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    FIXED 8600mGt downclock(not the powermizer tweak)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by BilalL, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. BilalL

    BilalL Notebook Enthusiast

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    This method was provided by m@vrek http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19850&st=80

    Ok download rivatuner.

    go into RivaTuners power user tab and set the value to 1 for Rivatuner\NVIDIA\Overclocking\EnableLowPower3dControl and Rivatuner\NVIDIA\Overclocking\EnablePerfLevelForcing.

    Then go back to the overclocking tab,and activate the now revealed "Force Constant Performance Level" command to performance 3D. Go to the top right drop down box and select low power 3d mode, make sure to select enable driver level overclocking. Do this for both standard 2d and performance 3d.

    After this i was finally able to upgrade my 174.16 drivers to 177.92 with physx.
     
    BilalL, Aug 28, 2008
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    xystus Notebook Consultant

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    Did you compare 177.92 with physx ingame results, with 175.19 without physx (or any other driver)?
     
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    BilalL Notebook Enthusiast

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    My tests. I havent tried 175.19 yet.

    My setup:

    Dell Vostro 1500
    t7100 1.8ghz C2D
    2gb Ram
    Vista Buisness Sp1
    8600m Gt DDr2 256mb

    3dmark06 tests 1280x800
    177.92 nooc : 4151
    177.89 nooc : 3590
    177.79nooc : 3625
    177.79oc600/450 : 4143
    175.63nooc : 3542
     
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    Isn't that the exact same thing as disabling powermizer? The point is you are still forcing your hardware to run at max settings all the time.

    Your temps will be singnificantly higher.

    Unless that fix actually forces the GPU to only use max settings when playing?

    Meh all I found out is that powermizer is not to blame for the downclocking.
     
    ryzeki, Aug 28, 2008
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    BilalL Notebook Enthusiast

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    The powermizer tweaks didnt work for me.

    But with this setup you can turn on rivatuner before you game and turn it off after you game.
     
    BilalL, Aug 28, 2008
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