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    Dragon Age II performance on a G73JH

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by j00zl33t, Mar 8, 2011.

  1. scampupy

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    with 8fps? for me I can't play the game if my fps is lower than 40, do you guys play at 8 or 20fps??
     
    scampupy, Mar 16, 2011
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  2. DH48

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    Do not play at 8 FPS :D 20FPS and up is OK to me as if the FPS does not go lower then 20 then the game will be smooth.


    Might even be willing to play at 16 if does not flicker or look like a slideshow :)

    On 1600x900 AF and AA at 4 and 8 getting a good 40+ but it looks almost the same as 20 FPS to me :D
     
    DH48, Mar 16, 2011
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  3. Yiddo

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    The game refreshes well with minimal screen tearing and the textures are not all that so the low FPS looks ok. The worst problem is the massive change in frame rate I can go from 90 in some areas and then drop rapidly to 50 and this causes a slow down and jumpiness so it actually is better playing with more on to keep the frame rate steady.
     
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  4. scampupy

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    Ow ok thanks for the info! i might wait for the release of the 11.3 or 11.4 driver
     
    scampupy, Mar 16, 2011
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  5. DCx

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    Which is why some people use V-sync
     
    DCx, Mar 16, 2011
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  6. Yiddo

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    Doesn't make any difference for me even with V-sync on it still tears and is jumpy when it shifts between frames, I can be facing one way at 60fps and then turn and it drops to 35fps rapidly. Could be the high textures mind. Directx 9 gives me no issues at all but I keep getting problems with 11.4 beta so cant apply the DX11 issues that it fixes.
     
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    Yeah, you'll see a difference from 60 to 35, because anything under about 40 fps isn't fluid enough - you have either screen tearing or jerky movement (or both) at that point.

    But going from 90 to 50 with vsync on (like in your original post) will stay nice and smooth - vsync does multiples of 15, IIRC.
     
    DCx, Mar 16, 2011
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  8. Yiddo

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    I will try 11.4 when it comes out as the beta causes me to freeze all the time and as soon as I rolled back to 11.2 it stopped. Probably a good idea to wait for all the DLC for DA2 anyway and just pick up the ultimate version because at the moment its not worth the disc its printed on.
     
    Yiddo, Mar 16, 2011
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  9. scampupy

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    why don't you try the d3d overider in chastity's driver page because j00zl33t said at the dead space 2 on g73 thread that "Do NOT turn on vsync option in-game because you will be capped @ 30FPS. Instead I used 3doverrider and forced vsync+triple buffering for constant 60fps awesomeness."
     
    scampupy, Mar 16, 2011
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  10. Chastity

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    D3DOverrider is your friend indeed
     
    Chastity, Mar 16, 2011
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  11. darkwonders

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    Won't that have a possibility of destroying my laptop? I've seen pics of melted motherboards from people who've ran that. How can I know that mine won't melt like that?
     
    darkwonders, Mar 23, 2011
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    The AMD chip is rated up to 114C, tho tbh I don't like temps over 90.
     
    Chastity, Mar 24, 2011
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    Ok. I'll have to test mine out later and keep an eye on the temp. I may have to repaste soon as my idle GPU temp sits around 60C
     
    darkwonders, Mar 24, 2011
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  14. Yiddo

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    Furmark pushes the card to its limits and that is what it is made for, if people forget to attach the fan to it or have applied the paste or heatsink wrongly or just abuse it in general then yes the mobo is bound to melt thats their fault. General failure is uncommon.

    As long as you watch HWinfo32 and kill it before it pushes over 100oC then you will be fine but you always run a risk when stress testing even though its a small risk with careful monitoring you will be fine, mine reached 104oC before I shut it down pre repaste.

    Check the temps with a graphic intensive game if not and see what it reaches, 60oC while idling is quite high after my repaste im idling at 46oC and no sections of the GPU go over 86oC under Extreme Burn In with Furmark 1.9.0 and I have a high ambient temp in the flat I live in also.
     
    Yiddo, Mar 24, 2011
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    Anyone find it odd that GPU utilization averages 60 percent or less when measured with GPU-Z running in the background?

    I've had other games that don't fully utilize the GPU but those run at 50fps or greater while this game runs at fps in the 30s at high setting.
     
    WarWyrm001, Mar 24, 2011
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    Odd i cant get over 60 FPS.

    Just tested DX9 medium got 50-60 on low still 60 FPS is the max i get.

    DX11 medium AA off i still get 60 max. Is the card limited ? or just the game ?
     
    DH48, Mar 24, 2011
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    Right now my GPU is 59oC. My rig is 5 months old so I'm due for a repasting soon anyways. I'll have to check it later when I have a good chunk of time to kill.
     
    darkwonders, Mar 24, 2011
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  18. Yiddo

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    Turn off V-sync to stop that if that doesnt work go into your GPU control panel and make sure V-sync is not forced on that is why its limiting you.
     
    Yiddo, Mar 24, 2011
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  19. QuZyX

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    "Very high and AA/AF off :)

    35 - 45 fps constant :)

    *happy* ;)

    Q
     
    QuZyX, Mar 24, 2011
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