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    Has my GPU died/dying?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ID4, Jul 18, 2010.

  1. ID4

    ID4 Notebook Guru

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    Hi fellas

    Im running a R1 machine with a single 260m installed, W7 OS and the Nvidia 257.21 drivers.

    Everything was running fine, and i could play Team Fortress 2 and FEAR2 in 1920x1200p with moderate settings at an even 60-70fps.

    But when i started TF2 today, my frames dropped to about 30-40fps, even if I stared into a wall! The first thing I did was to double check if I was NOT running on integrated, and indeed according to the nvidia panel i was running Hybrid, like I should. And the games stutter a lot too!

    Just for the hell of it, i rebooted and ran integrated gfx, the framerate was extremely low, (as expected) to around 15-20fps in TF2 in 1200p, but it didnt stutter anymore.

    I rebooted and re-enabled hybrid, the framerate is better than integrated, but still a lot lower than hybrid used to. The 260's fan is running as it should, it makes its short speed test during post and revs up like it should in-game.

    Im pretty sure that the gfx settings in the boot menu is right, im just a little uncertain what ASPM does, and why it is disabled. I cant remember if it was enabled or not, or if it matters.

    Help,

    Thoughts?
     
    ID4, Jul 18, 2010
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  2. hub1100

    hub1100 Notebook Evangelist

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    Ive read about this with m15x's and many have had issues with the newest NVIDIA driver 257.21 and i7 processors.
    since i dont know your processor, ill continue...
    Their fix has been to revert/ downgrade to NVIDIA driver 197.16. it could be your fix too.
    NVIDIA DRIVERS 197.16 WHQL
    Im not as serious a gamer but am happily running 197.16. -hubs- typically in the m15x forum
     
    hub1100, Jul 18, 2010
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  3. ID4

    ID4 Notebook Guru

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    I got a Quadcore2, the Q9100.

    I will be surprised if reverting helps, because the 257.21 ran perfectly ever since I installed it a week ago, until today :(
     
    ID4, Jul 18, 2010
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  4. dave-p

    dave-p Notebook Deity

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    ASPM disabled is the default and leave it that way enabled = lockups
     
    dave-p, Jul 18, 2010
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