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    WoW very slow on my M15x

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by hyperplane, Dec 25, 2009.

  1. hyperplane

    hyperplane Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know why this would happen. I have the settings all on ultra but Im sure my computer would be able to handle it. I tried to toggle stealth mode on and off and it seems like its the same thing. I have also tried to turn the setting down to High and medium and it seems like it is doing the same thing. Please help
     
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    5150Joker Tech|Inferno

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    Well if stealth mode is off and you are sure of that, you may be experiencing GPU throttling if you are in busy areas. A way to get around it is to force the 3d clocks using rivatuner. See the link in my signature to the throttling investigation thread for more info.
     
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    hyperplane Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would like to add that I was playing before on just the computer on ultra and it would work fine. Now I am playing on separate monitor and it started acting up. Could that be the reason also?
     
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    Disable the laptop display when you output it to an external monitor and see if you still have performance problems.
     
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    Brock_Sampson Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I'm having the same problems and I'm running graphics on medium setting. Doesn't matter if it's a high populated area or not. I'm very disappointed in the M15x performance. Seems to happen in a lot of newer games I've tried. Ghostbusters, Mirrors Edge, ect. It doesn't matter what the settings are at I keep getting this constant jumping of frames. And I'm using the newest Nvidia drives, not beta.
     
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    this makes me worry i just purchased a m15x, and now i think i'm gonna return it and just wait till the ati cards come out for it, or just upgrade later.....
     
    Thorpe24, Dec 28, 2009
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    Implement Joker's throttling workaround and see if the problem(s) go away.

    Like I said, plays great on mine without the throttling implementation including a week of raiding (Ony 25, Naxx 25 badge run, OS 25, and some 10's) when I didn't have a physical internet connection for my desktop and I had to, um, borrow a WiFi signal to get my raid on for the week.
     
    electrosoft, Dec 28, 2009
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