Alienware M17x R4 - Battlefield 4 low FPS

I tried a couple of things, but nothing really helped (for example: [BF4] I have multiple fixes that make the game 90% improved, no more DX error's. : Battlefield)
I play BF4 on low graphics only with about 30-45 fps. Often it drops to 20 fps.
So I hope someone can help me directly with this Problem.
Here are my specs:

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3630QM @ 2.40GHz 55 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
12,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 797MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Alienware M17xR4 (U3E1) 28 °C
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (Dell)
2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7970M (Dell)

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
Up to date
.NET Frameworks installed
v4.5 Full
v4.5 Client
v3.5 SP1
v3.0 SP2
v2.0 SP2

CPU
Intel Core i7 3630QM
Cores 4
Threads 8
Name Intel Core i7 3630QM
Code Name Ivy Bridge
Package Socket 988B rPGA
Technology 22nm
Specification Intel Core i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
Family 6
Extended Family 6
Model A
Extended Model 3A
Stepping 9
Revision E1/L1
Instructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, Intel 64, NX, VMX, AES, AVX
Virtualization Supported, Enabled
Hyperthreading Supported, Enabled
Bus Speed 99,8 MHz
Stock Core Speed 2400 MHz
Stock Bus Speed 100 MHz
Average Temperature 55 °C
Caches
L1 Data Cache Size 4 x 32 KBytes
L1 Instructions Cache Size 4 x 32 KBytes
L2 Unified Cache Size 4 x 256 KBytes
L3 Unified Cache Size 6144 KBytes
Core 0
Core Speed 1197,3 MHz
Multiplier x 12,0
Bus Speed 99,8 MHz
Temperature 52 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID 0
Thread 2
APIC ID 1
Core 1
Core Speed 2294,8 MHz
Multiplier x 23,0
Bus Speed 99,8 MHz
Temperature 57 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID 2
Thread 2
APIC ID 3
Core 2
Core Speed 1197,3 MHz
Multiplier x 12,0
Bus Speed 99,8 MHz
Temperature 58 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID 4
Thread 2
APIC ID 5
Core 3
Core Speed 1197,3 MHz
Multiplier x 12,0
Bus Speed 99,8 MHz
Temperature 51 °C
Thread 1
APIC ID 6
Thread 2
APIC ID 7


Intel HD Graphics 4000
Manufacturer Intel
Model HD Graphics 4000
Device ID 8086-0166
Revision A
Subvendor Dell (1028)
Current Performance Level Level 0
Driver version 9.3.0.0
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 1
ATI AMD Radeon HD 7970M
Manufacturer ATI
Model AMD Radeon HD 7970M
GPU Wimbledon
Device ID 1002-6800
Subvendor Dell (1028)
Die Size 212 mm²
Transistors 2 M
Release Date Apr 2012
DirectX Support 11.1
GPU Clock 300,0 (850,0) MHz
Bios Core Clock 123,36
Bios Mem Clock 123,36
Driver version 9.3.0.0
ROPs 32
Shaders 1280 unified
Memory Type GDDR5
Memory 2048 MB
Bus Width 256 bit
Pixel Fillrate 27,2 GPixels/s
Texture Fillrate 68,0 GTexels/s
Bandwidth 153,6 GB/s

Sorry for the poor english :/
I appreciate every help !

 

Okay, two things.

1) What drivers are you using? Are they the latest mobile drivers from AMD?

2) Is Enduro on or off? ( fn+F7 I think it is )

Sent from my SGH-T999

 

Thanks for the fast answer.

1.) Ok I installed AMD Mobility Driver Beta 9.5 but now my Windows Aero Desktop doenst work :/
Started a system recovery. whats the problem with that driver ?!
Arrrrgh!

2.) How do I know if its on ?

 

Press Fn + F7 and reboot, once done if you do not see any intel graphic card properties that means you are running purely on your 7970. Try running the game just on the GPU it should work fine with your specs.

 

Ok, did it.
Sorry, but can you explain it more exactly for me. I dont know how I see that im running just on the gpu? :/
Didnt I need the AMD Mobility Driver to enable enduro ?

 

I'll start with the easy thing first.

1) There is a easy way to see if enduro is enabled, few other ways too.
i) Device manager
ii) Find "Display Adapters" and drop the menu down
iii) If Intel's HD Graphics 4000 is present, then euduro is on. If is not there, enduro is off.


As for aero, it is mostly a driver problem. I don't think they are broken though.

Personally, I would wipe the video drivers clean and reinstall the fresh ones. It takes a few minutes to do, but I have seemed to avoid problems by doing this.

If you are willing to try, you can do this.

First, make sure enduro is on.

follow this guide: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...all-amd-ati-not-have-rely-driver-sweeper.html

It makes note of this,but when you go to install your driver, you first need to get the dell AMD driver off of Dell's website that has the driver for the Intel HD graphics and install only that part of the dell AMD driver. I'm not sure what happens if you don't, but I'm pretty sure it is needed for graphic switching for enduro. After that you can install the drivers you got normally.


If this doesn't work, try some other demanding games (Crysis, Metro, older battlefields, Trine 2, or anything else that is graphically demanding) Fix or no, fix BF 4 still sounds like a mess.

 

That guide should help a lot. Have you tried monitoring the temperatures?

 

Thanks alot. I'll try this out...

 

Thank you alot guys. I just had to turn enduro on as you said and I think it works !

 

Glad it was an easy fix.

 

yeah, I was a little bit dumb. Played like a year without enduro, but didnt even realize :/