Recent content by mikelz85

It's in uber mode. I noticed the core is locked to a minimum of 1050 as well. It has to be software related, because it wasn't always this way. It's like one of my previous overclocks became the minimum allowed settings somehow, and I'm not sure how it happened.

So I've been overclocking my 290x, and I encountered a problem. Somehow, the clock of my memory is stuck at 1333 (x4). In afterburner, the memory clock slider is stuck at 1333 (lowest position). If I try to manually change the number, it just resets to 1333 instantly. I can clock the...

I think I might be better off just waiting for broadwell. It looks like many laptops (if not all?) won't even run the dedicated card at all without power from the wall. When someone says the laptop gets ~1hr of life gaming, I was thinking that was with the dedicated card. Regardless, having a...

Yes I'm seeing those, and I'm wondering if I won't be better off buying something like the ghost, even if it is much more expensive than an older model. Though, I suppose the main question is whether or not the integrated GPU on broadwell is a great improvement, since that would make a big...

So I've been looking for a gaming laptop, or perhaps a laptop to game on. I've seen used options for 770m/870m laptops in the $900-$1200 range. Mostly I play WoW, some with some FPS. This laptop would also be used in a trip to Australia, in late October (however I could buy something much...

I figured that about the multi-input. Is it just their inability to OC, or are there other concerns too? In doing some research it looks like input lag is a problem with multi-inputs. Is there a particular model to get, or avoid for backlight bleed? I forgot to ask, as this is another concern...

I am curious about this panel that I mentioned above, QNIX QX2710 LED Evolution ll SE, supposedly the frame skipping was fixed, and this panel can be overclocked even though it is multi-input. It is an AH-VA panel from AU Optronics. It is also a 10 bit panel, though I'm really not sure how much...

Are you saying to wait because new tech will push prices down on 1440 monitors? I'm not especially interested in 4k, only because I doubt my card (290x) will be able to drive 4k 60hz for any kind of gaming whatsoever. Also I'm under the impression that 4k with DPI scaling doesn't work...

So I've been looking around for a new monitor, and have become incredibly overwhelmed. I bought a korean monitor for my wife a while ago (PLS Qnix evolution II) and was pretty please with it. The main downside it has is backlight bleed. It seems like there are so many different korean...

I went ahead and disabled ULPS support via the registry setting. I don't think this changed anything. However I finally stumbled upon a thread that mentioned this issue, and referred to radeonpro, which can manually set a constant clockspeed via a profile. This let me set the clockspeed...

I'm confused though, if it's dropping the core clock speed, isn't that throttling? Maintaining a constant clock speed is important in a raid setting where things can rapidly become more graphics intensive, and a hiccup from throttling can be costly. I play other games, but WoW is my bread and...

Well, to be clear, WoW still hits 100% GPU load on GPU-Z. I also notice that it drops to 0% at times, fluctuating, even when the amount of content to render is relatively constant. I'm not sure why the GPU load would be dropping to 0% and then spiking up to 100%. I've noticed that the frame...

I'm quite confused. Perhaps I am wrong in thinking that if I have WoW open, and the core is running at 600mhz, that I will see improved frame rates when the core is running at 1000mhz? The idea that there is no performance difference between the two is absurd. Also this statement "Just because...

How would that have anything to do with the card throttling down, or not being able to manually set a constant max clock speed?

So I recently picked up a 290 unlocked to 290x from another forum member, and I've been having throttling issues, even when the temp is quite low. In doing some testing, I've noticed that with WoW open, the core speed throttles alot. With the graphics turned down, the core went as low as...