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How to set maximum temperature limit for GTX 960m

Xumarice

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May 20, 2015
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My ASUS rog GL551JW GTX 960m is Throttling when temperature reach 75C. I was wondering for awhile why it seems that my temperature would stop dead at 75C and then drop to 70~71C when playing The Witcher 3 or when benchmarking and notice lag, also fps drops.

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Nvidia inspector is unable to increase or decrease the prioritize temperature, it's always resetting as soon as I click the apply button. This happens with default clocks and overclocks and it's throttling. This problem was happening before I even started overclocking or even installed. Happens on stock oem drivers (including the drivers preloaded on laptop) and above, also tried latest Nvidia drivers.

PS: I didn't touch the voltage. It was like that and it changes itself.
 

I also have that installed, is there a way I can gain control of the temperature limit? It's grayed out.