5850 stuck at 400MHz

[archey]

So I've been playing BF3 recently and my FPS will drop to 26 alot of the time, my brother and I have the exact same system and he doesn't lag. When I ran GPU-z and played the game, I noticed my CPU Core Clock was at 400MHz, but my brothers will go up to 725MHz. Why is my core clocked "capped" and how can i uncap it?

I have a: XFX ATI/AMD HD5850 1GB GDDR5

Thanks,
Archey

 

[archey]

bump

 

[Kari]

you wouldn't have a web browser open with flash on it, would you? (like youtube on something) Older versions of flash set the gpu to use the 'media-clocks' defined in the cards bios, no matter what else was running at the same time. The current version of flash will let the card throttle all the way up to the max 3d clocks when 3d load is detected. So update your flash. (or close the browser)
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

 

[archey]

anyway to change the media-clocks?

 

[Kari]

well you could use the radeon bios editor
http://www.techpowerup.com/rbe/

but wouldn't it be easier just to update the flashplayer? (if that really is causing it...)

 

[jockey]

Before gaming, open Task Manager and see if anything is running. On my system, if I have Windows Media running my TV tuner card, my GPU clocks stay low.

 

[archey]

I did update flash, still does it. It's not a big deal, but sometimes i like to watch a video, or a stream while playing a game, having my GPU capped at 400MHz just doesn't sit well with me.

 

[stashorizor]

i had that problem when i was watching youtube videos while the game was loading