Intel HD 3000 slow clocks when gaming

[CounterZeus]

Hi,

usually I only game on my desktop, but yesterday I tried to run dota 2 on my laptop (see my sig for exact specs).

I know the intel HD 3000 is bad for gaming, but I noticed the gpu clocks don't go on max while in dota 2. They stay around 450-550MHz, while I have a max of 1000MHz. When I force 1000MHz with the gpu-z PCI-e stress test and quickly alt+tab to dota 2, my fps is doubled for a few seconds until it downclocks again.

I have my laptop charger plugged in and the laptop is on max performance. I also have my intel card running on max performance using the (latest) driver.

Is it because the cpu is so stressed in game, I don't have power enough for max clocks on my gpu or can you guys think of something else?

 

[ShiBDiB]

update your intel drivers, sounds like the drivers don't know what dota 2 is so they downclock the gpu to its idle speeds.

But it could be bottlenecking (doubt it) or even thermal problems (also doubt it)

 

[ACidBaseD]

Hi,

usually I only game on my desktop, but yesterday I tried to run dota 2 on my laptop (see my sig for exact specs).

I know the intel HD 3000 is bad for gaming, but I noticed the gpu clocks don't go on max while in dota 2. They stay around 450-550MHz, while I have a max of 1000MHz. When I force 1000MHz with the gpu-z PCI-e stress test and quickly alt+tab to dota 2, my fps is doubled for a few seconds until it downclocks again.

I have my laptop charger plugged in and the laptop is on max performance. I also have my intel card running on max performance using the (latest) driver.

Is it because the cpu is so stressed in game, I don't have power enough for max clocks on my gpu or can you guys think of something else?

Check if you have V-Sync on inside dota2.
Also for easier way to check FPS, type Type net_graph 1 in the console

[I run dota2 on Intel HD4000 on 40FPS on lowest settings]

 

[Johan]

Assuming you're using the laptop from your signature: don't forget you're using a low wattage CPU + GPU package (the i3 2367M). The combination is only allowed to consume 17W, which isn't much for a SB chip. The regular ones like the i3 2310M can consume 35W. This leaves plenty of room for the GPU to stay at 1.1GHz.

Please check your TDP readings of the whole package and confirm they're below 17W. Programs like HWmonitor should be able to read this.

Side note: amazing how Intel is allowed to fool everbody by assigning higher numbers (even in the same generation) to low power chips which are nearly always slower (except in single threaded loads).

 

[cheesy999]

Assuming you're using the laptop from your signature: don't forget you're using a low wattage CPU + GPU package (the i3 2367M). The combination is only allowed to consume 17W, which isn't much for a SB chip. The regular ones like the i3 2310M can consume 35W. This leaves plenty of room for the GPU to stay at 1.1GHz.

Please check your TDP readings of the whole package and confirm they're below 17W. Programs like HWmonitor should be able to read this.

Side note: amazing how Intel is allowed to fool everbody by assigning higher numbers (even in the same generation) to low power chips which are nearly always slower (except in single threaded loads).

^This, And the boosting can be affected by temperature and bios as well, so it's difficult to know how fast it'll be outside of looking at another of the same specific laptop

assuming the laptop is aging the cooler might have built up a bit of dust and it might now be exceeding a temperature that lets it turbo

 

[CounterZeus]

update your intel drivers, sounds like the drivers don't know what dota 2 is so they downclock the gpu to its idle speeds.

But it could be bottlenecking (doubt it) or even thermal problems (also doubt it)

I use the latest drivers and temps are fine.

Check if you have V-Sync on inside dota2.
Also for easier way to check FPS, type Type net_graph 1 in the console

[I run dota2 on Intel HD4000 on 40FPS on lowest settings]

I turned vsync off the minute I started dota 2 on this bloody thing I get 35fps out of combat. It almost doesn't matter if I crank a few things up.

Assuming you're using the laptop from your signature: don't forget you're using a low wattage CPU + GPU package (the i3 2367M). The combination is only allowed to consume 17W, which isn't much for a SB chip. The regular ones like the i3 2310M can consume 35W. This leaves plenty of room for the GPU to stay at 1.1GHz.

Please check your TDP readings of the whole package and confirm they're below 17W. Programs like HWmonitor should be able to read this.

Side note: amazing how Intel is allowed to fool everbody by assigning higher numbers (even in the same generation) to low power chips which are nearly always slower (except in single threaded loads).

I think you might be right, it's was also the only reason I could think of. Dota 2 probably uses the CPU to the full extent (it's only a 1.4GHz dual core), so there might not be enough power left for the graphics component. Going to try hwmonitor like you suggested the next time. I bought this laptop specifically for the low power consumption...but now I'm starting to regret it :/

^This, And the boosting can be affected by temperature and bios as well, so it's difficult to know how fast it'll be outside of looking at another of the same specific laptop

assuming the laptop is aging the cooler might have built up a bit of dust and it might now be exceeding a temperature that lets it turbo

Temps are fine, laptop hasn't been used much (as I bought it last year for my thesis presentations) and is always in a protective sleeve (so no dust).