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    y580 and Watch Dogs

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vorob, May 28, 2014.

  1. vorob

    vorob Notebook Deity

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    So i'm on Windows 7 with latest nvdia drivers. This game lags horribly in 1080 and max settings. Any tweaks, or what settings should i use to have balance between quality and speed?
     
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    You expected to be able to play at 1080p max settings?!

    /epicfacepalm
     
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    Yep, "Hope for the best and prepare for the worst", that's why i'm here.
     
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    here is some tweaks. my gt 750m can only get 30fps on medium and high texture with smaa/temporal smaa. im on 760p btw
     
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    This is from the y410p forum. Since the 660M is a step above the 755M (if it's OCed) I'd say use these settings as a starting point:

     
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    660M is worse than 750M and 755M.

    Ultra system requirements call for an i7-4770K and GTX 780. Take from that what you will.
     
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    750 is worse and 755 is 1fps better.
     
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    At stock the 660M is about even with the latter, but its overclocking performance is usually better, hence my quote.
     
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    Also keep in mind that 750M and 755M go up to 1058 MHz and 1097 MHz respectively due to GPU Boost 2.0.

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    Not only that, Lenovo disabled GPU Boost on the 660M in the Y580, so it never rises above its 835 MHz base clock. Therefore, 750M is +223 MHz core and 755M is +262 MHz core/+100 MHz memory.

    So no, 750M and 755M are both faster than 660M.
     
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    At stock, 660M is worse than 750M and 755M. Overclocked on stock voltage it is still worse due to the lower Vcore so it can't reach as high of clocks. Otherwise they, along with the 650M, are the exact same 384 CUDA core GK107 chip with variations in clock speeds, voltages, and VRAM.
     
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  12. edwardamin13

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    just use svl7 mod and overclock it. I manage to reach
    1260/2790 (CC/MC) w/ stock voltage which is better than 755M.
    ASIC Quality 82%.
     
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    What's stock voltage of 660M under load? 1.050 V? 1.100 V? GPU-Z screenshot showing VDDC after running a 3D app for some time would be great. :thumbsup:
     
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    After the mod, it was suppose to be 1.1v but I remember when I ran 3Dmark11, the VDDC always shows 1.0875v for some reason. So there you go.

    I already overvolted to 1.125v and I don't want to flash too much :( I got 1280/2850 with this voltage.

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    What was the stock voltage under load before mod?
     
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    Now I don't quite remember so I looked at NBcheck review
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y580-20994BU-Laptop-Review.78974.0.html
    Looks like the stock is 1.05v

    But my point is, op should overclock so he can get better performance. Maybe overvolt too if thermal headroom permits. It's amazing how much more clock you can achieve with this laptop 835 to 1200~ with simple mod


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    Yeah I saw that already, but I don't really trust it because it's FurMark so OCP might be kicking in and reducing Vcore, plus it says "THROTTLING: -700MHz" in that screenshot.
     
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