Spellbound Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) I've had my new machine for about 2 months now and I've encountered a problem with the GPU. In two situations now I have found my GPU to downclock and stick at 540Mhz. Firstly when starting Blade & Soul (Every time, even with 1Mhz OC) and secondly randomly happened during Dark Souls just 20mins ago. I can run Black Ops 3/KF2/GTA V all day long while OC'd yet I've had this random bug show in these 2 games and only just recently. Also Unigine Heaven Benchmark happily sits there looping with my OC at a happy 59/60C (On Auto fans) Could anyone shed some light on this issue? Details: Windows 10 GTX 970M 359.00 drivers Stock vBIOS +135Mhz OC on core No OC on vRAM No extra voltage added Adding +25mV voltage does not remedy the issue Even 1Mhz OC triggers this on Blade & Soul while loading (almost zero load on GPU) Edited January 26, 2016 by Spellbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expertize Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Hmm thats odd. If you haven't already, have you gone into the nvidia control panel and force the game profiles to maximum performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbound Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 42 minutes ago, Expertize said: Hmm thats odd. If you haven't already, have you gone into the nvidia control panel and force the game profiles to maximum performance? Yes I have done that. I have also tried cleaning drivers with DDU and reinstalling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expertize Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Thats really odd since i also have a 970m on 359 drivers and im able to play bns with maxed settings and it doesnt do the downclocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbound Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Expertize said: Thats really odd since i also have a 970m on 359 drivers and im able to play bns with maxed settings and it doesnt do the downclocking. Have you tried to overclock? I would love to have you test it for me. Even on a 1Mhz OC it does it. The downclock happens around where the ToS pops up before you enter the game. If I don't overclock it runs 100% fine. Any OC it enters P1 state. Would love to hear your results with an overclock since we have the same GPU! Edited January 29, 2016 by Spellbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expertize Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Oh yeah sure I can. Usually don't overclock on nondemanding games cause I can run bns at full settings without needing to. I usually just over clock on far cry 4 or assassins creed. But I will do when I get home from school today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbound Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 2 hours ago, Expertize said: Oh yeah sure I can. Usually don't overclock on nondemanding games cause I can run bns at full settings without needing to. I usually just over clock on far cry 4 or assassins creed. But I will do when I get home from school today Thanks. Much appreciated. Note: If it does downclock for you too. You have to disable the GPU in device manager and enable once again OR restart your computer to restore full functionality of the GPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expertize Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 I just got home and tested it.... You're absolutely right about it downclocking to 540mhz. Thats really weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellbound Posted January 29, 2016 Author Share Posted January 29, 2016 22 minutes ago, Expertize said: I just got home and tested it.... You're absolutely right about it downclocking to 540mhz. Thats really weird I wonder what the underlying cause of the issue is. Perhaps also list your system specs including driver version and whether you are on stock or modded vBIOS. More data is always handy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expertize Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Oh. I wanted to run prema mod but I have the Sager NP8657 (P650RE3) but he doesnt have the skylake versions yet. Only the earlier models sadly. But yeah my specs are pretty similar to yours only that i have the mobile version of the i7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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