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    Significant Decrease in FPS Performance

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by highlord91, Aug 30, 2011.

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    Hi I recently bought an m17xr3 with the 6990m, I also have the latest AMD drivers installed (11.8). I have noticed a trend in significant decrease in fps from the first time I play the game to the second time and I was wondering why this may be?

    In Deus ex Human Revolution the first time I played it after installation with all settings max and 1920x1080 I got 50-60 FPS, however the second time I ran it I only get 20-30 FPS, with all conditions and settings the same. I noticed this also with Stalker call of pripyat during the first run I got 55-65 fps on everything max, but the second time I got only 25-35 fps with all settings the same, this was also for each subsequent run. Any help would be appreciated.
     
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    I just wanted to mention that in crysis 2 this problem has not been present, the fps is always consistent.
     
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    I played Deus X too continuosly for 3 days now..... each day maybe spent 5-6 hours playtime.....

    nope, didn't notice a change of FPS until now.....

    maybe you change the game setting....???
     
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    No I checked each time the settings they were always the exact same, along with the resolution.
     
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    chillcut Notebook Guru

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    Did you monitor your temps? The GPU underclocks itself when it gets too hot.
     
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    could be heat issue, or could be when you restart the settings changed for the game.
     
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    I am pretty sure it is not settings, because I always check them before starting the game. If it was a temp problem shouldn't it affect all games? as I mentioned above crysis 2 (on dx11, fhd, extreme) is still running well (35-40 fps). Anyways I will monitor the temps before and immediately after, does anyone know if alienwares have overheating problem or what cooling solution they use?
     
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    This is my 1st time with an ATI card, I am kind of missing the Nvidia reliability factor in my alienware.
     
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    Are you playing through the exact same parts of the game? i know fps can vary greatly depending on the part of the game
     
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    download gpu-z and make a log file of your gameplay. then up load it here.
     
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    for some reason the log part is having some error, even when I redownloaded it, all I am able to get is that my gpu was 60 degrees Celsius before playing call of pripyat, and after one hour with max settings it went to 88 degrees celsius.
     
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    I also noticed performance in crysis is significantly lower in extreme, I waited 1 hour after playing call of pripyat.
     
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