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    Portal running low fps

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by NolanM, Jun 7, 2012.

  1. NolanM

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    Hi, I'm new to the forum and was looking for some help. I purchased an alienware m14x r2 with 3rd gen i7, 6gb of ram, and the 1gb nvidia gt650M gpu.
    I downloaded portal off of steam and from testing with fraps found out it was only running 30-35 fps. I was wondering what the cause was and how to optimize it. Thank you for any help.
     
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    Have you Whitelist the game into NV Control Panel? The Guide can be found in my sig, because I think your M14x is running on the Integrated GPU, not the GT650M. And I think Portal's game .exe file is in this path " D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\[username]\portal ", in there you would find "hl2.exe" click to whitelist that game. The path on your laptop maybe different because I partition my HDD and install Steam on the drive D.
     
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    Thank you. It was actually just because I was running on battery. I plugged it in and it jumped up to 85-110 fps.
     
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    Yeah, that's pretty much explain everything, because when you are on Battery, the GPU and the integrated GPU will be both downclock to save power so dont expect a fast and smooth gameplay when you're on battery.
     
    CGSDR, Jun 7, 2012
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