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    Alienware Area 51 m17x with SLI 9800m GT

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by timehacker, Jul 17, 2010.

  1. timehacker

    timehacker Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have (2)9800m GT in my Area-51 m17x and they will not run at full speed no matter what I do.
    Max speed is 383/767/301 and I'm running Windows 7 and Vista 64.
    I tried NV GPU and PowerMiser disablers and regedit still, no full speed
    Is there a fix for this downclocking mess?
     
    timehacker, Jul 17, 2010
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    Is this down clocking causing perf issue?
     
    granyte, Jul 17, 2010
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    timehacker Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes ....will not hit 500/800/1500....maxout at 383/767/301.
    I want full speed, Is there a fix for this?
    The reg hack does not work
     
    timehacker, Jul 18, 2010
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    i mean is it reducing your gamin performance?
    and what are you using to measure your GPU clock

    cause some software are having issue reading some clock
     
    granyte, Jul 18, 2010
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    Oh I get it, well I use GPUZ, FluidMark and Everest.
    I dont game, I do 3-D animation and rendering.
     
    timehacker, Jul 18, 2010
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