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    Dell 1558 Throttling

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sheikhstone, Jun 10, 2010.

  1. sheikhstone

    sheikhstone Notebook Geek

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    i have an 1558, with i520 and ati 4570 and i experience severe throttling of the videocard when under heavy load(prime & furmark). i guess its thermal throttling cuz the temps of my ati card rise till 105 degree celsius when it starts throttling...

    can anyone confirm this issue?
     
  2. sidhu88

    sidhu88 Notebook Consultant

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    Ya my GPU reaches those temps as well under heavy load.. the cpu actually throttles n the multiplier drops to 9 and stays fixed! I have the same cpu n gpu as u