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    Perfcap reason - SLI?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Battlebared, Feb 21, 2017.

  1. Battlebared

    Battlebared Newbie

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    I was just checking my gpu on gpu-z to see if my 2 x 980m sli (in a p870dm-g) still had thermal throttling issues. However, instead of seeing a thermal cap I saw an SLI cap? Is this normal? Sorry if it is but I'm still worried if that's an issue I should be fixing. Note that this only occurs after playing some gpu-intensive games.
     
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  2. bennyg

    bennyg Notebook Virtuoso

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    Normal, just driver making sure the cards are clocking the same, so long as your clocks are locked on 1126/2500 (or whatever you OC to)

    Open two copies of GPUz and let them log sensor outputs in the background for a little while as the cards heat up to check
     
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Yes, to reduce micro stutter (uneven frame times) and given the different clocks GPU boost 3.0 can cause from second to second the lowest speed state of the two is used.
     
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