Sony :: GT 330M Throttled Can It Be Fixed
Mar 9, 2010
I've just got a Sony VAIO CW2 with a GT 330M GPU and have read that the chip is throttled from the default settings.
The source is a review at http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/...w2s1-nkrt-1101, translated with Google Translate.
According to http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.22437.0.html the GT 330M should run at a speed that is higher than what is reported by CPU-Z:
Core Speed: 575 MHz vs my speed of 475 MHz
Shader Speed: 1265 MHz vs my speed of 1045 MHz
Memory Speed: 1066 MHz vs my speed of 680 MHz
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Apr 9, 2010
I just read [url] which says CPU and GPU are throttled.
CPU throttles when using all 4 cores only.. not using 3. GPU has a difference of 800 points in Futurmark 3D Mark 06 I read. Apparently its a low clock version of ATI 5650 ....
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Feb 21, 2010
I really like the look of the cw26 that best buy has for $950
I am also waiting for the n82, but i think the cw series is great with the blu ray
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Apr 16, 2010
I posted this in the main thread (where it got instantly buried in the message avalanche)
Question regarding the gt330m
I could swear that the very first time I fired up SecondLife on the Z, that it recognized the gt330m and used it. Also, I'm pretty sure I checked that the cpu utilization was quite low as it ran.
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Jan 19, 2010
I owned previous Z with P8400 and it was very hot when 100% loaded with 3D-applications (3DMark or games) in speed mode. It is known to overheat with T9900 as well. Now Z uses GT 330M which outputs almost twice as much heat as 9300M GS (I wouldn't count i5 because it has same TDP as Core 2 Duo). Other manufacturers aren't putting 330M in such a small enclosure mainly due to thermal limitations.
Sony posted few images showing its heatsink and fan. I don't see significant changes in cooling system and I'm sick of that.
I don't want to pay premium price and then find 330M unusable due to overheating.
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Mar 11, 2010
I checked both the Canadian and US website, and they dont offer 330ms anymore, instead its 211m / 310m, and they perform at about half the ability of the 330ms
Why? It's such a huge downgrade!
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Feb 3, 2010
using this gpu in the CW or F series.
Right now I'm using Nvidia tools to oc:
650 gpu clock
800 memory
1550 shader
I have seen a max temp of 70c. I would say I'm getting on average a boost of 5-10fps.
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Jan 7, 2010
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M of the new SONY F11 can compare to which ATI GPU serie in term of perfomance?
For example, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 1 GB VS ATI 4670 1GB, which one is better?
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Apr 13, 2010
I can't seem to confirm what type of VRAM the GT 330m in the Z11 is. All specs listings seem to be inconsistent!
If someone could point me to a screenshot using GPU-Z to verify, I'd be very appreciated!
Reason I ask is it seems the new Macbook Pro 15 inch models come with GDDR3, and I have a hunch that the z11 is just DDR3.
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Apr 1, 2010
Update: NVIDIA released 197.44 drivers for notebooks(with OpenGL 4 support for Fermi GPU), GT300M only gets support up to 3.3
I used the same inf file(changing drivers' version and date, of course) and everything is working as expected.
Just follow the same instructions if you wanna try.
- 197.44 inf file and instructions: Midtown's 197.44 Instructions.zip (Mirrors: Megaupload, Hotfile)
- NVIDIA's original drivers: Download for Windows 7(64-bit)
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So I managed to install the new NVIDIA drivers for laptops, 197.16 on my VAIO F after modifying the inf file myself for a few hours. I'm no expert, but I guess it worked out fine.
Here's the link for inf file & instructions: Midtown's 197.16 Instructions.zip
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any hardware/software failure.
After testing the new drivers for 24hrs:
- No flicker at low brightness
- No uneven brightness after pressing the "Display Off" button
- Fan not constantly running
- "Normal" temperature compared to Sony's "certified" graphic drivers
- No problems after sleep/restart........................
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I presume this is Windows 7-only?
I don't own a Mac (yet), so I'm unsure about how Nvidia/homebrew supports OC'ing in OSX (or if they do at all).
Needless to say, this is fantastic news for me and everyone else needing to bleed more from a GPU than what the 330M offers by default. that's almost a 30% increase right there, folks..........................
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Is it possible to softmod a GT 230M in a dv6 quad into a GT 330M? It would require overclocking the core by 75MHz and the shaders by 165MHz and then getting the drivers to recognize it as a GT 330M instead of a GT 230M. Reason I would want to do this is for the added performance and so that the graphics card is still the "latest generation". How hard do you think it would be to do this and how much more subjectable to overheating do you think it would be if done?
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you can see here two vaio graphic cards ..
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That really surprised me that 330M doesnt support DX 11
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I rang up Dell for the 4th time, and asked to have a replacement but was told this was not possible until it gets to the stage where they need to take it in to the workshop. Anyway, the next day the technician came out and replaced the motherboard, GPU and screen again, and the problem was still there. I was sure that this would be fixed now, because they wanted to take it in to the workshop, which they did.
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Screenshot 1
Screenshot 2
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This behavior has been confirmed now by other members of the forum. Previos BIOS releases (F.05 and F.06) have been tested and showed the same issue.
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