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    m11x framerate problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by imnottpain, May 13, 2011.

  1. imnottpain

    imnottpain Notebook Enthusiast

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    So just yesterday I was playing on my m11x, and after i turned it off and turned it on again later, my games were playing with 10-15 less frames per second than normal. I do have gamebooster, so i tried turning that back on to see if it solved the problem. Nope. Then i tried just using my native high power plan in the control panel and that didnt work either. And yes, the Nvidia Hybrid is switched to high performance.
    Any help is appreciated.
     
    imnottpain, May 13, 2011
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  2. some guy

    some guy Modding Addict

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    Knowing a bit more might help us help you.

    R1, R2 or R3

    What game or games are you seeing this in?

    Are you OCed?

    If you have a R2 or R3 your laptop might be thermal throttling due to the weather changing?
     
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    You may also want to make sure that the game is on the Whitelist in the Nvidia Control panel.

    I was playing portal 2 the other day and my r2 was struggling. I forgot to add it to the whitelist, and as soon as I did, it worked like a champ.
     
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    Brozini Notebook Enthusiast

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    Manual switching doesn't really work. You should right-click to a game's shortcut and select 'run with graphics processor' -------> 'high-performance nVidia processor'
     
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    Sorry for the lack of details- I have the r1, and i am overclocked.
     
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    Hmm... maybe a gfx driver crash?

    Are you OCing the GFX?
     
    some guy, May 13, 2011
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