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    HD2400XT Underclocked (mobility)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by boyciejunior, Aug 17, 2008.

  1. boyciejunior

    boyciejunior Notebook Geek

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    Hey there :)
    I got an Acer Travelmate 5720g yesterday with the hd2400xt (MXMII) , and according to notebookcheck the core speed should be 600mhz but it comes out as only 300mhz according to catalyst and AtiTools (havent been overclocking , just wanted to check catalyst was reporting correctly).

    I have everything on performance settings eg. the processor and GPU performance setting. I have also used modded mobility drivers from driver heaven to see if it would help.

    What could be the problem?
     

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    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

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    It's lowered to preserve battery life.

    Try run a game then minimize to go back to the desktop to check the clock speeds on the catalyst control center, you should see them go higher.
     
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    boyciejunior Notebook Geek

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    awww. it still stays as 300mhz even in full screen games (doom3 and quake3) :( but thanks anyways =)
     
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    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    are you sure you're not in "power saver" mode?
     
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  5. boyciejunior

    boyciejunior Notebook Geek

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    yer, i have everything maxed out :)
     
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    What he means is battery mode, not cpu 7 gpu settings

    see attachment
     

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    yer it is on high performance :) is there anyway to disable windows power management and just use acer's ?
     
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    bump bump :p
     
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    Did you check the Powerplay settings in the catalyst control center?

    Have you downloaded the latest video card drivers from www.ati.com?

    Have you downloaded the latest updates for your computer on www.acer.com?
     
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    yes , yes and yes, even updated to the newest BIOS
     
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    ATI tool is fu cked, it shows my clocks wrong as well, i suggest trying a different program.
     
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    even 3dmark06 says 300mhz =(
     
    boyciejunior, Aug 18, 2008
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    bumping again :(
     
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    right did a 3d mark test and it came out as 1239, which is very very poor, i have now disabled powerplay so it cant reduce current etc. Is the GPU defective?
     
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    mmmm the fact that mine which has a better processor and more ram gets a score 400 below the 5520G is pretty bad
     
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    what happend when you disabled powerplay, does it still show the underclocked settings?

    i also had a similar problem wherein even if I was in High Pefromance Mode, running off plugged in power and i even had the ATI powerplay settings set to Maximum Performance, I was still showing underclocked numbers. I even played a game in window mode but the settings still were not right.

    in summary, all i did was diasable powerplay and now my video card settings are where they should be. i simply enable it again if i'm not gaming or on battery.
     
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    could that be because your not using a ATI card? o_o
     
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    yer it does :(
     
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    LoL over clocking is a no no , just had the blue screen of death
     
    boyciejunior, Aug 22, 2008
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    Time to return that lappy, if you still can.
     
    Harper2.0, Aug 22, 2008
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