DreadKnight

Can I not just install the standard driver package. It seems I installed the DCH driver because I cant find the standard package for 441.87 anywhere.

Do I have to create an account to use GeForce Experience? It seems to be attempting to force me to.

I recently performed a clean install of the 441.87 driver (Yes I used the whole DDU thing). However upon reboot I can no longer access Nvidia control panel. Right clicking on the desktop does not show it nor does searching in the start menu. I made sure to download the game ready drivers. Does Nvidia no longer package the control panel with the driver? Edit: through the magic of editing URLs I have downloaded the standard version of 441.87 which includes the control panel. I dislike how DCH was crammed down my throat but hurling it back at microsoft and downloading a functional driver installer will help with the bitter taste

So I've noticed something odd. When I start Prime95 or the XTU benchmark it starts with the package TDP at 18w then about half way through it power limit throttles down to 15watts dropping ~400MHz. So this shows it's capable of going over the 15w TDP at least temporarily. How do I increase the time it stays over 15w. thermals still have headroom with the fans barely spinning and temps up to 67 celsius. Are there any guides you people would recommend for learning throttlestop?

Alright I know overclocking a laptop is futile for performance gains. I have a desktop for heavy workloads. This is purely for fun. The laptop in question is a Lenovo thinkpad t440 with an i5 4300U, 8GB ram, and intel HD 4400. I've been using XTU to tune things as throttle stop is confusing for now. It is a locked processor so no multiplier changes. However when running stress tests and benchmarks I see the chip is power limit throttling. Is there a way to change the package TDP or am I just gonna have to undervolt? Also what is a good cpu stress test and benchmark? I've had success with increasing XTU benchmark scores with undervolting. Edit: so now I've learned how to undervolt with ThrottleStop. But when running stress tests I'll see the package TDP go to 22w for the first minute or so then the power limit kicks in to slow things back down to achieve 15w. why does this happen and how can I let it run turbo longer?

1. part of the fun of this project is doing it with whatever I have around. 2. I would just buy a new fan it's not really a saving of $15. also update. I wired a fan that is double the width of the card up and it spins but it doesn't have any control. It is also the most janky/cursed cooling solution to ever exist on gods green earth.

So if I just wire the fan completely to the GPU is the fact that it draws 2 times more power at 5watts instead of 2 a reason to be concerned?

I've got a Gigabyte Low Profile GTX1050ti OC edition. The fan recently kicked the bucket (sounded like a bad bearing before death). A replacement fan is ~$15 USD. Personally I find this a bit high for such a small fan and I've always wanted to upgrade the little fan it came with anyway. The fan is a 3 pin pwm fan with a strange small connector I've never seen before. Since I don't think the GPU can power a larger fan I was wondering if it is possible to rig a larger 3 pin fan to use power from the power supply and use the PWM signal from my graphics card. Is this even possible. I don't care if it looks ugly since its an optiplex upgrade so no one will ever see it anyway. I am proficient in soldering and splicing wires is a piece of cake. This is my first post here but I believe it may be my best shot. Currently I have a temporary solution of using an ATI two pin fan that just so happened to fit but it runs really loud. Update 1: I wired a fan that is literally double the width of the card up and it looks horrendous but whatever. Update 2: my graphics card doesn't agree with the pwm on this fan and is even louder than my previous "solution"