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Memory clock locking doesn't always lock memory clock

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BlueGoliath January 31, 2024, 11:23pm 1

nvmlDeviceSetMemoryLockedClocks doesn’t always lock memory clocks like it’s supposed to. Firing up any intensive 3D application can cause the GPU to enter a potentially higher than max specified memory clock.

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