Do You think you have a Throttling Issue with Your Pavillion Sandy Bridge?

OK...I have read some instances where there might be a throttling Issue with the Sandy Bridge machines. We had the same issue with the Envy line after Sandy Bridge was released. Here are two very important threads to familiarize yourself with. The first tells you how to take the test to see if your machine is throttling. The second thread is a temporary fix.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-envy-hdx/575817-hp-envy-17-sb-throttling-test.html

This goes through how to test your machine, step by step.


I did extensive testing with Throttlestop. It is an excellent temporary fix...set it up, using the guide I gave and you will have a full performance machine with it's help:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-envy-hdx/579857-running-throttlestop-envy-17-sb.html


Mind you. I need data. The reasoning as to why this happens has to do with power distribution. Throttlestop keeps the CPU from talking to your bios and throttling down. HP released a bios for all Envy users that fixed the issue permanantly. We can get the same done with the Pavillion...but you will need to post YOUR results in this thread.

 

IIRC furmark is OpenGL, so it won't use the dedicated AMD gpus on the DV6-6100 series due to the whole driver fiasco.

That might skew your results.

 

We can use MSI Kombustor on DirectX 9 and 10 I think to run the gpu stress test. Does the same as Furmark but maybe you can download and see what settings we need to apply? Will this work for you Bobmitch? Our results may be slightly different though. Can test when I get home.

Btw...if you are running prime and a gpu stress test something will have to throttle down as the thermals will run wild. So not sure how much of a throttle down youre talking about. Both Furmark/MSI Kombustor and Prime are out of the ordinary scenarios for any CPU/GPU.

 

I have tested this in DX11 Kombustor with Prime95 (max power consumption) and my 2630qm throttled down to 1297 MHz.

I then set the maximum processing state to 99% which effectively turns off turbo boost but keeps the maximum clock at 2000 MHz. I re-ran Prime95 with Kombustor and the clocks maintained at 2000 MHz.

So basically, without turbo boost, there's no throttling with the GPU and CPU being stressed at 100%. But with turbo boost, the CPU is throttled below the non-turbo boost clocks.

 

I guess this sounds sensible operationally? If we can maintain a 2Ghz clock seems ok.

 

Mine's throttling from 2.6Ghz back to 2.2-2.0Ghz

HP DV6TQE-6000 (Radeon 6770 1GB, i7 2630QM)

 

The problem is if I have Turboboost on (which I usually do during a game), it may throttle to 1297 MHz.

I have the dv6t-6100.

 

Your games will never stress out your GPU like Kombustor does. Even the most demanding games like Metro 2033 will not come close. Stress testers like Kombustor are made to check for OC stability and dont in anyway represent day-to-day usage demands.

 

In any case, it should not be throttling based on power. If the temperatures are completely fine, it should not throttle. The supplied power adaptor should provide enough power to run 2630qm turboboost and the 6770m at full capabilities.

 

If it's a power related issue then sure. I was more talking about heat being the factor.

But in my experience of running SC2 on high settings in large battle situations, I've never had the CPU throttle down. SC2 is a very CPU intensive game - on the GPU side it's not so bad but in large battle situations it's still very stressful for a mid range mobile card like the 6770m. All that Im saying is check the throttle in a "real-life" situation.

 

It was throttling at 75 degrees.