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    Drop in FPS

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by coolcatric10, Oct 29, 2011.

  1. coolcatric10

    coolcatric10 Newbie

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    Hey

    i have ASUS G-50VT X-6, its an awesome gaming rig on the move. Its been over 2 years that i have been using this and almost all games sailed smoothly on this machine.

    Lately i have seen a drop in FPS on ultra / high settings.

    So i need to play on Medium settings....

    My question is - Can i do any hardware change to increase performance ?? Like upgrading from 4 GB of RAM to 8 GB.

    I have NVIDIA latest drivers, using Vista 64bit..Formatted it recently, but i am getting a feel its turning very old.

    Please advice what all i can do to this machine to bring this back to life :)
     
    coolcatric10, Oct 29, 2011
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  2. ashwin1234

    ashwin1234 Notebook Geek

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    Cheapest upgrade would be more RAM. If you want your machine to grow wings and fly, get a SSD. Upgrading to Windows 7 64bit is also going to bring a performance boost.
     
    ashwin1234, Oct 29, 2011
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  3. coolcatric10

    coolcatric10 Newbie

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    Upgrading to SSD would increase performance while gaming ??
     
    coolcatric10, Oct 29, 2011
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    That GPU is getting old, you aren't going to be able to run newish games on high settings.

    Try cleaning out your fan and vent area with some compressed air so that your card doesn't throttle down.

    Save your money and buy a new lappy. New RAM isn't going to do much for your FPS. Same for an SSD, no FPS benefits.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Oct 29, 2011
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  5. coolcatric10

    coolcatric10 Newbie

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    Already cleaned vent area, significant drop in temperatures, but no luck with FPS :(

    Cant buy a new laptop right now, need to game on the current laptop ( with updates )
     
    coolcatric10, Oct 29, 2011
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  6. zafota

    zafota Notebook Geek

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    unless you can change the GPU there wont be any upgrades you can do that can significantly increase FPS. best thing to do is just save up till you get a newer laptop. :)
     
    zafota, Oct 29, 2011
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  7. Zymphad

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    No. SSD only increases speed in which something loads, or for data being read/written. It does not have any impact on performance for any game.
     
    Zymphad, Oct 29, 2011
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    Would upgrading from 4 GB to 8 GB RAM give me 10-20% performance boost while gaming ?
     
    coolcatric10, Oct 30, 2011
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    No. That wouldn't help much.
     
    FlyingFalcon, Oct 30, 2011
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    kimiraikkonen Notebook Evangelist

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    Actually, though i concur with you, some games require more speed when they deal with in-game on-the-fly HDD activity like GTA. SSD would help about small I/O glitches while the game is being played, anyway GPU + CPU are the major factors as all know.
     
    kimiraikkonen, Oct 30, 2011
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