Frame drops when fan at MAX

I own a m11x R3, performance is fairly better than my 6year old gaming desktop and all is great with unicorns and rainbows etc. But when fan kicks it to the MAX i get horrible performance drops, like it switches at the power management from max performance to balanced for the GPU...

It only does that while the FAN is goin at max speed, when its barely blowing it works great, just now i was playing Half-life 2 and when the fan kick in it drops from 160fps to 25-30fps... as you can see it is quite severe...

Anyone else have this? is there some hidden option or something? i did get latest Nvidia drivers too...

Same happens with some other games... some games like grid don't feel like i get FPS drops, but i can't be entirely sure as it doesn't show fps.

It is an odd thing in my experience with computers and i am not quite sure what to make of it. If nothing helps ill try doing factory reset on it, maybe its something software wise.

Thx for any help.

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Field Value
Computer
Computer Type ACPI x64-based PC (Mobile)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 (IE 9.0)
DirectX DirectX 11.0
Computer Name UN4TURAL-PC
User Name Un4tural
Logon Domain Un4tural-PC
Date / Time 2011-09-04 / 15:28

Motherboard
CPU Type DualCore Intel Core i5-2537M, 2000 MHz (20 x 100)
Motherboard Name Alienware M11xR3
Motherboard Chipset Intel Cougar Point QS67, Intel Sandy Bridge
System Memory 4043 MB (DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM)
DIMM1: Micron 8JSF25664HZ-1G4D1 2 GB DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM (8-8-8-22 @ 609 MHz) (7-7-7-20 @ 533 MHz) (6-6-6-17 @ 457 MHz) (5-5-5-14 @ 380 MHz)
DIMM3: Micron 8JSF25664HZ-1G4D1 2 GB DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM (8-8-8-22 @ 609 MHz) (7-7-7-20 @ 533 MHz) (6-6-6-17 @ 457 MHz) (5-5-5-14 @ 380 MHz)
BIOS Type Insyde (03/25/11)

Display
Video Adapter Intel(R) HD Graphics Family (1841080 KB)
Video Adapter Intel(R) HD Graphics Family (1841080 KB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M (1024 MB)
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M (1024 MB)
Monitor Generic PnP Monitor [NoDB]

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Intel Cougar Point HDMI @ Intel Cougar Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller [B-3]
Audio Adapter Realtek ALC665 @ Intel Cougar Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller [B-3]

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Drive TOSHIBA MK2561GSY (250 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)
Optical Drive DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 214.1 GB (18.6 GB free)
Total Size 214.1 GB (18.6 GB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad

Network
Primary IP Address 192.168.1.4
Primary MAC Address 8C-A9-82-B1-CC-70
Network Adapter Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20)
Network Adapter Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN (192.168.1.4)
Network Adapter Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #2
Network Adapter Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter

Peripherals
Printer Fax
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB2 Controller Intel Cougar Point PCH - USB EHCI #1 Controller [B-3]
USB3 Controller NEC uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device Integrated Webcam
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Input Device
USB Device USB Input Device
Battery Microsoft AC Adapter
Battery Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Battery Microsoft Composite Battery

DMI
DMI BIOS Vendor Alienware
DMI BIOS Version A01
DMI System Manufacturer Alienware
DMI System Product M11xR3
DMI System Version A01
DMI System Serial Number 578FWM1
DMI System UUID 44454C4C-37001038-8046B5C0-4F574D31
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer Alienware
DMI Motherboard Product M11xR3
DMI Motherboard Version A01
DMI Motherboard Serial Number .578FWM1.CN12961174004C.
DMI Chassis Manufacturer Alienware
DMI Chassis Version A01
DMI Chassis Serial Number 578FWM1
DMI Chassis Asset Tag
DMI Chassis Type Portable
DMI Total / Free Memory Sockets 4 / 2

Problems & Suggestions
Problem Disk free space is only 9% on drive C:.

 

sounds like temperatures are getting too hot so the cpu is throttling down... maybe a notebook cooler would help, or at least elevating the notebook with the cord to allow ventilation.

 

yea, get HWmonitor and use it to watch your temps, i dont know about the r3 but in general you probobly dont want to see anything over 90 degrees C, if you do then its a cooling issue, get some canned air and blow out the dust in that

 

First off, sorry for the late reply.

No it doesn't seem to be overheating, even though i like to keep the lil tiger elevated so it would get some more air to breathe. I did complete deus ex without no such framedrop scenes, and some other graphics heavy (well for the netbook obviously) games. Even without keeping something under it to keep it breathing better, i wouldn't get framedrops.

Seems to be strictly issue with switching graphics for JAVA apps. New driver release seemed to remedy it to some extent but its still very well there... Could be just the stupid (spiral knights) game, as i keep getting screen flashing for a fraction of a second to desktop etc. Strange issue i suppose, but i guess i will have to wait for some fixes software wise.

Would be interesting to know if anyone else gets similar issues with java and optimus? Strange indeed, didn't really hear java to shine in stability front tho. Ever.