Da1writers Asus G71GX-RX05 Full Review (Best Buy)

Melinapayne · 03-15-2011, 11:37 PM

the problem is, they ARE downclocking when i play games

Abula · 03-16-2011, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Melinapayne

the problem is, they ARE downclocking when i play games

This could be couple of issues

1) You gpu is overheating and the card downclocks so it doesnt get damaged, 70C is extremly high for idle (unless you have open videos or anything that clocks up the gpu). Your radiator might be dirty, have you clean up lately?

2) Have you tried different drivers? on desktops some people were complaining about the nvidia cards downclocking when gaming, this is mostly drivers related and sometimes more to gpu utilization. But each set of drivers some people see fixes, so i would suggest to try different drivers, from 198.05 to latest 266.58.

Download and run GPUz to monitor the cards temps and gpu utilization, go to the sensor tab and enable both bottom options (log into file and continue refreshing while in background), go play your game and post a log if you can.

Melinapayne · 03-16-2011, 02:20 AM

it stays around 80*C I'm going to completely redo my computer and see if it helps

Abula · 03-16-2011, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Melinapayne

it stays around 80*C I'm going to completely redo my computer and see if it helps

80C is a fine temp, with GPUz you can also check the max temp that you had in your gaming sesion, just click on the triable right next to the text, but 80C gaming is a really good temp for a G71.

Melinapayne · 03-16-2011, 02:58 AM

that's my idle right now. 76* atm.

GPU 70* after complete system reboot (other than data partition)
CPU 50* after complete system reboot (other than data partition)

Fans still a bit loud though... Is that a problem?

Abula · 03-16-2011, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Melinapayne

GPU 70* after complete system reboot (other than data partition)
CPU 50* after complete system reboot (other than data partition)

Fans still a bit loud though... Is that a problem?

You need to start posting a little more info the only temps thing not even worth it, say what you did, did you clean it? post the gpu logs, else nothing else i can say. To me the cpu temps are a little high, but not too much, the gpu idle is high, but idk even what drivers are you using or even if they downclock.

Melinapayne · 03-20-2011, 07:15 PM

I'm using the latest nvidia drivers you reccomended, and i can't post more info because i can't get it. The computer keeps freezing. I think i'm just going to send it back

SeanDude05 · 04-21-2011, 12:28 AM

Does the RX05 do RAID?