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So I opened up power tune and I noticed that when I run AIda64 Stability test, while GPU-Z is reporting 100% load, Power Tune only reports 60% load. Is that the driver kicking in to protect the card from unrealistic load? If so, is it always there or did it only kick in after I clicked accept?

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So I opened up power tune and I noticed that when I run AIda64 Stability test, while GPU-Z is reporting 100% load, Power Tune only reports 60% load. Is that the driver kicking in to protect the card from unrealistic load? If so, is it always there or did it only kick in after I clicked accept?

Some measurement is reported inaccurately by programs not made by AMD. I know temperatures for their products is only really trustworthy if using AMD Overdrive, same can probably be said for GPU power draw perhaps.

did you check with HWmonitor?

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Some measurement is reported inaccurately by programs not made by AMD. I know temperatures for their products is only really trustworthy if using AMD Overdrive, same can probably be said for GPU power draw perhaps.

did you check with HWmonitor?

HWmonitor reports my +5V rail and +3V rail to be at +3 and +2 respecrively and tells me a +12V rail doesn't even exist so yeah. Not trustworthy unless my CPU is at -21*C

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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HWmonitor reports my +5V rail and +3V rail to be at +3 and +2 respecrively and tells me a +12V rail doesn't even exist so yeah. Not trustworthy unless my CPU is at -21*C

your mobo either needs a new bios, or it is broken.

You may have a corrupted bios, since you get these weird values

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Images of setup: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/183-show-off-your-setup/?p=5872590

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your mobo either needs a new bios, or it is broken.

You may have a corrupted bios, since you get these weird values

Nope, that's only with HW monitor - Aida64, Real Temp, GPU-Z, CPU-Z - everything reports normal values. only HWmonitor gives me crap.

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT
Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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