overdriven Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Hi, I've a problem with my Alienware M18xR2 GTX 680M SLI. Example: I start Borderlands 2 with MAX Graphics Settings in Fullscreen Mode on 1920x1080. V-Synch is OFF (Turned off in the Nvidia Control Panel->Global 3D Settings) The FPS are from 120 to 180FPS When the GPU's going over >60°C the FPS dropping immediately down to locked 60FPS. That happens everytime and in every Game. Tested Games: Borderlands 2 Battlefield 3 NFS Most Wanted (2012) Dishonored GPU-Z Screenshot: Hardware Specs: Core i7-3920XM @ 4,1GHz 32GB DDR-3 RAM 2xSamsung 830 256GB SSD 1xWD 500GB HDD Dual GTX 680M SLI Network Killer WLAN Card Tested Drivers: 306.97 (Dell) 306.97 (Nvidia) 310.33 (Nvidia BETA) EDIT: Also tested with the new 310.61 Beta Driver Is there a way to turn this 60 FPS brake off? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadbydawn Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 oh, i was just wondering about throttling in the m18x-r2. so they have the same issue like the new m14x-r2 boards? :/ this sucks. especially with the bios now being locked for any downgrading to unlocked ones... :/sorry, i'm no big help here... i had a similar problem on my new m14x-r2 and was trying to get around it with @svl7, but in the end i ended up exchanging the mainboard of a little bit older m14x-r2 with mine, since i had an unlocked bios on there...did you do a repaste yet? just helps keeping the temps down, but not a real solution either...edit: BTW, what bios version do you have on your m18x? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdriven Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 Hi deadbydawn, I downgraded from A08 to A03 because the A08 Bios Version bricked the SLI function on the M18x R2 So i have A03 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadbydawn Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 hi there ah i see. now i'm not familiar with the m18x's bios version yet, so i'm sure any m18x user on here is able to help you just hold on for a moment until someone saw the thread! but imo you have a way better starting point than i will have once my m18x arrives with the all ne all locked up BS bios... ;( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ht_addict Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Hi deadbydawn,I downgraded from A08 to A03 because the A08 Bios Version bricked the SLI function on the M18x R2 So i have A03 now. How easy did you find it to do the downgrade on the Bios flash? I'm on A08 and would like to downgrade to use an unlocked Bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted November 10, 2012 Founder Share Posted November 10, 2012 There should be no reason for the GPU to throttle at 60C. The throttle point is closer to around 69C so it has to be something else. Did you try other games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdriven Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 @ ht_addict just follow follow this post http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m18x/1981-how-recover-bad-flash-alienware-m18x-r2.html its really easy to downgrade.Hi brian,60C is really low for graphiccards thats true. the vbios of my graphiccards is really new can this cause this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted November 10, 2012 Founder Share Posted November 10, 2012 @ ht_addict just follow follow this post http://forum.techinferno.com/alienware-m18x/1981-how-recover-bad-flash-alienware-m18x-r2.html its really easy to downgrade.Hi brian,60C is really low for graphiccards thats true. the vbios of my graphiccards is really new can this cause this problem?Post a dump of your vbios and @svl7 can take a look.Sent from my GT-N7000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdriven Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Post a dump of your vbios and @svl7 can take a look.Sent from my GT-N7000Thank you Brian!Here is the .romGTX680M-v80.04.33.00.32 (P2051-b503) Dell.romThis is the Bios Version: v80.04.33.00.32 (P2051-b503) thank you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadbydawn Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 @Brianstrange thing is though, i had the 650m on the new m14x-r2 board throttle at around 60 degrees as well (sometimes at 61 or 62, but never higher). strange stuff! =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdriven Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 deadbydawn, did you recieved your m18x-r2?If yes can you comfirm the the fps throttle at ~60 degrees? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadbydawn Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 deadbydawn, did you recieved your m18x-r2?If yes can you comfirm the the fps throttle at ~60 degrees?yeah i got it in the mean time, but have been fighting with memory issues, which i now solved though. what do you use to measure fps, fraps? i will do a test later on. earlier today i was playing max payne without noticing that hwinfo fancontrol was not acitve. so the default fancontrol was on and things got a lot warmer than usually (cpu went to 81 max and gpu to 69 at one point). i was logging with gpu-z and saw, that the temp of the gpu didn't do anything to the clock, even at 69 degrees the coreclock was maxed out. i also noticed though that the clock of the 680s was 718 and didn't go higher, even though i set +100 / +300 in MSI AB.anyways, will test the fps thing with whatever tool you are using later on and get back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator BAKED Posted November 23, 2012 Moderator Share Posted November 23, 2012 I've read that some people have throttling problems with 680m sli when increasing the core clock over 100mhz, if I recall the same issues were encountered with 580m sli but there were a fix for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleone562 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 No throttling issues here at 935mhz core 1080mhz memory temps hit up to 75 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 If Borderlands 2 is anything like Borderlands, you need to disable vsync and increase the MaxSmoothedFrameRate or it will be capped at 60 FPS (or whatever number it is set at). Just set it way higher than necessary.Make this change to the WillowEngine.ini file in your \Documents\My Games\Borderlands\WillowGame\Config folder:[Engine.GameEngine]bSmoothFrameRate=TRUEMinSmoothedFrameRate=22MaxSmoothedFrameRate=162 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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