freakfeuer Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'm currently struggeling to get a GTX680M (from a Clevo) to work in a Dell M6700 at full potential. I can install the driver and use the card. However, it seems that the card never leaves the lowest performance mode, regardless of the Win7/Nvidia Control Panel settings. After trying tons of stuff, I checked my AC adapter. It's only 200W. Is this sufficient or do I need a more powerful version (240W/330W)? The i7 has 45W TDP, the GTX680M 100W TDP... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bios Modder Klem Posted January 9, 2017 Bios Modder Share Posted January 9, 2017 Why you think that the card never leaves the lowest performance mode? You can try run any 3D load in window mode, and then run GPU-Z (monitoring window) and check your core and memory clocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakfeuer Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 With GPU-z I logged the sensor values to a file while performing a 3DMark benchmark. The clocks never changed during the entire benchmark. (135MHz Core GPU clock, 162MHz GPU Memory clock) The temperature during the complete benchmark was between 40°C and 50°C, so no throttling reason there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bios Modder Klem Posted January 9, 2017 Bios Modder Share Posted January 9, 2017 In this case you can try use Dell vBIOS for 4GB GTX 680m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakfeuer Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I'd love to try that. Unfortunately I can't find any ROM for a Dell 4GB version. Should I try the NVIDIA 4GB version or can you point me to a appropriate Dell version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bios Modder Klem Posted January 10, 2017 Bios Modder Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, freakfeuer said: I'd love to try that. Unfortunately I can't find any ROM for a Dell 4GB version. Should I try the NVIDIA 4GB version or can you point me to a appropriate Dell version? May be try this? https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/149075/149075 Edited January 10, 2017 by Klem 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakfeuer Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 5 hours ago, Klem said: May be try this? https://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/149075/149075 Thank you so much, I never thought of changing the vendor of the vBIOS. Now the card performs as expected. And of course I didn't check Alienware as a vendor (even though it belongs to Dell)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
№1 Toxic Shitter Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) Long time no see. I've been using this method for a while now and It has been working great. I'm running an MSI GT70 0NE with an i7-3630QM. I'm using the 1.025V unlocked VBIOS and have a straight up +209 core/+450 memory OC in Afterburner(which matches the suggested boost frequencies). I've ran both the latest drivers(which I'm currently on) and old 347.52(which I used to see if Kepler was indeed downgraded in perf, to nobody's surprise it wasn't). However, I've noticed a problem in one title - Planetside 2. It happens with both Shadowplay on or off, but seems to happen more frequently . I run ThrottleStop whenever I play, which maxes my CPU voltage at just below 1.1. PS2 is very CPU heavy. It's the only game that truly maxes out my CPU usage. On occasion(most often in very CPU-intensive moments), my game momentarily freezes and the screen goes black. The freeze lasts for around five seconds after which I get an absolutely random previously rendered frame(that could be what I was seeing on the screen 5 minutes ago) after which my game unfreezes and my GPU works normally(I haven't checked the GPU clocks after this happens though), except for Shadowplay, which turns off(red line over the indicator) and I need to restart the game to have it work again. Neither my GPU nor my CPU are overheating(GPU maxes at around 70 degrees centigrade, CPU at 82). I don't crash in regular benchmarks(Heaven, Firestrike), but I ran Furmark once and it seemingly bricked my PC for 5 minutes after which I coul turn it on again. I have never changed my power brick. The only guesses I have is that I'm either using too much power or that there is some edge case driver issue. That or my GPU is dying. Anyone else experience something similar? Edited November 9, 2017 by №1 Toxic Shitter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toscanini Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 10 hours ago, №1 Toxic Shitter said: I run ThrottleStop whenever I play, which maxes my CPU voltage at just below 1.1. PS2 is very CPU heavy. I'm running a similar set-up as you (iBuyPower Valkyrie CZ-17 base) with the 1.025V unlocked vBIOS. I also have difficulty maintaining stability in situations where both the CPU and GPU are stressed to their max. I haven't played Planetside 2, but late-game Civ 5 and Total War often bring my CPU to 100%. The only thing I've found to help is throttling back on voltage. Some monitors have detected voltage spikes when the mobo tries to manage at that level. I also suspect I may have damaged a GSKILL RAM a few months ago in the process. You may want to run some hardware tests occasionally to see if any other peripheral hardware issues are cropping up. Good luck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
№1 Toxic Shitter Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 9 hours ago, toscanini said: I'm running a similar set-up as you (iBuyPower Valkyrie CZ-17 base) with the 1.025V unlocked vBIOS. I also have difficulty maintaining stability in situations where both the CPU and GPU are stressed to their max. I haven't played Planetside 2, but late-game Civ 5 and Total War often bring my CPU to 100%. The only thing I've found to help is throttling back on voltage. Some monitors have detected voltage spikes when the mobo tries to manage at that level. I also suspect I may have damaged a GSKILL RAM a few months ago in the process. You may want to run some hardware tests occasionally to see if any other peripheral hardware issues are cropping up. Good luck. Good to know it's not just my machine. I suppose I will have to reflash back to 1V unlocked for the GPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondiz Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 A big thanks for this post. I've followed this guide but instead of the 680m, I'm applying it to the 770m. Currently, I'm stuck at the +135mhz core overclock but I didn't oc the ram though. I'm still waiting on better thermal pads so I can push the card further. With a repaste, I get 80c max on the gpu and 86c max on the cpu. My ambients are in the 27-30c though lol. The climate here is hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
老虎﹏ Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Try to install 680m on p150hm, and get a lot of suggestions from the post, hoping to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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