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    [GTX 960M]: what is your GPUZ ASIC quality? BTW XPS15 is running at PCIE v2.0

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dansi, Feb 7, 2016.

  1. dansi

    dansi Notebook Consultant

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    https://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

    Download GPU-z portable.
    Run the exe, right click on top left icon to drop down the menu and select "read ASIC quality"

    I got 78.7% :D
    Accordingly with Maxwell based GPU, a higher ASIC the better it performs on Turbo mode and also overclocks better without adding voltages.

    However i noted XPS15 960M is running only PCIEv2.0 and not 3.0. Another misconfig by Dell, bleh.
     
    dansi, Feb 7, 2016
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    Might be going to PCIe 2.0 to conserve power. Is it [still] at 2.0 under load?
     
    Techgee, Feb 8, 2016
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    Nope, I used the in built loading of gpuz to wake up the 960m, and it still shows pcie2.0. :(
     
    dansi, Feb 9, 2016
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