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    My all new A17 cant even handle League of legends

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Dark9T, May 31, 2014.

  1. Dark9T

    Dark9T Notebook Geek

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    power up my all new A17 and did all the windows update than i installed the league of legends and battlefield3, but my A17 can't even handle the league of legends with very high setting, i only getting 20-70 FPS..
    please help me, i am new to alienware.

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    A17 SPEC: I7 4710MQ CPU, AMD R9 290x GPU, 16gb RAM
     
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    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i did try the 14.4 and the 14.6 beta already but still no help..
     
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    Check to make sure that LoL is set to run with the R9 M290X and not the Intel Graphics. If you installed 14.4 or 14.6 you should have AMD Catalyst Control installed. Open that up, go to power settings, and application switching. Global settings should be set to High Performance when plugged in. Also, there should be power settings by application. Make sure LoL legends is set to High Performance.

    LoL isn't graphical intense so the R9 M290X should have no issues, it's most likely Enduro...

    Alternatively, you can press function and I think F5 and just turn off Intel graphics. That may be the easiest

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  5. Dark9T

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    how to check that LOL is set to run with the R9 or the intel GPU?
     
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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Umgh, you have to go to AMD Catalyst control centre and under switchable graphics see what LOL is set to use.. You have to set it to high performance. Otherwise press FN+F7 (the F button which has I/D GFX written on it) to manually switch and keep using the R9 290MX..
     
    TomJGX, May 31, 2014
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    Through the AMD Catalyst Control Center. I'd take a few screenies but I'm not home right now. Just try and follow what I said above or just do function F5 and turn the Intel Graphics off. It will require a reboot after you press function F5 and it will tell you.

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    Tom may be right, might be F7...

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    thanks for the reply guys..
     
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    Did that fix it? Hope so, my friend!

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    yes i did, thank you!
     
    Dark9T, Jun 1, 2014
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