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    Intermittent Slowdown

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by ConfusedUK, Mar 17, 2012.

  1. ConfusedUK

    ConfusedUK Notebook Guru

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    Hey all.

    Occasionally, once I've been running a game I sometimes experience FPS drops down to low 20s and I can't back to normal FPS without a reboot.

    At first, I thought it could be a an overheating problem but after having a session on Fallout 3 today, I never got a GPU temp above 67, CPU around 75-77, and the same thing still occurred. I do run a slight overclock, never gone above 750. Today was around 720.

    Any ideas on what this could be? Maybe my GPU just hates even the slightest overclock...
     
    ConfusedUK, Mar 17, 2012
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  2. flybass

    flybass Notebook Consultant

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    See if the problem occurs without oc
     
    flybass, Mar 17, 2012
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  3. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    If you really want it OC, then you might want to try a modded/unlocked VBIOS, however be warn, using a third party BIOS would void the warranty should something gone wrong, but with the VBIOS you'll be able to OC higher, still, maybe it is just your GPU hate OC, lol.
     
    CGSDR, Mar 17, 2012
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