The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Alienware m17x r3 GPU issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by noodles256, Apr 23, 2011.

  1. noodles256

    noodles256 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    52
    Messages:
    55
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    From the readings of my GPU-Z, my brand new M17x r3 won't change my GPU to the 6970m even if CCC says it is on the "High Performance GPU"

    it just stays on the integrated graphics card

    Anyone have a solution for this?
     
    noodles256, Apr 23, 2011
    #1
  2. remedy1978

    remedy1978 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    390
    Messages:
    391
    Likes Received:
    11
    Trophy Points:
    31


    Make sure you are on dedicated by pressing function key + f7 to switch from integrated to dedicated. When you look at GPU-Z, you need to select your 6970 from the menu at the bottom of the window. By default, mine shows the Intel GPU first.

    Secondly, run some benchmarks like 3DMark06 or Futuremark to rule out that it isn't switching.
     
    remedy1978, Apr 23, 2011
    #2
  3. noodles256

    noodles256 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    52
    Messages:
    55
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I haven't run the 3dmark06 tests yet, but my FPS in game is so low.

    I can hardly play SC2 on low without my frame rate dropping ridiculously low
     
    noodles256, Apr 23, 2011
    #3
  4. tbonel

    tbonel Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Same thing happens to me, i get low benchmark scores ( 3dmark vantage 9945 ) and in sc2 my frame rate makes the game unplayable even on medium ? what's happening .. please guys help us :)
     
    tbonel, Jul 17, 2011
    #4
  5. Beradon

    Beradon Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    167
    Messages:
    465
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    In GPU-Z are you able to select the ATI graphics from the dropdown at the bottom of the window?
     
    Beradon, Jul 17, 2011
    #5