Asus Gaming Lags.

Hey guys I have a Asus G72GX, 6gb ram, GTX 260m, republic of gamers edition laptop. I just got it, did a fresh install, updated the video drivers through device manager, haven't screwed around with anything really, I overclock to 15% when I'm gaming.

Now here's the problem, I play Crysis 2, 1600x900, everything set to very high, and it's smooth, no issues, but after 10 mins or playing, it lags like crazy, like even when I go to the options it's all laggy, and even if I change the settings to high and put the revolution a step down, it's still laggy. But if I tab out the actual computer works perfectly fine, everything is fast and smooth, it's only during Crysis.. whats up?

 

*sigh* what are your temps? Nvidia Gpu's throttle the clocks back when overheating, which would cause the lag your seeing only after a certain amount of time in-game.

 

I just checked the temps, when Crysis 2 is running the gpu wasn't going any higher then 65c using Speedfan to check. I closed the game, waited a bit, opening it again still laggy, I'm waiting for updates to finish, then I'm going to restart the computer. I actually just realized that yesterday I played the first mission of Crysis 2 with no lag at all.. I don't recall fooling with any settings either.

 

I would bring your setting down for a test as well.

Also GPU-Z can report the temps as well.
That might help to see when it peaks.

Also have your Blown out the cooling ducts with Air?

 

Well that is what happens when you buy an Nvidia I warned you people. :wink:

It sounds to me like a driver issue to be honest, or you have not set up the laptop in high performance mode. To be honest I am not surprised you are getting lag if when you say very high you mean Extreme settings on Crysis 2 because my bad boy ATI can only get 30ish frames at Extreme so I would expect your 460M to creep around 25-30FPS it could just be bouncing up and down when you reach a section that requires more power than is available.

Check it with FRAPS and check all sections of the GPU using HWINFO or GPU-z because it could be the MeM(IO) overheating.

 

65C?? From all Ive read most people are lucky to even idle at those temps with the 260, yet alone game, and Crysis 2 at that, have gpuz log in the background.

Dallers: Not even a 460, its a 260 lol

 

Yeah 65C lol, it's cold down here I guess, what's a high temperature also, because I just figured out how to put it into overclock, and now I can play for more then 10 mins. Ovbiously the temp goes up but whats too hot? I was between 70-75c overclocked. Yeah I have the settings to very high it's one below extreme, extreme isn't that playable, maybe if I ugprade to quad core it could.

 

Oh I beg your pardon. You have now doubly proved my point.

Crysis 2 very high on GDDR3. You might need to drop to medium settings. Does that thing have a Quad core or Duel core. If its the latter, yes medium settings.

 

so what's a safe temp? Cause as I said I am running at very high and it's not lagging, and I'm only overclocked to 5%, I'll probably try 3% later. I guess keeping it overclocked allows me to play longer then 10 mins. Also there is no medium settings, high, very high and extreme?

 

Gamer. 10 char

 

Sorry what? Also I used GPU-Z no gaming or anything right now, I'm at 60c

 

Gamer "settings". It's the equivalent of medium, I think.

As for temps, I think you're just looking at "current temp" not max temp.

Anything lower than 3 digits is fine.

 

Oh yeah I don't mean I want to go to max and see how long it lasts , I just wanted to know what's safe, and terrific, I don't seem to go any higher then 75C while playing Crysis 2.

 

You seem to be confusing the temps with performance DCX was just confirming that you might be looking at the wrong temperature reading its best to use Hwinfo to measure the temps as it gives you the min/avg/max and if you stay below the 100oC there should be no difference in performance as it will only begin to throttle at a very high temperature.

In regards to the drops in Frame rate you are experiencing I still believe it is because of your card as GDDR3 is not as fast as GDDR5 and the latest GDDR5 cards can only get frames of 40-60 at Advanced so I would expect you to have to use Gamer to get the same.

 

I used the GPUZ went to senors and checked the gpu temp what else would I do?

 

bump I tried playing batman archym asylum on medium settings overclocked to 15% and again it lags after 10 mins but before that it's fine. gpu is only at 62C

 

he have intel core 2 duo p8700 2.53ghz i guess, and i also think that he bought it on newegg because it is on sale in there for like $600

crysis 2 on gtx260m gddr3 and ddr2 ram and dual core processor, hmmmm interresting.

 

gtx 260m at 62c while gaming is tad hard to believe, these cards gets insane hot in asus laptops , because of the crap cooling

i idle around 60c