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    5870M question

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by kevmanw4301, Sep 11, 2011.

  1. kevmanw4301

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    Anybody who has the 5870M in their system, what voltage does it run at in 3D Clocks? Mine seems to run at 1.150V, but I think it should run at 1.05V, whioch would explain my bad temps even after repaste.
     
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    Stock 3d voltage in my old 5870M was 1.15v. It could be undervolted to 1.05v, but was generally limited to or very near stock clocks (700/1000) at the reduced power level.
     
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    Thats good, I don't mine stock clocks one bit, 900p screen so almost everything can be maxed anyways. I think I'm going to try that. Do I have to use RBE? I can't change the voltage in AMD GPU Clock Tool.
     
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    Yes, using RBE to modify the vbios and then reflashing is the only way I know of to reduce the voltage. What kind of card do you have? Dell? Clevo?
     
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    Clevo, sadly. Theresd an option in RBE to enable "superior power play", but I'm scared of bricking the card.
     
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    It won't work anyway. Unfortunately, PowerPlay does not work with Clevo cards. We used shortcuts utilizing AMD Clock Tools with command line arguments or parameters to downclock the Clevo 5870M's to 200/300 or 250/300 for desktop or general use. Some had one shortcut to downclock and another to return to stock clocks. Downclocking in that way reduced idle/desktop temps 7-10C if I recall correctly.
     
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    Yeah, thats what I have been doing. So, I flashed a new BIOS. Modified the 700/100 one to 1.05V and changed fan tables so it hits 100% fan speed at 80C, not 100C, ha. I think I'm going to change the fans again more and so on.
     
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    Good luck, sounds like you have things well in hand. Keep us posted.
     
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    Will do. One other question. Is there any way or program to control fan speed other than the Bios edit? I don't think what I did actually changed anything with the fans, as they didn't ramp up like expected.
     
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    Yeah sure, Mumaks fantastic HWiNFO, can be downloaded here: HWiNFO64 Download

    And here's all the information about the fan control feature for AW systems: Alienware Fan Control
     
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    Thanks Svl7! I'll try that out ASAP.
     
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