G73JW Lag in Games

I have a G73JW-3DE since December and it plays and runs games great. Just today I notice that it was lagging in game. It runs smoothly and then just lags for a bit then runs smoothly again then lags for a bit. I try to play Star Craft 2 on lowest settings but the lag is still there. Has anyboyd known about this issue and how to resolve it. Thank you.

 

which game? can you confirm it happens in all game or just that game?

 

Two things that are obvious - update your momentus XT firmware and try the game on a wired LAN if you are on wireless. The stock momentus XT firmware caused 'lag spikes' and the atheros WLAN drivers can cause spikes too. See the g73jw section in the sticky.

Beyond that maybe your disk is going crazy with stuff like indexing or scheduled defrag?

Also maybe your fans/vents are due for a cleaning? http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/532474-get-out-air-cans.html

 

It happens in every single game I try now. Everything runs smoothly for about five seconds and then lag, and then run smoothly for five seconds and then lag again. I will try to upgrade momentus XT firmware. Also there is lag when I play blu-ray movies now too.

I don't really understand these directions at all.
Originally Posted by Mindtilt
Hey guys good news i got my hdd updated to sd24:
Here what i did:
First i download the seagate updater ISO
here is the link:
http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/s...T-ALL-SD24.iso
burn the iso to a dvd and go to bios by pressing del , ajust boot sequence to use dvd.
When you get promped with a menu press control +c.
Run this command to force the update:
fdl487a -m anak -f ansqsd24.lod -i st95005620as -s -x -b -v -a 20
It worked here and both hdds are working fine, no corrupted data


I burn the iso onto a CD and boot from the CD. It takes me to the readme and I read the warnings and everything. I can't get out of the readings except by press Ctrl+C. When I do that it takes me to a menu. When I press Ctrl+C on the menu, it says something like batch and terminate, with options "yes "no" "All". I type in the fdl487a -m anak -f ansqsd24.lod -i st95005620as -s -x -b -v -a 20 but nothing happen. I type dir and it shows me a bunch of stuff and then numbers next to them. And when I type dir I do see fdl487a as exe.

 

Seagate has a Windows Updater for SD25 that doesn't even need a CD. You run it and reboot. It will run at Startup and flash the drives.

 

Try disabling core parking. I had a similar problem in general usage with my G60JX (my G73 doesn't seem to have the problem) and it'd have lag/microstutters every few seconds due to the cores parking and unparking themselves. Worth a try.

 

YEah I've never seen core parking have a noticeable effect on an i7, but I do turn it off on AC anyway because I can.

Lags that big usually come from slow peripherals...

Anyway here's a link about putting the core parking settings into the power management settings: How to adjust Core Parking from inside Windows 7. Doesn't hurt to try.

 

Thank you all. I fix it. It was not my hardrive. After I updated to SD25, i still recieve lag. It was not core parking. After I done it still nothing. The problem were the new Nividia Drivers I download. 270.61. They cause lag. I did a clean reinstall of windows and started playing starcraft 2 just fine. After I update drive it lag. I did system restore to roll back to old driver everything perfect now.

One thing that has been bugging me and i can't seem to fix it is the Battery Mode. When I play game without the power plug it lags horrible. I've search te forums but can't really find how to fix it.

 

1) I play Starcraft 2 with 270.61 with no lagging.

2) You need to change PowerPay settings in CCC to prevent throttling of GPU while on battery.

 

@ Chastity

Bit off topic, but which in your opinion, is your favourite? The JH or the JW? You've used both for a while now and I can assume you have a clear winner between them?

 

Even in the stock driver that came with the CD I am lagging again.

 

At stock I prefer the JH. With overclocks, the G73SW with 850/1450 OC is kinda sweet, but the G73JH is nice for my Dragon Age 2 gameplay.

 

I have found the issue as to why I receive lag in games. Its my Hardrive. I have the Momentus Hybrid drive model number ST950005620AS. I unistall starcraft and install it into my 2nd hardrive, ST9500420AS, and everything runs smoothly now. What firmware do you guys have on your hybrid drive? SD24, or SD25. I updated to SD25 and still lag.

 

I have SD25 and I don't see any game lag. What SATA drivers are you using?