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    are all them m17x getting them suttering issues when sli is used ???

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Sparky894, Jul 15, 2009.

  1. Sparky894

    Sparky894 Notebook Evangelist

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    say ... are all them alienware m17x sli setup getting them suttering issues when sli is turned on ???

    is this a hardware issue or is it software ???

    :confused:
     
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    If you have a quad cpu, they are known for having stuttering issues due to the design of the chip. They are not true quads just 2 duals bridged together and this bridge can cause a bottleneck on occasions as only one can talk to the other at any given time. the new I7's alliviate this issue.

    Other causes can be

    Drivers
    Game/Application itself
    the 9400m Hybrid sli function
    and i've even heard of battery packs causing issues.
    unstable gpu overclock
    unstable cpu overclock

    that said i don't experience it myself, only time i've had stuttering issue not overclocking was with AMD products.
     
    Kcissem, Jul 15, 2009
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    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    no its a driver issue
     
    The_Moo™, Jul 15, 2009
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    well i must be lucky as i have yet to see stuttering with the 186.24's but then again i've not been playing to many heavy gpu taxing games at the moment, been mostly playing Eve-Online right now as i always seem to do.
     
    Kcissem, Jul 15, 2009
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  5. Mandrake

    Mandrake Notebook Nobel Laureate NBR Reviewer

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    I've seen it in Vantage when the core speed was set a little too high.
     
    Mandrake, Jul 15, 2009
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    I have a really bad problem with Vantage.
    I try running it and it says 0 FPS when I run in Performance Mode but when I play Counter Strke Source I get like 80-130 FPS. What could be causing this?
    I have 186.03 Nvidia Drivers.
     
    jason9, Jul 15, 2009
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  7. Mandrake

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    Do you have any more details? SLI? Nvidia profiles? Did you play the game and run Vantage back-to-back so you know all the settings are the same?
     
    Mandrake, Jul 15, 2009
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    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9000 @ 2.00GHz
    2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M SLI

    Yes I tried running them one after another and I still had the same problem
     
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  9. Mandrake

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    Everything looks stock. Here's another dumb question, did you pay for Vantage?
     
    Mandrake, Jul 15, 2009
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    I dled it from futuremark's mirrors and then used a key from one of my friends
     
    jason9, Jul 15, 2009
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    Have you tried a reinstall yet?
     
    Mandrake, Jul 15, 2009
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