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    525m GPU usage spikes

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by maze11, Mar 4, 2012.

  1. maze11

    maze11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, I overclocked the 525m to 540m speeds and everything seemed to be working fine. After a restart, I noticed FPS was lower than usual. When I looked at MSI Afterburner, the graph for GPU usage was spiking repeatedly from 60 to 20. I remember the graph used to display close to 100% the last time I played the same game. It wont even play as it did when I put it back to stock clock speeds. What did I do wrong, and how can I fix this?
     
    maze11, Mar 4, 2012
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    Sam_A_1992 Notebook Evangelist

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    have you restarted after you put it back to stock? just to clear everything
     
    Sam_A_1992, Mar 5, 2012
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    It turns out, my power plan was on power save. Forgot I switched it, and its back to normal now.
     
    maze11, Mar 5, 2012
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