7900GS: PowerMizer: No alternative performance levels

[BFraser]

I have a MSI NX7900GS-T2D512E-OC.
nvidia-settings works for overclocking and downclocking the card, but
Powermizer has only two performance levels:
0 - 550 / 700 MHz
1 - 550 / 700 MHz
You can guess that's really... useful
So it's not possible to downclock on boot (xorg/dwords/powermizer)

All other nvidia cards I own have multiple (and different) power levels.
It that a bug in the card's BIOS ?

Any way to force frequency on boot instead of power levels ? (I guess no)

[mlord]

Originally Posted by BFraser

Any way to force frequency on boot instead of power levels ?

Google for NVClock.

[kantlivelong]

Heh sorry to hear that. its prolly a powermizer issue..

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=128635

[BFraser]

Originally Posted by kantlivelong

Heh sorry to hear that. its prolly a powermizer issue..

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=128635

Not the same problem.
PowerMiser works for me.
There's just 2 identical performance level. So choosing the lowest level has no effect.

[BFraser]

Here's what nvclock replies:

-- VideoBios information --
Version: 05.71.22.42.08
Signon message: GeForce 7900 GT VGA BIOS
Performance level 0: gpu 550MHz/memory 700MHz/1.35V/20%
Performance level 1: gpu 550MHz/memory 700MHz/1.35V/30%
VID mask: 1
Voltage level 0: 1.20V, VID: 1


I'll try to set manually frequencies with nvclock, but it really seems a card bios problem.

[quetzyg]

This problem is similar to mine, so I'll expose it.

I've got a PCI-Express GeForce 7600GS w/ 512MB on my mother's desktop, and the powermizer only has ONE performance level!



Attached goes the bug report.

Thanks for your time,
Quetzy

[jcornwall]

Hmm, the 7900 GS in my Dell XPS M1710 laptop has three performance levels with 185.18.04. 100 / 100, 200 / 300 and 357/507.

It transitions between them correctly. (With a slightly annoying screen flicker but at least it saves the battery.)

[Atomic Punk]

I have the same problem with my BFG BFGE98512GTHE. There is only one level defined.

Even if I try to use NVclock to underclock, 2D and 3D clock rates are locked together.

The card just runs at full speed 24/7 and stays nice and warm as a result.

BFG won't help, they only reply "NO BIOS UPDATE, SORRY."

180.60 does not help either, despite saying it fixes a problem of the same description, so I assume it's just a crappy card.