Intel HD 4400 idle at 600mhz ?

[ChairmanSaab]

I just completed my i3 4150+H81M build few days ago, everything is fine but iGPU is idling at 600mhz as opposed to 350mhz, It goes upto 1.15ghz but won't go below 600mhz when doing absolutely nothing. I tried Windows 7 basic theme but it makes no difference.

I'm using HWinfo64 and TechPowerUP GPU-Z to monitor my system.
Drivers: 15.33.19.64.3540

Please help!

 

[Goofygiggles]

I just completed my i3 4150+H81M build few days ago, everything is fine but iGPU is idling at 600mhz as opposed to 350mhz, It goes upto 1.15ghz but won't go below 600mhz when doing absolutely nothing. I tried Windows 7 basic theme but it makes no difference.

I'm using HWinfo64 and TechPowerUP GPU-Z to monitor my system.
Drivers: 15.33.19.64.3540

Please help!

Why does this matter to you? IF you really want to know ill help you out, but it really cant hurt anything and would only cost a few extra cents a year to run. I dont see the problem, but Ill gladly help you if your very concerned

 

[ChairmanSaab]

Why does this matter to you? IF you really want to know ill help you out, but it really cant hurt anything and would only cost a few extra cents a year to run. I dont see the problem, but Ill gladly help you if your very concerned

It bothers me cause it was running at 350mhz before I installed video drivers, power consumption was lower too!

I'm on Windows 10 now with latest video drivers, gpu is still at 600mhz! I would be glad if you could help me with this matter

 

[Goofygiggles]

Why does this matter to you? IF you really want to know ill help you out, but it really cant hurt anything and would only cost a few extra cents a year to run. I dont see the problem, but Ill gladly help you if your very concerned

It bothers me cause it was running at 350mhz before I installed video drivers, power consumption was lower too!

I'm on Windows 10 now with latest video drivers, gpu is still at 600mhz! I would be glad if you could help me with this matter

It sounds like updating the drivers did it.. Intel might have changed that. You can try rolling back the drivers and then if that doesn't work we know it is setting related and we can work on that. It wont affect the life span at all and would barely cost a few extra cents a year to run if thats why your concerned 😛 - Let me know! I might not respond until late tomarrow if I reply at all so sorry for that.

 

[ChairmanSaab]

@Goofygiggles

Thanks for helping me!

Actually "350mhz" was shown without any video drivers installed at all , it was a clean install of windows on a new PC. The moment I installed the drivers , It bumped to 600mhz and stayed there.

I see that you've GTX 750 TI, not sure if you/ve the Intel HD drivers installed. If you do please let me know the driver version or download link. My motherboard model name is GA-H81M gaming 3.


EDIT: I found couple of people having the exact problem albeit on HD 4600

https://communities.intel.com/thread/52933?start=0&tstart=0

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2662908/intel-4600-stuck-600mhz.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2600921/intel-4600-clock-speed-stuck-600mhz.html

On some browser games using flash or unity engine, my GPU gets stuck at 600mhz and I suffer frame drops. It only goes to 1.15ghz while gaming (tested with ETS2) or stress testing with Intel XTU.

 

[Goofygiggles]

@Goofygiggles

Thanks for helping me!

Actually "350mhz" was shown without any video drivers installed at all , it was a clean install of windows on a new PC. The moment I installed the drivers , It bumped to 600mhz and stayed there.

I see that you've GTX 750 TI, not sure if you/ve the Intel HD drivers installed. If you do please let me know the driver version or download link. My motherboard model name is GA-H81M gaming 3.


EDIT: I found couple of people having the exact problem albeit on HD 4600

https://communities.intel.com/thread/52933?start=0&tstart=0

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2662908/intel-4600-stuck-600mhz.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2600921/intel-4600-clock-speed-stuck-600mhz.html

On some browser games using flash or unity engine, my GPU gets stuck at 600mhz and I suffer frame drops. It only goes to 1.15ghz while gaming (tested with ETS2) or stress testing with Intel XTU.

Your welcome! You can go into the intel control panel and if you put it on 'max performance' under the power tab, your GPU should constantly stay at 1.15ghz as far as the flash games go.. That would also make it idle at 1.15ghz, which is the opposite of what you want. I have a laptop with intel hd 5500 and its always at full speed at idle because i have my power plan on 'Maximum performance'. When your computer is not being used, you can put your power plan to 'power saver' and it should go down to 350mhz. Its not SUPPOSED to drop when on maximum performance. If this started when you upgraded to windows 10, the power plans might have changed because I thought you said you used to have windows 7.

