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    Stuck in performance 3d

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Ayle, Mar 25, 2009.

  1. Ayle

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    Hi, guys, I fried my HD3650 and put my 8600m GT back in my laptop. But for some reason the card is stuck in performance 3d... I tried the 179.48 and the 185.26 but that doesn't seem to have changed anything. Anybody got an idea of what is going on?
     
    Ayle, Mar 25, 2009
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    What do you mean its stuck in Performance 3D?

    Can't you just set it in the nVidia control panel?
     
    Beatsiz, Mar 25, 2009
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  3. haquocdung

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    ??? How can you put these card on a laptop? especially 2 total different cards
     
    haquocdung, Mar 25, 2009
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    I think he means the card is stuck running at full clock even if it's not doing 3D work. I am not sure what could be the reason if that's happening, did you try to overclock it?
     
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  5. Ayle

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    There are no option to set the clocks in the default nv control panel.

    My laptop is MXM-II, the GPU can be upgraded. I fried the mobility HD3650 because I got a bit heavy handed on the overclocking and overvolting... I held up for close to 6 months tho :D ...

    That exactly that. And no I haven't tried overclocking.
     
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    That's strange. Did you make sure there is no overclocking profile running in RivaTuner or nTune? And if your computer is set to performance, try putting it on balanced.
     
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    i once had that problem when i installed the new laptop drivers from nvidea when they first came out. i used the ATI tool to manually downgrade the clocks myself. yes you can use ATi tool, it reads the 8600m gt and not the 8800m GTS on my gateway 6831. i finally gave up and went back to the modded desktop drivers. other then that i dont know what to tell you, oh yea what model is it?
     
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  8. Ayle

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    Compal IFL90. I'll try reinstalling the drivers.
     
    Ayle, Mar 25, 2009
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    yea cool, i had the same problem with the same model, sager 2090. you could try that idea, its better then nonething. but i do remember when the core and memory where stuck on the 3D like yours, the battery time and temp on the gpu where normal, it just wouldnt downclock.
     
    yotano211, Mar 25, 2009
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    Yeah I was going to say just keep trying a coupel drivers...

    Download Riva Tuner and you can set the 3D profiles in there
     
    Beatsiz, Mar 26, 2009
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    Ive got the same problem (IFL90) and need a better solution than manually setting it each time. It only clocks down when on battery power, when plugged in the profile makes no difference (neither on battery). Halp?
     
    irrational, Mar 26, 2009
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  12. haquocdung

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    Make sense to me, may I ask what machine is that?
     
    haquocdung, Mar 26, 2009
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  13. digitydawg

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    Turn powermiser on.
     
    digitydawg, Mar 26, 2009
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  14. badadee

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    as mentioned right above me, it is powermiser.

    go to google and search "NOTEBOOK REVIEW FORUM DISABLE POWERMIZER"

    but, in your case, you want to ENABLE powermizer, so if you have some basic knowledge with registry, you can still follow that guide and just reverse those values.
     
    badadee, Mar 26, 2009
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  15. irrational

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    theres no nvidia powermizer for vista... also my comp used to downclock now its doesnt...
     
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    Yes there is, I forgot how to do and stuff but there definitely is a powermizer on vista

    its the whole point of powermizer lmao


    Go look on laptopvideo2go many driver forums will say that some older drivers have on/off problems with powermizer
     
    Beatsiz, Mar 26, 2009
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