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    random downclocking

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by pqx1beta, Oct 13, 2008.

  1. pqx1beta

    pqx1beta Notebook Consultant

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    when i play games like css and warhammer my card sometimes will stutter for a bit and pause so i decided to investigate. It appears that the card for some reason decides to downclock its self a fair bit. This cant be heat related as it just did it after about 10 secounds of css. anyone got any ideas i have a m1530 8600m gt and run vista. my drivers are 178.15.
     
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  2. BenLeonheart

    BenLeonheart walk in see this wat do?

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    dead gpu probably.
    phone dell up.
    by the way, you are running on performance mode?
     
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    yh i am :p but it only seems to have started since i installed these drivers never had the problem b4 and ive owned it almost a year.
     
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    Oh man, what's going on with the 8600M GT's these days :O

    @pqx1beta: try to install other drivers..
     
    sgtmatt1, Oct 13, 2008
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    yh which would you recommend i can never seem to find any that dont give me some kind of problem, it seems like the standard driver are the only ones i can use without getting atleast one problem...
     
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    hm..., just phone dell lol.
    i've had this computer since Jan.
    and, it just happened a month ago for me.
    they replaced my mobo and, everything's fine.
     
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    Lol, I understand what you say. I also never had driver without having any problems..
    But the 174.32 driver is known to be a very stable driver,
    Vista 32 bit download:
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17737
    Vista 64 bit download:
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17740
     
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    ok cheers i just tried the guide and disableing powermizer mine was all enabled gonna see if that works if not ill try them drivers and last resort get dell to sort it out which i dont realy want to do because im very busy atm!
     
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    But if there is a problem with your GPU (if you keep getting this issue) it would be stupid to keep your notebook with the problem.. let Dell repair it.
    There is also something wrong with my 8600M GT and I also need my laptop every day but you can't keep using your notebook with a defective GPU in it right..
     
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    alright, I hope that works...
    Powermizer seems to be one of the problems..
     
    BenLeonheart, Oct 13, 2008
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