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OEM R7 450 throttling

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System Name Old Gateway / Steam Deck OLED LE
Processor i5 4440 3.1ghz / Jupiter 4c 8t
Motherboard Gateway / Valve
Cooling Eh it doesn't thermal throttle
Memory 2x 8GB JEDEC 1600mhz DDR3 / 16gb DDR5 6400
Video Card(s) RX 560D 4GB / Navi II 8CU
Storage 240gb 2.5 SSD / 1TB nvme
Display(s) Dell @ 1280*1024 75hz / 800p OLED
Case Gateway / Valve LE
Audio Device(s) Gateway Diamond Audio EMC2.0-USB 5375U ($15 a long ass time ago), Valve
Power Supply 380w oem / 65w valve USB-C
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My replacement for not having any GPUs left finally arrived. Its not the most powerful but it met my requirement, 2gb vram, no pcie power needed, and enough to play most of my current library on a 1280x1024 75hz monitor.

However... gpu keeps throttling. seems to underclock every time it gets around 65% usage. Its an OEM card, a R7 450, though amd's latest drivers detect it as an R9 M360 and gpu-z says it has a power limit of 40w. I downloaded a Dell version and forced it as a RadeonT R7 450... not sure what the T was about. no change. so now i'm using the latest available from AMD's site which has brought it back as an R9 M360. the card itself has an HP sticker on it with gpuz showing Pegatron as the subvendor.

ive tried unlocking power limits... but all options are greyed out in both afterburner and AMD's software.

any ideas?

update: i referenced this doc and am downloading an amd driver pack from their site that matches with the prodesk 400 g4 microtower... hopefully that'll help
 
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I advise you to not overclock or try to change power limits, until you rule out thermal throttling. Monitor your temperatures during gaming to see if its throttling when it reaches a certain temperature. If you have already cleared the dust from the heatsink, have a look at the GPU fan if it's working at all or if it's unusually slow. Is the temperature of your case normal? Maybe try running with side panel take off ...
 
Joined
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Messages
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System Name Old Gateway / Steam Deck OLED LE
Processor i5 4440 3.1ghz / Jupiter 4c 8t
Motherboard Gateway / Valve
Cooling Eh it doesn't thermal throttle
Memory 2x 8GB JEDEC 1600mhz DDR3 / 16gb DDR5 6400
Video Card(s) RX 560D 4GB / Navi II 8CU
Storage 240gb 2.5 SSD / 1TB nvme
Display(s) Dell @ 1280*1024 75hz / 800p OLED
Case Gateway / Valve LE
Audio Device(s) Gateway Diamond Audio EMC2.0-USB 5375U ($15 a long ass time ago), Valve
Power Supply 380w oem / 65w valve USB-C
Mouse Purple Walmart special, 1600dpi. Black desk mat
Keyboard SteelSeries Apex 100 / virtual
VR HMD Lmao
Software Windows 10 / Steam OS
Benchmark Scores It can run Crysis (Original), Doom 2016, and Halo MCC. SD LE 45fps
No heat issue, fan works and I have it forced to 80% speed all the time using afterburner.

Not trying to overclock, just unlock power limits so that it can run at its full speed all the time rather than only getting about 65%of the performance
 
Joined
Oct 29, 2009
Messages
2,669 (0.50/day)
System Name Old Gateway / Steam Deck OLED LE
Processor i5 4440 3.1ghz / Jupiter 4c 8t
Motherboard Gateway / Valve
Cooling Eh it doesn't thermal throttle
Memory 2x 8GB JEDEC 1600mhz DDR3 / 16gb DDR5 6400
Video Card(s) RX 560D 4GB / Navi II 8CU
Storage 240gb 2.5 SSD / 1TB nvme
Display(s) Dell @ 1280*1024 75hz / 800p OLED
Case Gateway / Valve LE
Audio Device(s) Gateway Diamond Audio EMC2.0-USB 5375U ($15 a long ass time ago), Valve
Power Supply 380w oem / 65w valve USB-C
Mouse Purple Walmart special, 1600dpi. Black desk mat
Keyboard SteelSeries Apex 100 / virtual
VR HMD Lmao
Software Windows 10 / Steam OS
Benchmark Scores It can run Crysis (Original), Doom 2016, and Halo MCC. SD LE 45fps
anyone?

You'd think a gpu core would at least be able to go to 100% usage
 
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