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Seems like frametime is just a characteristic with value inverted to framerate?

What I can't understand - is why GPU usage goes down, while CPU is still not 100% loaded

Hi Everyone!

I have MSI GT70 ONE upgraded to 970m (Windows 8.1, 51x S7 BIOS, Prema vBIOS, 0.993, OC +250/450). Game Black Desert Online. First standing in the field - then running into the city- then back to the field.

You could see that while CPU utilization does not change and seems to stay low (below 70%, so probably no bottleneck there?) - GPU utilization goes down instead of increasing as workload increases, and hence FPS drops from 50 to 20. ThrottleStop running at "performance" setting. Temperatures seem fine.

Wondering if anything can be done about it/squeezed from the GPU/CPU?

Thanks for all the hints!

I have used Shims in the good old days of the AMD Spitfire, when Overclocking was at the beginning in my life. never liked them to be honest.

I main reason its loose unless you thermal paste it twice or you can go too far when bolting down the heat sink and crush what ever is underneath it.

Whilst with brasso you can get the same shine and its a cutter too so it helps to even the copper plate over time with its inperfections, I have always used this method.

All you do is clean the Thermal greese off the Heatsink then with a non-static cloth apply a small bit of Brasso on the cloth, then work it in till all the dirt comes off (Turns Black) then clean the dirt of and Buff.

Just make sure after you buff you re-clean with tim to insure there is no particals left from the brasso apply thermal paste like normal and enjoy watching the shiny copper getting dirty again but with a cleaner contact.

As for PSU i originally had with my system the 150Watt PSU i then upgraded as i tried to get a AMD 7970M MXM card to work but fail'd due to lack of working cards then bought a 180 Watt ready for the next AMD card but then decided after all the hassle to use the GTX770M which now i love how fast it is. Even with the stock vBios its still boosting to 862 on the GPU LOL.

Also my ears are now saved as the fans do not go leafblower so fast.

Hi - any success on your issues with Crisis? I seem to be getting the same with my GT70, 680m... I run battlefield 4 on max settings for hours and nothing. But crysis 3 crashes it to desktop (and then I can't select any applications, just power button works).

Temperatures are alright.

Hey guys - here is the puzzle..

Basically followed the instructions in the first post. And everything worked - but I just can't make this nvidia inspector shortcut start automatically. No matter what I do.

I tried to add it to "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

I even created a registry entry in Run folder with it - basically copying the shortcut address:

"C:\nvidiaInspector\nvidiaInspector.exe -setBaseClockOffset:0,0,144 -setMemoryClockOffset:0,0,450 -setVoltageOffset:0,0,0 -setTempTarget:0,1,87 " And it still does not work.

I thought that nvidia inspector maybe needs to be running? But I have no trouble after I boot into windows just double clicking the shortcut and (while nvidia inspector does not start) - clocks go up...

Any ideas? How do you do it practically on 8.1 win?

Also - I can't find anywhere what's the sustainable in the long run temperature for 680m is... In Crysis 3 I am getting FPS I want with Average being 76, max - 85... Should I downclock - or is it safe/sustainable?

Question about drivers:

Do you need to uninstall video drivers before flashing vbios? Or it will work like that? Or keep old ones, flash - and then reinstall drivers?

I don't think it was in the guide.

Thank you!

OV 1000v means it's overvolted to 1.0v, I'm not totally shure what the changes are in the revised 02 ones but something has been changed.

I am just trying to cross reference this thread - http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/2062-using-your-4gb-gtx-680m-its-safest-full-potential.html And see which one of 5 available BIOSes attached to this thred - is the one to use to get 915Mhz mentioned by widesu69 - with minimal temperatures. Would you say - the higher the voltage, the higher the potential for overclocking BUT - 915Mhz temperature would be higher? Also would still be nice to know what revies-02 (without OV mean) - I am assuming - stock voltage?

Thank for giving me download permission !

So i flashed the 1025V version and it works superB ! now @ 980 core and 2250 memory clock !

If some still knows on my other question that i asked in this topic i would like to know !

May I ask at what temperature do you run GPU now? (sorry - can't PM

It will not throttle in the same way, i.e. you'll be able to get full 3d clocks. However if you also have an extreme CPU and attempt to overclock it, you may run into gpu throttling based on power limitations.

Some people have had success (myself included) using an older 210w PSU and pulling out the centre pin on the jack to remove this throttling, allowing power consumption over 180W.

Is there a way to check this total power consumption of the system before flashing SVL bios? (I would not want to mess with PSU..)

What are your CPU temps? Looks like turbo boost is running wild. Have you tried using Throttlestop?

Thank you for your response. I've tried to use Throttlestop 6.0 with it (I have checked EIST, C1E, Set Multiplier 63T - and also BD PROCHOT unchecked) - it shows Max CPU temp being at 66 C.

The score does not really changed.

I've noticed one really weird thing. When I would use MSI Afterburner to increase Core Clock (running stock BIOS) - lets say by 135 (max) - the core clock still stays at 758 for the entire duration of the test. GPUz shows the same thing - GPU Core clock staying at 757.7 all the time...

Why is that happening? And could this be connected to original issue with the score?

Thank you!

What is the difference between BIOSes posted in second post (particularly those marked as "revised -02" and "OV 1000v.zip"

Update. I also created these two graphs to show the CPU voltage and Mhz during this last Fire Strike Test:

I also tried to run the test with ThrottleStop 6.0 on, - it does not change the result.

I also downloaded MSI Afterburner and clocked to +135/+700 - and it showed up 4600 score... So it seems mine is just consistently lower than the benchmark by 1800-2000 points.

Would really appreciate some help! Not sure if I should return the laptop or if there is a way to fix it...

Hi! Really hope you could point where I am making a mistake.

So this is a refurbished laptop (GT70 0NE with 680m 4GB) - for which majority on this forum gets at least around 5800-6000 3DMark 11 score... - I understand that before any overclocking.

My score is 4025

What I did:

1. Put power settings to "High performance mode"

2. In NVIDIA panel put the 680m as main card (and made sure it is 680m for 3dMark 11).

3. Closed all the programs (including antivirus)

4. Pressed Turbo and that Noisy Fan button on the laptop

Ran 3dMark 11 - and it still came up with the score of 4025

I logged the GPU-Z sensor this time. That's what it shows:

GPU temp was in range from 31-65 (over 55 mostly on that last test)

GPU Core Clock [MHz] - from 130 to max was 770.8 (again it drops lower, but during time that final test was happening)

GPU Memory Clock [MHz] - 162, 400 or 900 (same as above)

Memory usage - max was 1529 (didn't it have 4GB?)

VDDC - from 0.837 to 1.012 (1,012 for last 10 minutes of the test).

Any ideas would be most welcome!

Thank you!