Alienware X51 (GTX660)

Question

Hey,

I received my X51 (I7, 8Gb RAM, GTX 660) 8 days ago. Initially it had some problems with games: when I used 1920x1080 resolution and high details (GW2, CS:GO for example) it started to stutter. Sound and render as well. Not instant but some time (2 mins or so) into the game. ALT-TAB out and in helped for a bit then the stutter came back. I've I installed the 306.2 NVIDIA driver, it became better but same results.

I've downloaded GPU-Z to check it. Fan never got over 30%, temperature maximum 60 C but GPU got to 100% many times. I've though this supposed to be a quite powerful machine and should be able to run games on high detail & res stable.

It still bothered me so I tried MSI afterburner. Manually set the GPU fan to higher level (55-65%) and tada it was able to run everything just fine (GW2 highest possible detail in 1920x1080) with the GPU load maximum around 85%.

My questions: Is it supposed to work like this? Is my X51 faulty? Should I take any actions or just manually control the fan? (Or make a user curve in Afterburner) What to do?

Thanks!

mrGREEK360 · Answer

The drivers are bugged they will be updated shortly. Run it at 70 % please for best results till the new update but 70% is a good number to keep it at in games. You can setup the x51 to launch msi afterburner when you launch games and just tune it to 70% and overclock it a bit, it can handle a lot. Don't take this experience as its. A weak card as its very powerful. Wait for the new drivers but you wil be able to run every game at ultra at 1080p. I'm getting my x51 tomorrow with a 660 I will update everyone when I change my fan settings. It's not hardware problem if dell tells you otherwise then the tech has no clue in India.

mrGREEK360 · Answer

Oh by the way it's a software problem aka the nvidia drivers, they will be fixed soon.

carter1990 · Answer

hey just configured my mis ab on my gtx 660 so as the temp rises the fan speeds increase and i have had no problem so far work perfect ! but this was my own doing to make the system work :(     mrGREEK360 who has told you that the drivers are bugged and a new update will be coming ?

Alienware-L_Por · Answer

It could be a driver issue. Let's wait until an update is released for this. :)

carter1990 · Answer

When is this driver released ?

Alienware-L_Por · Answer

We have no ETA on that yet.

DELL-Chris M · Answer

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Taomyn · Answer

This isn't just the 660 - the same for my 670 and probably any other 6xx series running most of the recent nVidia drivers, even the latest 306.02

The advice to use Afterburner is the best workaround until nVidia fix this - it's not a Dell issue. I just wish the nVidia forums were back up so we can get some input to them.

KelC · Answer

forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php

This is pretty much the official nvidia forums since they were hacked. You'd want to make a post here for Andy or ManuelG as they visit the site often and report back to the devs at nvidia.

DELL-Chris M · Answer

To make it easier for tracking purposes, I am locking this thread and directing all further X51/GTX660 postings to this floated thread: http://dell.to/ScUNO3 Please use that thread going forward.

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