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    FZ Owners - Anyone get powermizer running on vista?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by purell, Sep 16, 2007.

  1. purell

    purell Notebook Consultant

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    I can't see the tab. Are there specific drivers I have to download to see it? I downloaded ntune but i don't see powermizer.
     
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    I can't run powermizer either with Vista.
    However, Vista automatically reduces the clock and speed of the video card when it's running on battery.
     
    Valkyrie, Sep 16, 2007
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    How do I reduce the clock speed all the time. Even when running on adapter. I set the clock with ntune. But as soon as I rebooted it switched it back.
     
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    That's a little bit tricky.
    I I can lower my clock and speed even when running on adapter.
    However, I control it using Notebook Hardware Control Professional.
    The professional version will let you customize multiple profiles. I can set NHC to use the 'Power saver' profile even when running on adapter. I think you can further customize it keep the CPU clock on adaptive or full speed.
    The professional version cost 15 Euro I think.
     
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    i just underclock my card using 150 series drivers.
     
    dsg2003gt, Sep 16, 2007
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