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    8800MGTX.. Issue?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Garandhero, Jan 16, 2008.

  1. Garandhero

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    So I Just unpacked my new Sager ect. ect. and i go and put GPU-Z on and I take a look at what it says... and low and behold.. my Clocks are all wrong!

    GPU Clock 383
    Memory 301
    Shader 767

    when it should read
    GPU Clock 500
    Memory 799/800
    Shader 1250.


    whats the deal with that and how do i fix it? Also alot of other information is missing in GPU-Z like Bandwith, Buswidth, Fillrate, Memory Type, a few others.
     
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  2. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    Dude, I have the same problem as u, even on HP mode, are you on HP mode? Wht driver u have?
     
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  3. sabregen

    sabregen Notebook Consultant

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    it appears to be a Vista x64 and GPU-Z edition. I get the exact same clocks in mine, and even if you disable driver signing, it still shows up the same. Also, don't bother trying to run any of the current versions of the video card OC'ing applications, even with driver signing off, under Vista x64 edition, none of them work. So far, I've tried:

    Nibitor
    AtiTool
    Rivatuner
    nTune
    ClockGen
    Systool
    Intel TAT
    SpeedFan
    CoreTemp
    Everest

    How's that for a list of crap that doesn't work?
     
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  4. darkoroje

    darkoroje Notebook Consultant

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    That is probably because the GPU is in 2D mode, so clock / memory are operating at lower frequency. It should speed up automatically when you run a 3D program - try running 3DMark 2006 and see what the score is.
     
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  5. Garandhero

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    Yea High power mode and everything... so is it just displaying the clocks wrong? or is there actually something fubar?
     
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    is this "high power mode" something in your BIOS? or are you referring to the laptops Power consumption profile in Vista? Or is it in the drivers? I'm just curious if it's something specific to your models, I have yet to come across that option on my 9262
     
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  7. Garandhero

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    its just the little power icon on ur desktop as far as i know... i always put mine to high performance.

    almost done dling 3dmark06 will post scores soon
     
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  8. Garandhero

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    ok so i got a

    8876 3dmarks... my clocks didnt seem to change in GPU-Z... If that score is about where its supposed to be i am guessing GPU-Z is just misreading the clocks.

    is that score about right?
     
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  9. darkoroje

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    I think it is, I have 9200 but I have an x7900 CPU so that contributes to the score as wel.

    GPU-Z might be reading the clocks right, since the GPU is operating in 2D mode at that time. It is only when you switch to 3D mode that the GPU speeds up. For example, try running a game in windowed mode and then run GPU-Z and see what it is reporting. nVidia's nTune application will also report GPU clocks.
     
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  10. txqzr4

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    gpu-z does not report the correct clock speeds, use ntune.
     
    txqzr4, Jan 16, 2008
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  11. Aryantes

    Aryantes Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    We have encountered this problem before in this thread.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=206897

    It seems it is just a driver reporting issue for the most part.

    I think everybody has to wait for a proper driver for the 8800.

    Ntune is the only one that I have that reports the correct clock speeds.

    However, even if RivaTuner reports 383 or whatever like it does, my system seems to run at the proper speeds.

    I don't think it is something to worry about just yet.

    your 3dmark score is right on. power saving functions do limit the clock speed at times. I wouldn't trust many of the apps out there right now for speeds/overclocking.
     
    Aryantes, Jan 16, 2008
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