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    Downclock GTX56M?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Mikaelft, May 3, 2012.

  1. Mikaelft

    Mikaelft Notebook Consultant

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    Hello.

    Is there a way to downclock the NVIDIA GTX560M in Windows? If I rememer right I had that options with my old nvidia card.

    The reason I want to do this is to save power when using battery. And I want the pc to be more quiet when just surfing the web.

    I have the CPU on 70%.
     
    Mikaelft, May 3, 2012
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  2. Rambisco

    Rambisco Notebook Consultant

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    You can drag the clocks down with MSi Afterburner, but I'm 90% sure it already has a throttling program when it's not in full use.
     
    Rambisco, May 3, 2012
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Nvidia inspector can modify the clocks of any P state.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 3, 2012
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  4. Captain Razer

    Captain Razer Notebook Evangelist

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    no need for downclocking, it already works at 70mhz when on battery.

    if all you do is web surfing then you can make the cpu work at %5 to force it to work at 800mhz all the time..no, it'll not be slow!
     
    Captain Razer, May 3, 2012
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  5. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Probably the only thing that could work well is undervolting.
     
    niffcreature, May 4, 2012
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  6. Xonar

    Xonar Notebook Deity

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    Powermizer should force it to 50(?)Mhz core. It does it for me.
     
    Xonar, May 4, 2012
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