' I just completed my i3 4150+H81M build few days ago, everything is fine but iGPU is idling at 600mhz as opposed to 350mhz, It goes upto 1.15ghz but won't go below 600mhz when doing absolutely nothing. I tried Windows 7 basic theme but it makes no difference ' Let me know if this helps!

 

[ChairmanSaab]

Your welcome! You can go into the intel control panel and if you put it on 'max performance' under the power tab, your GPU should constantly stay at 1.15ghz as far as the flash games go.. That would also make it idle at 1.15ghz, which is the opposite of what you want. I have a laptop with intel hd 5500 and its always at full speed at idle because i have my power plan on 'Maximum performance'. When your computer is not being used, you can put your power plan to 'power saver' and it should go down to 350mhz. Its not SUPPOSED to drop when on maximum performance. If this started when you upgraded to windows 10, the power plans might have changed because I thought you said you used to have windows 7.

' I just completed my i3 4150+H81M build few days ago, everything is fine but iGPU is idling at 600mhz as opposed to 350mhz, It goes upto 1.15ghz but won't go below 600mhz when doing absolutely nothing. I tried Windows 7 basic theme but it makes no difference ' Let me know if this helps!

Hey, I had to RMA my PSU so I couldn't reply earlier, I just got my replacement PSU. I tried your suggestion and it doesn't work, only CPU frequency gets locked at maximum, GPU stays at 600mhz. I'm so lost now!

 

[Goofygiggles]

Your welcome! You can go into the intel control panel and if you put it on 'max performance' under the power tab, your GPU should constantly stay at 1.15ghz as far as the flash games go.. That would also make it idle at 1.15ghz, which is the opposite of what you want. I have a laptop with intel hd 5500 and its always at full speed at idle because i have my power plan on 'Maximum performance'. When your computer is not being used, you can put your power plan to 'power saver' and it should go down to 350mhz. Its not SUPPOSED to drop when on maximum performance. If this started when you upgraded to windows 10, the power plans might have changed because I thought you said you used to have windows 7.

' I just completed my i3 4150+H81M build few days ago, everything is fine but iGPU is idling at 600mhz as opposed to 350mhz, It goes upto 1.15ghz but won't go below 600mhz when doing absolutely nothing. I tried Windows 7 basic theme but it makes no difference ' Let me know if this helps!

Hey, I had to RMA my PSU so I couldn't reply earlier, I just got my replacement PSU. I tried your suggestion and it doesn't work, only CPU frequency gets locked at maximum, GPU stays at 600mhz. I'm so lost now!

Did you try rolling back to older drivers?

Yes no?

 

[ChairmanSaab]

Did you try rolling back to older drivers?

Yes no?

Yes,that was the first the i did on both Windows 7 and 10, it doesn't make any difference, no performance gain either!

PS: Latest drivers are from Intel but old ones are from GIgabyte, I'm running Gigabyte drivers now!

 

[Goofygiggles]

Did you try rolling back to older drivers?

Yes no?

Yes,that was the first the i did on both Windows 7 and 10, it doesn't make any difference, no performance gain either!

PS: Latest drivers are from Intel but old ones are from GIgabyte, I'm running Gigabyte drivers now!

That didn't fix your problems? If not could you please post a screenshot of the 'Graphics card' and 'Sensors' tab in GPUZ? This IS quite weird.

Update: I updated my intel hd drivers and pulled up GPUZ and my intel hd 4600 idles at 600MHz too.

 

[Goofygiggles]

Did you try rolling back to older drivers?

Yes no?

Yes,that was the first the i did on both Windows 7 and 10, it doesn't make any difference, no performance gain either!

PS: Latest drivers are from Intel but old ones are from GIgabyte, I'm running Gigabyte drivers now!

Are your problems solved?

 

[ChairmanSaab]

Did you try rolling back to older drivers?

Yes no?

Yes,that was the first the i did on both Windows 7 and 10, it doesn't make any difference, no performance gain either!

PS: Latest drivers are from Intel but old ones are from GIgabyte, I'm running Gigabyte drivers now!

Are your problems solved?

nope, the issue still persists to this day!

 

[Goofygiggles]

Did you try rolling back to older drivers?

Yes no?

Yes,that was the first the i did on both Windows 7 and 10, it doesn't make any difference, no performance gain either!

PS: Latest drivers are from Intel but old ones are from GIgabyte, I'm running Gigabyte drivers now!

Are your problems solved?

nope, the issue still persists to this day!

Strange, I wouldn't worry about it much though. Mine does the same thing but everything is working fine and is healthy.