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    Lag on Starcraft 2

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by oronauf, Apr 22, 2011.

  1. oronauf

    oronauf Newbie

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    Hey I've been getting a lot of lag on SC2. I play on BNet with a LAN cable so I don't think that's the issue. I have the r2 version with an i7 core and I'm pretty sure I whitelisted Starcraft 2. I also updated to driver 270.51. Can anyone help?
     
    oronauf, Apr 22, 2011
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    oronauf Newbie

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    Can anybody help? Bump.
     
    oronauf, Apr 23, 2011
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  3. Bendak

    Bendak Notebook Evangelist

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    Lag or choppy framerates?
     
    Bendak, Apr 23, 2011
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    If it's latency/lag then it's your internet. If it's choppy frame rates turn your settings to low and adjust higher as needed.
     
    hiarieshi, Apr 23, 2011
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    Turn off HT it solved my lagging completely
     
    Wulfher, Apr 23, 2011
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    Well in games, I get down to like a frame per second, so I assume choppy framerate.
     
    oronauf, Apr 24, 2011
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    Optimize your M11x and set AA+AF off.
     
    Bendak, Apr 24, 2011
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    Did you turn HyperThreading off?

    It solved my stuttering completely
     
    Wulfher, Apr 24, 2011
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    As far as I know there is no BIOS option to disable HyperThreading on the R2... Do you mean TurboBoost/SpeedStep?

    Just to confirm. What settings are you using because the R2 has problems usually with anything over Medium.

    Also to confirm you've whitelisted properly. Go into 'NVIDIA control panel' -> 'Desktop' tab -> Check the 'Display GPU activity icon in notification area'. Once the game is launched. Minimize and click the icon. It should show 1 program using the GPU (SC2).
     
    MasivB, Apr 24, 2011
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    I'm on low for all settings. I have confirmed that SC2 has been whitelisted. It shows up in the nVidia GPU Control Panel. Still going at 1fps in game.
     
    oronauf, May 5, 2011
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    are you playing some crazy use map settings game where there are 99999 units?
     
    tassadar898, May 5, 2011
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