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    Graphics Issues with Acer Aspire 5742G-7200

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by myskillzrhi, Jun 5, 2011.

  1. myskillzrhi

    myskillzrhi Newbie

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    Hi there all, so the problem I am having right now just started RECENTLY, when I had initially purchased the laptop it was able to play games like Counterstrike and Starcraft 2 at decent FPS, however now it can't even play them smoothly on the LOWEST SETTINGS.

    I have checked the temperatures while I am playing the games, my CPU and GPU temps are both around 60 Celsius and stable.

    I5-460M Processor
    4 GB DDR3 Ram
    NVIDIA GeFOrce GT 420M
    500 GB Harddrive

    I don't know what could POSSIBLY be going wrong, I have reinstalled drivers and even re updated my drivers, again I can't even run games at their lowest settings. My friends are able to run Starcraft 2 on the LOWEST settings used the Intel HD integrated graphics and I can't even do that with an above average graphics card!

    I would really appreciate your help! I am considering sending it in if I cannot find a solution.

    Thanks for your help.
     
    myskillzrhi, Jun 5, 2011
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