M17x and DPC Latency

[Terminal42]

Some of these results are giving me 2nd thoughts...ugh

Im creating a respawn point incase this makes it worse.

[CoderJ]

@Terminal42: Kind of looks like "Mileage Will Vary" on this. Some users (like myself) are loving the new update, others are seeing only slight relief if any. Nobody appears to have had an experience like the m15x users yet, so feel free to try it. The flasher makes a backup of your BIOS, so theoretically you can roll back if you want to. You should always make a restore/Respawn point before a big change like this, however, if something goes wrong with the BIOS that may not help as the only way to roll the BIOS back is to reflash it (I'm going to look into this and post how if someone doesn't beat me to it).

@stamatisx: Any way to test with a non-RAID setup or checking your controller drivers? Aside from saying you might be another one with something just different enough to cause an issue.

[Terminal42]

Alright ill pull the trigger. Be back later for DPC tests...

[WaR]

Here is my experience with it. Played a couple of videos on YouTube in HD, then uploaded the picture and no red spikes. I did see a red one (8k) though as I was opening up this forum and closing YouTube. However, no stuttering on that single red spike.

[Aristotelhs2060]

so what if we still get red spikes? its faulty gpus or what?

[WaR]

Well, I'm not sure it's that severe. Otherwise every M17x would have faulty GPUs. I think it's more like an issue in high performance machines or gaming machines. The M17x (or Alienware alone) is not the only one that suffers from DPC. This issue is old. I would say industry wide.

[Aristotelhs2060]

In my case red spikes are more frequent when browsing, I guess it's the downclocking but keeping the clock at 3D frequencies all the time is simply unacceptable. It's a remedy not a cure. That is the last resort if there won't be any fix. It's like buying a Ferrari with problem in transmission, solution: use only first gear!!!

i see you have two hdds so its not due to my ssd. we have the same crappy machines then. ok it fixed the no sound stuttering causing lines but those who were the problem still occur

Well, I'm not sure it's that severe. Otherwise every M17x would have faulty GPUs. I think it's more like an issue in high performance machines or gaming machines. The M17x (or Alienware alone) is not the only one that suffers from DPC. This issue is old. I would say industry wide.

i didnt ask that. i know that. what i see is that most people dont have any red spikes now and me and some other few people do when doing certain things. so its fixed for them and not for us. so why? i personally didnt care for the red lines that didnt cause sound stuttering but for those who did and they still occur when doing certain action. SO NO FIX! and i am more angry now that i see more people get it fixed.

[onizuka05]

In my case red spikes are more frequent when browsing, I guess it's the downclocking but keeping the clock at 3D frequencies all the time is simply unacceptable. It's a remedy not a cure. That is the last resort if there won't be any fix. It's like buying a Ferrari with problem in transmission, solution: use only first gear!!!

difference is
you're not driving a car, it's a video card with pre configured bios on how to save power by changing frequencies

benefit of doing this is that the card will no longer change clocks every few seconds of w/e you're doing believe it or not in the long run this preserves the life of the cards, obviously if someone chooses to run at 600mhz daily even while not gaming, then they need some more experience

what is the point in having the gpu change from 300mhz to 600mhz AND then downclock again!! while scrolling through a webpage??

rather have 2 Rivatuner profiles and still save power with low 3d clocks for general usage...

[Lord_Zath]

i see you have two hdds so its not due to my ssd. we have the same crappy machines then. if i dont press it through browsing i dont get any red spikes but i always do when listening to music



i didnt ask that. i know that. what i see is that most people dont have any red spikes now and me and some other few people do when doing certain things. so its fixed for them and not for us. so why?

Why don't you post all your driver versions?

[Kade Storm]

Well, I gave it a shot.

I don't know. . .

I got a few but regular spikes - uber high. The rest, is very low. I even started three internet sessions and two HD youtube videos side-by-side. Nothing. No spikes.

I guess it's working nicely.

Although, when I try to run Cryostasis (maxed out), the ugly red kicks in very badly.