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Is it possible to limit video memory in software? I have GT555m and a game that doesn't work well with video cards that have more than 1 GB.
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Rosoboronexport posted:What game is that? And has the developer really said that that is the issue? Does your laptop have integrated GPU, could you use it? It's Settlers 6. It's Ubisoft game so it will never be patched. quote:The game has a known problem with video cards featuring more than 2GB of memory - the game forces you to use the lowest res textures, making it look super ugly I have 2GB . But still can't choose settings and it ignores config file if I make manual changes and make it read only. Intel HD 3000 can't even handle simple 2D games like Bejeweled well so I can't use integrated GPU. I have limited system RAM before for Act of War, but I guess doing it with VRAM isn't possible then.
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Jan 4, 2015 11:22
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Rosoboronexport posted:That's where you are wrong. HD3000 is the Sandy Bridge GPU which supports DX10.1. Here it is compared to low-end GPUs in which it fares quite well. It definitely should do OK in a 2007 era game. Factory Factory posted:It really can struggle on modern 2D games, though - at least, ones that aren't CPU-rendered and aren't targetted toward tablets (e.g. Windows Store apps). I just tested Asphalt 8 again and this time I successfully ran it on Nvidia GPU, but performance was still the same. I guess it just runs badly. I doubt HD3000 will have trouble with most 2D games there though. At least Hill Climb Racing runs well. Can't be bothered to try anything else. Sininu fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Jan 4, 2015 |
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Jan 4, 2015 17:19
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Rosoboronexport posted:My point was that it should run the Settlers 6 game you have problems with. The game recommends Geforce FX or Radeon 9500, and HD3000 is faster than those. I'm not suggesting that you should use it instead of the Nvidia chip for any other games. The DVMT is limited to 1720 MB but I'm not sure how much VRAM it will report to the game. It detects 62MB.  There are no workarounds for that error. I can only play it with dedicated card, but then I can't change settings. GTA IV has similar issue, but it doesn't refuse to run and there are simple workarounds for that. Sininu fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jan 4, 2015 |
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Jan 4, 2015 22:17
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jkyuusai posted:Have you checked in your bios to see if there's any options pertaining to memory for the integrated graphics? Some allow you to alter the minimum amount that's allocated. I might just get a cheap 1GB GPU for my old desktop to play this game then.
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Jan 4, 2015 22:52
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My friend has an issue with is Gigabyte GTX970. He gets BSODs while playing Guild Wars 2. Minidump says it's Nvidia Driver nvlddmkm.sys that causes this. He only gets these when in less demanding least crowded areas. Also temperatures go unusually high there as well. Normally they are 55 degrees, but in less demanding (at least we assume) places they go as high as 69 degrees. He already tried older drivers, but the issue still persists. He hasn't overclocked his card. I suggested him to lower VRAM and core frequencies by 100MHz to see if that affects something. Edit: Lowering clocks by 100 made it not crash. Should he RMA it? Sininu fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Feb 15, 2015 |
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Feb 15, 2015 21:09
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Desuwa posted:Sounds like it's just rendering useless frames as fast as it can and overheating the card. I wouldn't have expected it in GW2 but it's actually a pretty common problem, I know Galactic Civilizations 2, HoMM 5, and a bunch of others had/have the same issue. The card still shouldn't be crashing at stock clocks, so he should RMA it, but once he gets a new card that doesn't crash he might want to force a frame limit for GW2 to stop it from heating up so much. He had framerate limiter enabled already. But thanks for help! Edit: He ran furmark for a bit and the temps never went over 70 at stock clocks. He also sent me minidump of the crash. Bug check code is 0x00000116 and it mainly seems to blame dxgkrnl.sys, but also has dxgmms1.sys and nvlddmkm.sys Could someone check it please? http://puu.sh/fY5Pn.dmp It only happens in one particular area in Guild Wars 2. Sininu fucked around with this message at 00:49 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Feb 15, 2015 23:28
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Potato Salad posted:What is your PSU? quote:my Corsair vx450w
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Apr 12, 2015 14:48
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Do individual components ever get replaced during RMA process? My friend was told that they replaced capacitors on his card, but I thought they would generally just replace the card.
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Apr 20, 2015 13:40
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:I'm sure that is a very case by case basis. A capacitor is dirt cheap though, so if they can quickly (and cheaply) pinpoint a capacitor, like it just exploded or its a common thing, replacing that would be like 100 times cheaper than giving you a new board even with labor and all. Diagnosis being the sticking point He sent it back and hopefully they'll replace it completely.
