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Lowering clocks when idle

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alik4041

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I have been doing this for a while ever since my first x850pro that I flashed to PE died. When I got the RMA, I flashed it right away and got it installed. But what I did was setup different clocks for different programs. So it should be running at 540 core/ 590 mem. When in Idle or watching a movie or surfing the net, I set it up with riva tuner that I can just choose the low setting and it will clock at 250 /250 and temperatures will go down with power consumption. When playing games like counterstrike 1.6 or games that don't need as much power as HL2 or something, I have it at 400/400. And finally I have my high setting as a default (540/590) just because it's hard as hell to overclock these cards in my room (temp minimum 85F). Temperatures usually drop a little about 5C Idle and 7C when load. I do the samething with my CPU. It's a p4 3ghz s478 but I have it OC to 3.6. I usually go in Clockgen and take it down to 2.6ghz when I'm just doing movie / music / internet. Take it back to 3.6 when I'm gaming.

Now after all that I have been doing, I was wondering if all this I'm doing is actually giving me any bang for the effort i'm putting in? And is it worth it?
 
ok, after getting by the first sentence :( i cant see why in the heck u'd flash a card and then underclock it based on certain games/room temps etc...

so to try and answer ur question, it's not worth it. You're putting too much energy into making ur computer work less after ocing it. Why don't u just stock everything until the time comes when u NEED the extra horsepower?

good luck with your quest.

edit: u r correct when saying it does make sense to lower clocks when idle or in 2d...i just disagree how ur doing it.
 
Well I actaully have needed the extra power, infact I need more than the power I have after flashing because I'm one of those people that thinks a game with anything but 8xAA/16xAF with all the candy on is a game that should not be played (well maybe that's exagerating a lil bit, but still). I turn it on as high as i can for games like HL2 and all, but really having 16pipes with 540/590 is way overkill for cs 1.6. I used to ran with my 9600xt that gave me 100fps. But even when my PC has never had heat problems, I always like to think lower temp is better even when I will have this pc for only 6 more months. BTW, you said you disagree on the way that I underclock, what do you recommend? Should I just leave it at 540/590 perm?
 
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