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Throttling issue with 970m


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So I took the plunge, and bought a 970m. Got it all up and running, but the GPU is throttling in every game I try and run.

Has anyone had this problem and been able to overcome it?

So far I've...

  • Tried a couple of different driver versions (345.20 and 347.88). Neither driver fixed the issue.
  • Flashed with the slv7 vbios. Still the same issue.
  • Reinstalled Windows 8, and tried the drivers again. Still not working.
  • Tried forcing P0 P-State in nVidia Inspector. Nothing happens.

Symptoms

  • Using MSI Afterburner, the GPU load never goes above 50%.
  • nVidia Inspector shows the P-State as P1 whenever I'm in a game, not P0.
  • 3DMark11 score is only ~P4000

Specs

  • Alienware M15x
  • Core i7 920XM (standard clocks)
  • GTX 970M 6GB with slv7 vbios
  • 8GB RAM
  • Windows 8.1 Pro (fresh install)
  • 240W PSU

Can anyone help? I'm completely stumped at this point...

Thanks!

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It might be due to Windows 8.

Are you sure you don't have another system setting overriding the performance state? Windows 8 has a few extra power management (and other setting) convolutions than Win 7 did.

Do you have CC installed? Do you have AlienFusion active?

Have you monitored the temperature of the GPU while under stress?

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