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Apr 20, 2015 14:57
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I have been under impression that only APEX part of PhysX can run on GPU. I know Arma 3 and all Unreal 4 games use PhysX for general physics that only runs on CPU. Sininu fucked around with this message at 22:35 on May 19, 2015 |
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May 19, 2015 22:32
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El Scotch posted:How many of those are being hell-choked to death by your cpu? Pretty much all of them Edit: Actually I don't know about GTAV and BF4, but other games are really hungry for great CPU performance.
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Jun 16, 2015 21:18
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How can my friend get a replacement or refund for Gigabyte GTX970 he bought in march? He gets BSOD's in 50% of games he plays, he has tested it in other people's computers as well and they get crashes too. He has tried to RMA it three times already. Every time they say that nothing's wrong with it. No crashes occur in Furmark or other benchmark programs, different driver versions don't change anything, no overclocks.
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Aug 29, 2015 01:53
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Even if he would've bought it with CC he can't really do chargeback because he bought all his PC components at once. He started with RMAs only week after buying the card. He's now waiting for them to return it for 4th time. BSOD code was 116. Nvidia driver nvlddmkm.sys is also mentioned. Like I said that issue persists with different systems and driver versions. Zero VGS posted:Either that or just very subtly destroy the card further so it doesn't work at all... I had a 100% hosed Gigabyte card and they RMA'ed me a replacement without any hassle. That seems super risky and I'm not going to make my friend do that.
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Aug 29, 2015 02:51
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:I think you've overestimating the difficulty of a chargeback. He's now doing mediation thing, but he's not optimistic about it.
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Aug 29, 2015 03:05
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SinineSiil posted:How can my friend get a replacement or refund for Gigabyte GTX970 he bought in march? He gets BSOD's in 50% of games he plays, he has tested it in other people's computers as well and they get crashes too. I just checked Newegg for reviews of this specific card he has: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125706&cm_re=gigabyte_gtx970-_-14-125-706-_-Product Most one and two star reviews describe same issue. Gigabyte refuses to acknowledge the issue. Does he really have no other options beside screaming on social media? Sininu fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Aug 29, 2015 |
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Aug 29, 2015 19:06
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sauer kraut posted:Of course it was that lovely Gigabyte Mini that's perpetually on super sale. Also that card apparently had great reviews all around back then.
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Aug 29, 2015 19:22
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jJpbmxGnss Nvidia will turn this off, won't they?
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Nov 3, 2015 20:53
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wipeout posted:I'd post this in the FO4 thread, but it's pretty much full retard in there right now, so I hope this isn't offtopic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37CzgecyvTs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imcj_BxGqD4
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Nov 13, 2015 12:15
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cat doter posted:Why the heck does the nvidia control panel take like a minute to load up every time? I've got windows on my SSD and my computer boots up in literally like 8 seconds, but just the nvidia panel takes forever. Sometimes I have to close it manually and open it again just to get it to stop hanging.
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Dec 18, 2015 00:03
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xthetenth posted:Yeah, it's got some weirdnesses. I had a file with a machine generated file name that was crazy long lying in a folder and every time I tried to open the per-game settings window it would crash the program because it seems it scans the whole file system or a significant fraction. It took some combing through logs in process explorer to figure that one out because exception handling is for scrubs. I had to reinstall it once because it kept crashing while starting up. Awful
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Dec 18, 2015 00:13
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What is currently the best way to limit frame rate game by game basis? Also why is DSR still not available for laptops? Sininu fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Dec 20, 2015 |
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Dec 20, 2015 21:17
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Rosoboronexport posted:Adaptive VSync, if your card supports it on Nvidia's side. I don't know what AMD calls it in settings. Or through MSI Afterburner/RTSS. Standard Vsync creates awful feeling mouse lag. Is adaptive Vsync better? I'll try Afterburner.
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Dec 20, 2015 21:39
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I have a problem with what I assume is Shadowplay keeping gpu alive when computer isn't doing much. Fans are off when nothing uses the gpu, but sometimes Shadowplay gets stuck active or something (I see it at gpu activity tray icon) and fans turn on for a bit every 5 minutes. Has anyone experienced and solved this? It's a laptop so fans are quite audible.
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Dec 21, 2015 04:02
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Subjunctive posted:New low-power (19W) $40 card from NVIDIA (710): Why do they have fan on it when 750Ti works fine passively? And double-slot models too when all three outputs fit on single slot? Why?
