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    Why is there no throttling on my GTX 590 when idle?

    Some good news to impart, finally. GTX 590 comes with 3 dvi outputs. It appears that it makes a lot of difference as far as throttling is concerned, when it comes to plugging which monitor into which dvi. After a little trial and error, it appears using one dvi on the upperlevel and one on...
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    Why is there no throttling on my GTX 590 when idle?

    Holy Cow! I unplugged one monitor just to see if there's any effect on throttling. The effect is huge: GPU speed went from 612mhz (default) to 50mhz, Mem from 855 mhz to 67mhz, shader from 1255mhz to 101mhz. GPU temp is still declining as I type, I think it might just reach the level as reported...
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    Why is there no throttling on my GTX 590 when idle?

    By idle I mean have no active apps running under win7, other than the anti-virus software and GPU-Z in the background.
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    Why is there no throttling on my GTX 590 when idle?

    Arkadrel: You know how easy it is to doctor a pix with photoshop nowadays. I gain nothing by spreading false info that can be easily refuted. I'm not familiar with forum postings, don't know how to upload my screen capture. If the the community demands some kind of photographic evidence...
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    Why is there no throttling on my GTX 590 when idle?

    Yes. I have a dual monitor setup with 2 Samsung LED PX2370s.
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    Why is there no throttling on my GTX 590 when idle?

    I bought an Asus gtx 590 video card yesterday. There is one thing sticks out like sore thumb: very noticable fan noise and heat output even when the card is nearly idle in 2D desktop environment. My card is not overclocked, nor have I made any adjustment to the voltage. I downloaded the...
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    How to verify cpu’s hardware virtualization?

    Thanks to all for your help. My little update: 1. I downloaded and ran "hardware-assisted virtualization detection tool" from MS, the report says my 980x has hardware virtualization and it's been enabled. 2. I put my cpu into my friend's mobo, and was met with the exactly same error message...
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    How to verify cpu’s hardware virtualization?

    My bios is up-todate. But I don't think it's bios-related because when I swapped in a different CPU on the same mobo, everything worked fine.
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    How to verify cpu’s hardware virtualization?

    I recently bought an Alienware Aurora system that came with windows 7 ultimate 64-bit and an i7 980x Extreme. For the past few weeks, I had successfully installed mac os snow leopard under windows 7 with vmware workstation, had no problem surfing the net with safari or programming iphone apps...
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    Q9450 shooting for 4ghz, on air, possible?

    Pardon my ignorance, but what is VID and how is it measured? TIA.
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    Q9450 shooting for 4ghz, on air, possible?

    After further research, perhaps overclocking q9450 to over 4ghz on air is not in the cards. Will oem E8400 fare better? I can still cherry-pick the coolest E8400 out of a tray or two. Would 4ghz be attainable in this case? TIA.
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    Q9450 shooting for 4ghz, on air, possible?

    I define stability as "running prime95 on each core for over 24hr without any error". I can't say I'm not a bit dissappointed by your feedback, as I was under the impression the single greatest obstacle preventing most q9450 from achieving 4ghz+ is most MOBOs and RAMs are incapable of going...
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    Q9450 shooting for 4ghz, on air, possible?

    I have the good fortune of my Q9450 being cherry-picked from a tray 100 OEM cpus. My buddy, who works at a computer store, doesn?t have the time to overclock each cpu individually, what he did was picking the coolest running Q9450 out of 100, which I believe should be darn good. Anyways, my...