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    Aw r3, 580m fps problem, furmark shows max 5

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by hewhowhat, Dec 24, 2011.

  1. hewhowhat

    hewhowhat Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm in need of help, this picture shows my furmark which I believe to be unreasonably low.

    I tried playing games like fear 3 or assassin creed brotherhood, both gives me lagging issues/horrible framerate even with lowest settings.

    I don't know what's wrong anymore, I already done the throttling fix issues: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...throtting-fix-no-need-modify-system-bios.html.

    I then tried updating by nvidia drivers which is now 285.62 but still laggs in game and the terrible furmark.
    My bios is 70.24.28.00.06 and intel driver:8.15.10.2559 (10-21-2011) .

    Somebody please tell me what's wrong? It's been 72 hours since I got the laptop and thus far no game has been owned by this m17.. :(
     
    hewhowhat, Dec 24, 2011
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    Voireon Notebook Enthusiast

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    In your picture it says that you're running off Intel HD graphics, not the graphics card.
     
    Voireon, Dec 24, 2011
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    Go into nvidia control panel, then whitelist the games and programs you want to use the nvidia "High Performance GPU" Option. Or start programs by right clicking on them, then choose the nvidia gpu.

    Alternatively, you can look into a mod a08 bios, disable the intel chip, and run off the nvidia.
     
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    hewhowhat, Dec 24, 2011
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