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    Help me plz, low FPS in games

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ynwa8, May 14, 2011.

  1. ynwa8

    ynwa8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi guys,
    First of all, I absolutely love my new laptop. No BSODs and runs very cool. My only concern is low FPS in games.
    Why am I getting only 30fps in NFS hot pursuit on high settings. Is it normal? Even in a game like FIFA 2011 i'm getting only 60fps. I'm running them on discrete graphics and it is running cool.
    Thanks
     
    ynwa8, May 14, 2011
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    You probably have V-Sync on in the games, which means that your framerates are being limited to 30/60 FPS. Not a big deal.
     
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    Thanks for ur response. I turned it off in FIFA but stilll the same. NFS dont have the option to turn it off.
     
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    You playing on battery?
     
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    no, on AC.
     
    ynwa8, May 14, 2011
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    Didjya check/tick on Powerplay? High performance profile in Alienware Fusion/Windows power options?
     
    ECKS, May 15, 2011
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    It is in High performance profile. But, where is the power play option plz?

    Edit:never mind found it. It is checked as well.
     
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    Turn off VSync from your GFX card control panel....

    I'd love to help out a fellow KOP mate. ;)
     
    Sgt., May 15, 2011
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    Too bad, we lost today. I was at Anfield..dissappointed.

    Coming to the topic, I tried it yesteraday but no change. Even the game "Blur" is getting only 65fps on high settings. Btw do u play FIFA?
     
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    After disabling the "ATI micro stuttering" option in the FIFA game, I'm able to get 125fps. But, 30fps and 60fps in NFS and Blur respectively is not good enough for this card. Isn't it?
     
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    What kind of FPS are you looking for? Shouldn't we only be going up to 60fps and be satisfied?
     
    ECKS, May 16, 2011
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    I know 60fps is good enough to play. Don't get me wrong but I want to see the full power of this GPU. Surely, 60FPS is not its best. Any tweaking to do in ATI CCC?
     
    ynwa8, May 16, 2011
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    Ya, I think you should force VSync off from ATI CCC and you'll see a rise in FPS like I said in the earlier post mate...
     
    Sgt., May 16, 2011
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    VSync is in OFF mode. I should have said that it is not exactly 60, varies from 60-66fps in Blur and 30-40FPS in Hot-pursuit
     
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    Well, some games just aren't optimized as well as others.

    A classic example of this is with SimCity 4. 8-year old game and the frame rates are terrible even with today's computers. A game with no multi-core support and a crappy graphics engine will make any video card feel slow.
     
    ryan_calif, May 16, 2011
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    I had to reinstall the 6970m driver because I got stuck in IntelHD mode and the computer kept freezing.

    I was playing Brink lag-choppy-stutter free but after installing the new driver brink is like unplayable online!

    Anyone got an idea why this could happen? Is there something different about the stock driver that comes with the system compared to the one I downloaded from the dell site?
     
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    I wish I had such problems. What resolution you have? If you use AA16x (or even 4X sometimes) you will not get higher FPS than you have.
     
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    I'm playing in 1080p. I left it default in the ATI CCC("use application settings" for AA is checked)
     
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    Thanks for the input. What games u play and how many FPS r u able to get?
     
    ynwa8, May 16, 2011
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