Dell Inspiron 1520 8600M GT Massively Underclocked

[Hsv_Man]

To start this thread off i will just say i am not a fan of dell computers at all but at the moment with my computer being down i am just left with this one.

Ok so here is the issue about 3 years ago when the laptop was purchased we decided to go with a better graphics card being the 8600 M well no good although i haven't played any demanding games with it yet i just went into everest to check its specs and i get a massively underclocked card come up. Very annoying this is.

 

[Matthew1990]

The card is underclocked in 2D, enough said.

 

[CdnAudiophile]

It throttles up the performance only when you are in a 3d application. While in a 2d environment the card is down clocked to save power.

 

[Hsv_Man]

Ah i see its like the core i7 how it underclocks itself when its just sitting on the desktop in 2d as you guys said.

 

[Shane]

Alot of graphics cards and cpus have this function....been around for ages now.

 

[Hsv_Man]

Ha ha yes but as you can see from last build my pc's specs i am a bit behind the times. Hopefully its not too far away.

Edit: Bahaha i just seen in everest on the pic how it says standard, performance and 3d apps i guess i just saw the clocks and thought there was something going on here and came straight to you guys.