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Jan 27, 2016 20:21
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Anime Schoolgirl posted:unless if you make it use a heatsink 3 slots high, it doesn't actually Since I have seen passive 750Ti's I thought they worked just fine. So they overheat when gaming? Don Lapre posted:The 750ti is maxwell. The 710 is not.
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Jan 27, 2016 20:37
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:The article said there would be passive options though Why have fan at all is my question.
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Jan 27, 2016 20:49
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Thanks people, I learned something about viability of passive cooling today.
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Jan 28, 2016 18:16
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mobby_6kl posted:All that talk of multi-chip GPU reminds me of something... How was that thing cooled?
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Mar 16, 2016 15:36
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2007 ATI Radeon 3870x2 "heater" 2011 Nvidia GT555M 2015 Nvidia GTX 970M I haven't had many upgrades Also I think my next upgrade will be desktop GPU inside that Alienware external enclosure since I have their laptop. Sininu fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Mar 16, 2016 |
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Mar 16, 2016 23:43
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Dave Angel posted:It's an April Fools joke though, right? Nah, read more and pre-order on their site
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Apr 1, 2016 17:41
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Afterburner reports that my 970M core clock is 540MHz all the time ingame. Which is surely incorrect since games run as expected. Is there anything I could to fix it?
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Apr 19, 2016 13:48
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:I have found that afterburner has correctly displayed the clock speed for me and even was able to warn me of a driver issue that id probably be unaware of by displaying a low clock. 540 mhz is very close to the limp mode for Nvidia which could indicate a driver problem. Or you could have your igpu selected in afterburner , or the game has very low demand on the gpu . First thing I would do is test another game with a known heavy gpu load, if you don't have one run Heaven 4.0 and see what the clock reports at
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Apr 19, 2016 15:24
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:Is your gpu selected from the drop down near the top of the program ? Also does the clock graph just show an even 540 mhz across the board ? I tested it in Dirt Rally now too - exact same result. Also restarted my computer, just in case.
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Apr 19, 2016 15:34
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THE DOG HOUSE posted:As long as another program is reporting correctly its safe to say that install is borked. Can try reinstalling, or using EVGA precision which does the same things https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/811170/is-msi-afterburner-reporting-the-coreclock-incorrectly-/?offset=3 http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/official-alienware-17-r2-r3-owners-lounge.770314/page-201 http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/official-alienware-15-r1-r2-benchmark-thread.770319/page-25
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Apr 19, 2016 15:55
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Boris Galerkin posted:Who's Tom and what did he do that he's possibly fired from nvidia for doing? Someone linked to the entire reveal presentation some pages back but I don't want to watch the whole thing. Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAueZ_VWBUU
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May 9, 2016 10:07
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Boris Galerkin posted:I'm watching it. Which one is Tom? The guy that's not on the stage right? They both sound pretty awful actually. Tom is the one who doesn't call other guy Tom Edit: Yeah, many feel the same way. Sininu fucked around with this message at 10:21 on May 9, 2016 |
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May 9, 2016 10:18
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Peanut3141 posted:8-pin is spec'd to 150W, 6-pin to 75W. How do extra 2 pins double the amount of power that can go through?
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Jun 30, 2016 04:10
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Peanut3141 posted:They kinda don't. Let me preface this by saying I'm not an electrical engineer, though I've sometimes played one in my career. SourKraut posted:it doesn't; both the 6- and 8- pin PCIe connectors (should) have the same number of 12v pins (3). The 8-pin has two additional grounding pins. The PCI-SIG specification required the 8-pin configuration in order to differentiate which power supplies can support 150W for a single cable off of the 12v rail(s) feeding the connector. In older PSUs, the Cables might not physically be capable of feeding the current required without potentially causing damage, or the PSU might not have been able to safely feed it. So the easiest way to (ideally) guarantee someone doesn't use an underpowered PSU is by requiring an 8-pin connector for GPUs needing more than 75W from the connector. Of course this requires the PSU meet standard specifications, which knock-offs, etc. probably won't. BurritoJustice posted:The idea isn't exactly that the extra pins carry another 75w, it is that an 8 pin connector is rated for 75 more watts. Which means that you know if a power supply offers an 8 pin connection that it will supply 150w over that connector. They could've achieved almost the same thing with a "black 6 pin connector" and a "red 6 pin connector", but they went with 8/6pin because of various advantages (ease of adaptability, easy to understand, minor electrical advantage to the additional grounds).
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Fallows posted:Looks the same to me.. It's in optional beta. It's quite bad imo, but that's not much different from before.
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