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    Is this the DPC issue?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Haltingpoint, Nov 12, 2010.

  1. Haltingpoint

    Haltingpoint Notebook Guru

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    I'm running A05 and for my dual 260Ms I'm running driver version 8.15.11.8664

    What happens is I'll be playing a game that the system should run like glass (vanilla bf1942 for example) and then every 30 seconds to a minute it kind of hangs for a full second or so, and makes a weird audio stutter.

    This has made games practically unplayable since it will hang at the most inopportune times and cause me to crash, fall, get shot, etc. since I seem to lose control during that time.

    I ran DPC checker and I appear to get spikes. Is there anything I can do to resolve this? I'm not really sure what the latest and greatest is on this issue. Happy to provide additional info, let me know what you would need.
     
    Haltingpoint, Nov 12, 2010
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  2. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    ^^ This surely is a DPC latency issue.
    You need to update your video driver. I don't remember what version fixes the problem, but I assume you should be fine with the latest drivers.
     
    Aikimox, Nov 12, 2010
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