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    Envy 14 GPU only goes up to 300MHz/300MHz for core clock and memory clock

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nicefella, Aug 21, 2011.

  1. nicefella

    nicefella Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys!
    I recently installed Crysis 2 and played it at 720p on gamer (lowest) settings and only got about 17 frames! I used GPU-Z and found out that the GPU only goes up to 300MHz/300MHz for core clock and memory clock, is that not a bit too low. I have read on here that people run crysis 2 on ~35 FPS on gamer...

    My GPU/CPU temps are normal ~in the 60s

    Specs:
    i5 450
    4 gb ram
    5650
    radience
    Thank you so much, iv been stumped for soo long :confused:
     
    nicefella, Aug 21, 2011
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  2. eafd

    eafd Notebook Deity

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    You're experiencing the Powerplay glitch.

    You can fix this by enabling and disabling powerplay in the ATI control panel.

    There's also another way to fix this, but I don't remember ATM. Magus can tell you.

    Edit: Stock speeds are 450/800, just FYI
     
    eafd, Aug 21, 2011
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  3. nicefella

    nicefella Notebook Geek

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    Hmm, that did not seem to solve the problem. Thanks for the reply though :) Im currently trying to re install graphics drivers to see if that helps! With GPU-Z my GPU load was only about 40% too, shouldnt be higher for something like crysis?
     
    nicefella, Aug 21, 2011
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    nicefella Notebook Geek

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    well i just wanted to report back that after redoing my drivers for GPU i now get at 600p ~40 FPS on low settings in crysis2. Is that about right?
     
    nicefella, Aug 22, 2011
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  5. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    you gotta disable powerplay, hit apply, and then re-enable powerplay to generally fix this bug.

    least with my computer.

    I got tired of opening powerplay I just made hotkeys for turning it on and off (you can do that sorta thing in the catalyst control center).

    you can also make hotkeys for swapping gpus

    edit: also if you're on battery...powerplay sometimes decides to never go above 300/300 even if you tell it to use max performance. 'cause..I dunno. HP and/or AMD messed up
     
    MagusDraco, Aug 22, 2011
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