Curse

Snograt · May 28, 2010, 04:00 PM // 16:00

I just bought a new barebones system to replace my long-overheating QX6700 rig. The new system is an i3 530 from Antec and so far so good.

Thing is, I get odd readings from Everest about my eVGA GTX260-216. I did before the change, but put it down to the dying system.

Code:

Graphics Processor Properties:
      Video Adapter                                     EVGA e-GeForce GTX 260
      GPU Code Name                                     GT200  (PCI Express 2.0 x16 10DE / 05E2, Rev A2)
      GPU Clock (Geometric Domain)                      301 MHz  (original: 576 MHz)
      GPU Clock (Shader Domain)                         602 MHz  (original: 1242 MHz)
      Memory Clock                                      100 MHz  (original: 999 MHz)

That's not right, surely?

Oh, and it runs at 50C...

moriz · May 28, 2010, 04:05 PM // 16:05

it looks to be in its low power state. if that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about.

Snograt · May 28, 2010, 04:21 PM // 16:21

Ah, didn't realised it power throttled.

I'll run something exciting and see if I can get the figures out of everest at the same time.

(edit)Yep, various Steam apps and GW show all is normal - I'm a nidiot.

Elder III · May 31, 2010, 11:12 PM // 23:12

lol, yeah when using everest the numbers in the parenthesis are what you generally want to be looking at.

Lord Sojar · Jun 01, 2010, 12:44 AM // 00:44

Indeed, 2D power mode versus 3D acceleration mode, and then there are 2x 3D acceleration modes. The delta multiplier is responsible for that in GT200 and G90/92. In Fermi, it's different, thanks to different structure of the chip. That's why idle power is significantly higher on Fermi chips, or at least one of the many reasons.