I currently own an M14x R2 here are my specs
3630qm
GT 650m 2gb
16gb ddr3
Windows 8 Pro
Nvidia 314.07 drivers
I've never experienced such bad throttling in any game such as Crysis 3. Every time I play it runs good for a few mins, the stock clock when gaming on my gpu is 835mhz, the gpu clock comes down to a 135mhz for a few seconds and the framerate just dip to a 8fps which is unacceptable given that the GPU temps are 66 and the CPU temps are 85 I would expect does dips at 90+ but 85? cmon... and I HAVE NEVER EVER GOTTEN THROTTLING BEFORE 314.07 Just as I was writting this I've tried it in other games to see if it was just Crysis 3 doing that, tried BF3 and it did the SAME THING, I did a clean driver install and nothing.
Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Try going back to the driver Dell recommends 307.07.
I know they are old, but for me, so far that's the only driver that didn't cause me throttling.
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I just came home and I am also using a notebook cooler the ZM-NC2000 and so far is doing its job really good, is keeping the laptop 5-7 degrees cooler so no throttling but still what if I wanna game on the road?
Is someone else also experiencing this? -
I haven't been throttling but my fans have been spinning a lot more than usual since I installed them. It was really noticeable from the 310 I was using prior.
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So far, 307.17 is the only driver it actually works for me.
Not sure if it's something that I can't figure out or just something wrong with the new drivers for this laptop.
If I go to Dell Drivers session only driver 307.17 was approved for my M14x R2, Dell is not recommending to update to 310 or even 314.17. I guess there's a reason why.
Anyway since with default drivers it works like a charm I'm not really complaining I just hope Dell approved the new drivers soon. -
BTW, I can see that Dell release on 2/21 the A11 BIOS, hopefully that can fix something.
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While testing my FPS and temps for adequate O/C... I also noticed that the Furmark had a 800mhz throttle... :S But didn't really look into it until now...
After reading this, Im definitely going back to 307... Ive already rolled back to 310... D/L 307 as we speak...
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Update to the latest BIOS and use the latest DELL drivers only are the only recommendations that we provide for this type of issues.
M14x R2 + 314.07 = Massive Throttling
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by CmlDexter, Feb 22, 2013.