How do I keep my gpu clock at max with iTunes?

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ork1957

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Sep 28, 2016
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Hello there,
I really like Apple Music and I do not have the option to switch to Spotify.
But if I want to play a game while listening to music/having the program open, my gpu (280X 1GHz stock, OCd to 1130) clocks down to 850 Mhz and the game eventually drops too often to uncomfortable fps numbers.
My question would be how I could force the gpu to stay at my targeted clock while using iTunes (Youtube on Opera, Chrome and Firefox doesnt lead to this)
Greetings ork1957
 


Since I have a 280x, and it stays at 7970 performance levels, I think it has to do something with the hardware acceleration in iTunes locking my GPU to those clockspeeds...
But yeah, I could try to install an older driver and see what happens...
 


I am just curious, why do you want it to run full speed with iTunes? Is it just the principle? I understand if it is - I am completion-ist/OCD so I understand! :)