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    A07 + 130 W adapter fixed my throttle!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by fred2028, Feb 19, 2010.

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    fred2028 Sexy member

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    ... I think. Ran Prime95 with 8 threads and CPU-Z reports 1.7291 GHz consistently with 13x multiplier. Screen brightness was on max. Is there a GPU test I can run also?
     
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    FurMark seems to be the standard.

    Apparently running FurMark and Prime95 simultaneously SHOULD work without throttling (as it does with the Envy), but it actually does throttle on the 1645.
     
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    fml I ran the 2 together and it throttles to 9x on full brightness, 10-11x on lowest brightness. Just Furmark runs at 23x ... Seems like it's not fixed.
     
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    Yup, the argument right now is whether it matters. Bill (from Dell) has stated more or less that Dell doesn't consider FurMark + Prime95 a real world test and as a result, they didn't verify those results. In other words, they were testing against games like Crysis rather than simulated stress testing. As long as games run without throttling, then Dell considers the issue resolved.

    That said, there are users reporting throttling, though that's mostly GPU throttling which may or may not be thermal based.

    TL;DR: Can you play games well within the limitations of a mid-range (I'd argue low-end, to be honest) GPU like the 4670? If so, great. If not, add to the list of complaints on the throttling thread, hopefully including logs with statistics from your gaming sessions.
     
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