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    GTX 460M lags problems

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by WaffleBoy, Oct 13, 2011.

  1. WaffleBoy

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    Well, I have Assassin Creed:BH, Need for speed HP, Mafia II, Dragon Age 2 and GTA IV, and when I play each game on the highest settings on FHD, the FPS is about... 25~45. The problem is, every some seconds there is a huge lag, for about 3 second, that the fps dropped to 0~10 (0 usally) (on every game) (I have G53SW-A1 with 285.38 drivers)
     
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  2. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    And you have throttlestop running in background turned on, yes?
     
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  3. WaffleBoy

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    I tryed it as you recommanded to me on GTA IV, not helping at all... (you said just to download it and click on "turn on" right?
     
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  4. Kingpinzero

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    Yep, and leave it on (minimized).
    Also are you on high performance power plan and with AC plugged in?
     
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  5. WaffleBoy

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    Yea, not helping. Maybe 280.27 will be better...
     
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    are u running on stock clocks ? or is urs overclockd?
     
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  7. WaffleBoy

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    stock clocks (on stock I have 80~85C while gaming, even with Cooler Master U2! so I don't want to use an OC...)
     
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    i know what you mean waffle. http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/616262-g73-odd-fps-lags.html

    As u can see, i have the same gpu. I fixed my problem earlier, then installed new drivers today. Before today; i removed dust from inside the comp, did a huge difference actually. much less noice and much cooler. Mine is about 60C after continous gaming for hours. second thing i noticed is that when the drivers were installed, the nvidia settings were changed. So performance dropped. I changed them back, turned on TS in "gaming mode" and everything runs fine again. So try that. I think cleaning from dust is underestimated ;)
     
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  9. FlyingFalcon

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    What is your fps in gta4 and mafia II?
     
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  10. WaffleBoy

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    ^About the 15 on GTA, and 20 on MAFIA
     
    WaffleBoy, Oct 14, 2011
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  11. Kingpinzero

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    Something is really wrong then. Am I wrong or did you had this issues since you got the laptop?
    I would consider a full format, or otherwise RMA it. Your card isn't working as it should trust me.
     
    Kingpinzero, Oct 14, 2011
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  12. Yiddo

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    Those temps are quite high for stock clocks and someone else mentioned a similiar problem of throttling around 85oC even with the throttlestop fix working.

    To find out if it is throttling run GPU-z and go onto the sensors and select to run a log file and then run a graphically intensive game under load until it starts throttling then take a look at the log file to see if it is downclocking.
     
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  13. zafota

    zafota Notebook Geek

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    im sort of experiencing the same thing with games.. runs fine for a while.. then after few seconds it lags then goes back to normal.. same thing happens with movies.. i tried a clean removal of the nvidia drivers and installed it again... nothing changes.. is this a hardware problem?
     
    zafota, Oct 14, 2011
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  14. WaffleBoy

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    Maybe the bios, should I update it? or contect with Asus first?
     
    WaffleBoy, Oct 15, 2011
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