alienware Forum.

    Alienware HD5870M vBios. I seems I was the 10th person to download it, re-uploaded to mediafire for you to try.

    v.rar
     
    ziddy123, May 27, 2010
    #13
  14. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    4,976
    Messages:
    12,675
    Likes Received:
    65
    Trophy Points:
    466
    Edit the existing vbios to match the Dell 5870 settings if you want to try it. I wouldn't flash the Dell vbios on the Asus card. Too risky.
     
    Mandrake, May 29, 2010
    #14