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    Low FPS on Tera

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Gatsu87, May 22, 2013.

  1. Gatsu87

    Gatsu87 Newbie

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    Hey!

    I got a M17x R4 with GX660M. Im playing tera with medium high video settings and getting like 17fps. whats that about?

    anyone knows why im getting so low fps on this game?

    Thnx!
     
    Gatsu87, May 22, 2013
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    SkylineLvr Notebook Deity

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    Perhaps it's because you have a 660m. It's not that powerful of a GPU and from what I see, Tera has some good graphics for an mmo. Try reducing some of the graphic settings from high and see how much your FPS changes. Also, it may be because there is too much going on the screen. Try adjusting how many characters appear on screen.

    If you can afford it, you should upgrade your GPU. I'm running a 7970m and I average about 60-70 FPS. The lowest I see is about mid 40s if I'm in a populated area. The highest I've seen is around 90-100.
     
    SkylineLvr, May 22, 2013
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  3. cyndicate

    cyndicate Notebook Enthusiast

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    Make sure that it's the 660m running and not the built in graphics. I remember loading Tera a month ago and for some reason the switchable graphics was on and it looked like crap. Changed it back to the GPU and it fixed it.
     
    cyndicate, May 22, 2013
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    utumkodur Notebook Geek

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    This game is poorly optimized and its very cpu intensive. There are couple things that u can do with game cfg files which can increase performance a little bit just ask google.
     
    utumkodur, May 23, 2013
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    Agreed with the above. Optimus sometimes doesn't like to switch properly. When I had my 580m, I was getting frustrated that some games would switch while others wouldn't. I ended up turning off the switching in the BIOS and that helped with gaming, but not with battery. But who runs these laptops off battery while gaming?
     
    SkylineLvr, May 23, 2013
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  6. Gatsu87

    Gatsu87 Newbie

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    Thanx, that really worked. went from 17fps to 70fps :)
     
    Gatsu87, May 23, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    WOW! That's a huge difference, I'm glad it's working fine now.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, May 23, 2013
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  8. cyndicate

    cyndicate Notebook Enthusiast

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    No prob! Glad that worked and enjoy! What server are you on? I don't remember which one i'm on but I play on and off and am only a level 43 Slayer. Fun game though!
     
    cyndicate, May 23, 2013
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