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    FX 600 throttling

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by red4100, Jun 9, 2011.

  1. red4100

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    my fx 600 (i3, nvidia 325M) seems to be throttling itself - causing games to run at 2/3 fps. According to throttlestop, the CPU doesn't actually reach the throttleing point (DTS max 4). This started a few months ago and have had the laptop since december.

    Note that when I exit the game, the framrate returns to normal. I have posted this problem before, but no-one would help me.
     
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    what are your temps? Try increasing your TDP via throttlestop.
     
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    TDP? temperatures range from 87-84 degrees (2 cores hotter then the others). Throttlestop simply doesn't seem to work, and I shouldn't need it as the laptop has run for hours at full whack fine until recently, with no real change in circumstances.
     
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    bump............
     
    red4100, Jun 10, 2011
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    Can someone PLEASE help; I can't contact MSI because I can't find my laptop's serial no. or BIOS version (their links do not work) and it is Saturday.
     
    red4100, Jun 11, 2011
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    This is all games yeah? Not just one.

    Your certain its the CPU thats throttling?
     
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    Yes, all games. From mass effect 2 to tf2.

    Well, according to throttlestop, the cpu does NOT overheat. Combine that with the fact that this only happens in games leads me to think that it could be the GPU instead. Overheating perhaps? I tried rolling back the drivers with no effect.
     
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    Well cant you check?

    Is fan cycling up accordingly,
    Open task manager and performance tab so the graphs are open, have your game throttle a bit and alt tab to the task manager to see the graph results.

    Get GPU-Z and set the sensors and clock speeds to read on the results, you should see if its throttling in that too.
     
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    OK, GPU-z says that it's the memory controller load that drops to about 1-2% after a few minutes of play, compared to ~40% when the game works properly. Temp has a max of 83, mean of 74 and GPU load goes to 99% sometimes as mem controller load goes to 1%. CPU doesn't seem to be affected.
     
    red4100, Jun 12, 2011
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