ACER Aspire 5920g with 8600M GT - Slow in a game!!!

Hello there,

my notebook is an ACER Aspire 5920g.
It has a NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT, with 512Mb ram.

My problem:

I am playing "Dragon Age: Origins" and, for the first time, a game is very, very slow. I already reduced the graphics in game, i already searched better drivers for the graphic card and got no better results. Besides that, the latests drivers recommended for my graphic card has unusual results in windows: sometimes, it blinks!

I already re-installed my Windows Vista to get better results... and got the same.

Can someone give me a clue, or any advice here please?

Thanks in advance!

 

That is kind of weird. You reinstalled vista from scratch and still slow. I don't play games with mine but that does not seem right. You might want to look into overclocking video card. Do you have the newest bios installed.

 

Ok this maybe down to your laptop throttling, it is very common, there has only been a fix for a couple of months, you need to download throttlestop from the link and tick the first 2 boxes, (clock modulation and chipset clock mod) then turn throttlestop on and run the game, let me know if it works, you may be amazed........but I cant say for sure it is throttlng but its worth a try.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=452692

 

Well, i tried the ThrottleStop and i played for... 20 minutes and... no blinking screen, no more slow movements needer slow animations !!

Problem solved !! this ThrottleStop program is VERY USEFULL and i suggest others to use it to if you need it.

Thank you Angelwings for this wonderful tool. It is really helpful!

If I continue to use this program, what are the consequences for my computer? Is there any problem? Can you advise me in other similar tools in other websites too? i appreciate any more information usefull.

Thanks once again !

 

First time I've heard a 5920G exhibit this behaviour.
Throttling usually means overheating, so check your fan intake and exhaust for dust clogging.
Run HWMonitor, and see what your temps are in-game and idle.

 

There are no consequences to using this program, it just makes your chipset clock stay at 100% without it dropping (throttling), as tehsuigi said you need to tell us your temps when idle and gaming, throttlestop will increase your temps but not by much, your throttling may indeed be to high temps and you should make sure your laptop is free from dust.
Alot of acer 8/6920, 8/6930 use this program (the program was wrote for i7 cpu as dell laptops were throttling) and I used to throttle after 3-5 min of gaming, maybe a faulty trigger as my temps were to low to cause throttling. (it is not always heat that is the cause, this is why you should check your temps so we have some idea)
As for thanking me your welcome but Im only the messenger and all credit must go to unclewebb who made this great program, I will let him know about this thread and Im sure he'll come and advise you some more. You will not find similar tools like this on the web, as far as I know throttlestop is the only program that can stop throttling with a click of a button, many of us have been searching for along time, I was searching for over 12 months for a fix until I was lucky enough to find unclewebbs program.
Anyway Im glad you can game now without silly frame rates.