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UnworthyBean   06-24-2009 at 10:10:24 PM

I currently have an ATI radeon HD 4650 however I've noticed that the GPU clock is only being reported at 200mhz when it should be 600mhz.

Im thinking its just a feature built into these cards to throttle them down when not being used, But it could be just something wrong somewhere.

Any help?

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UnworthyBean   06-24-2009 at 10:48:41 PM

Seems I answered my own questions. Under load, this will go upto the correct settings and the fan also kicks in.

Are there any advantages to it throttling down? Less power usage?

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cjl   06-24-2009 at 11:23:56 PM

Less power usage, cooler running, less noise. There really aren't any disadvantages either.

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