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    Just bought a m17x r3, Rift problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by abysskeq, Oct 15, 2011.

  1. abysskeq

    abysskeq Newbie

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    Hey,

    I just purchased a m17x r3 with the following specs: i7-2720, 12GB ram, gtx 460m.

    I am loving the laptop, every game I have played runs great. However today when I installed rift, and tried to play it, I get this annoying issue. I can play on ultra settings smoothly, then about 30 seconds or so, my screen flickers for a second then my fps drops to nothing, then 30-35 seconds later screen flickers again, and the game goes back to being smooth. It just keeps doing it. After about 2-3 hours of tinkering with settings, disabling/enabling I am at a loss. So I am asking the experts for help. Any help would be appreciated!

    Also just a quick note, even if I put the settings all on low in game, the same thing still happens.

    Here is a video showing my problem. (keep in mind, the screen flickers when this happens, the video just doesn't show it.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaAKRDg23

    Some of the things I have tried, I tried the 285, and the 280 geforce driver. I tried disabling speedstep/turbo boost. Put every setting on low or off in game. Nothing helps at all, this problem still occurs. This is the only game that does it.
     
    abysskeq, Oct 15, 2011
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    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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  3. lorddinky

    lorddinky Notebook Guru

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    Hey man i have the SAME problem with my gtx 580m... i did the vBios update also nothing has changed be side the frequent throttling i have heard if you tilt the compters back side up with a book or something it will not do it anymore, sounds like the fans are cannot get enough air :mad:


    I bought this to fix the problem overall cool too! link

    Can anyone think of any other fixes?

    P.S. Also happens in RAGE for me. seems to be the newer games! :(
     
    lorddinky, Oct 15, 2011
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  4. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    its a problem with your temps...

    The best solution is to do a repaste on your GPU with a quality thermal paste. It'll be the best 15 minutes you'll ever spend
     
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  5. abysskeq

    abysskeq Newbie

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    Yea, I just flashed my bios and it didn't solve the problem :(, weird tho, is that it doesn't do it with rage for me, nor any other game. Only rift...
     
    abysskeq, Oct 16, 2011
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    Incase anyone is having this throttling problem, I fixed it. All you need to do is download a program called HWiNFO64 v3.88 and force your fan speeds to max. I never throttle in any game now.
     
    abysskeq, Oct 16, 2011
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