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    M17x R2 5870m Crossfire enabled only getting 5fps

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by adzraaiman, Jul 18, 2013.

  1. adzraaiman

    adzraaiman Newbie

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    Hi, I have had my M17x R2 for around 2 years. Early this year I noticed fps drops form 50fps to 5fps in game that occurs for a few seconds randomly. I suspected it was overheating and I cleaned the heatsinks and repasted both the gpus.

    The problem still persisted and it got to the point where I would instantly get 5-10fps and massive lagging in games like Far Cry 3 and Battlefield 3, which i used to get around 40-60fps last time. I found that when i disabled crossfire, the problem went away but my fps was obviously not as high as it used to be with crossfire enabled

    I contacted dell and they replaced both my gpus 3 times, my motherboard 3 times, and even my CPU and they did a clean install of windows. I just received my laptop from servicing and hoped that the problem went away but unfortunately it was not fixed.I have updated all my drivers. I can only play games with crossfire disabled as enabling it makes games unplayable.

    I have no idea what is causing this problem and I am not that great with computers. Any help would be appreciated.
     
    adzraaiman, Jul 18, 2013
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  2. sangemaru

    sangemaru Notebook Deity

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    So what Driver versions are you using, and what are the temperatures on the CPU when playing those games?
     
    sangemaru, Jul 18, 2013
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  3. TR2N

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    What sangemaru said.
    Looks like a power issue.
     
    TR2N, Jul 18, 2013
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  4. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Have you tried a different adapter? What temperature are you getting on the cards?
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 18, 2013
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    I had the same issue, I was running an R1 with Core 2 Extreme ... but with 5870 in crossfire. Eventually the laptop wouldn't enable second video adapter (recognize but won't enable it) and then it died ... it's not turning on anymore ...

    The truth is that the m17x never really supported 2x GPU ... too much power, too much heat ...

    So my suggestion : remove secondary video card, sell it and run with 1 gpu. For the performance improvement (10-20% max???) it's not worth the assle.
     
    masterfred, Jul 18, 2013
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