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    AMD 6990M - GPU/Memory Clock stuck after Driver Update

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by fonzie, Apr 19, 2012.

  1. fonzie

    fonzie Notebook Guru

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    Hi,

    Just updated my AMD 6990m Graphics Card to the latest drivers from AMD (Driver Version:8.951.0.0) and ran into a peculiar issue.

    Earlier, when there was no load, i.e, when I wasn't gaming or watching a video, the GPU and GPU Memory clock used to be at 100/150 MHz respectively. Used to go up as the load increased (max 715/900). But after the driver update they are stuck 715/900 all the time leading to higher idle temps.

    Does anyone know what happened and how can I resolve this?


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    Thanks!
     
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    fonzie, Apr 19, 2012
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  2. fonzie

    fonzie Notebook Guru

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    Bump. tenchar
     
    fonzie, Apr 20, 2012
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    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    Ensure Powerplay is enabled in driver settings.
     
    yknyong1, Apr 20, 2012
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  4. fonzie

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    Powerplay was enabled. But I just disabled and enabled it again and it worked! Now without any load the clocks are at 100/150 level. Strange!!

    Thanks for helping! :)
     
    fonzie, Apr 20, 2012
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