Games don't perform very well with 211 bios and new vbios

No, I use all the drivers provided in the g73 driver dvd that someon has uploaded.

Where can i get those drivers?

 

Download Locations

 

thanks but the driver didn't help

Can you or somebody run dpc latency checker while gaming? this might be just a typical g73 thing

 

my max spike is about 1000us, and I've also reported that I do not microstutter.

Out of curiosity, what AV software do you use, and have you tried disabling that?

 

I still thinking that it's something related to 5400rpm HD

 

just checked, i have a 7200 rpm seagate momentus

I'm using AVG, haven't tried disabling it yet, might do later, have to work on my assignment now

 

Kill the AVG, Luke!

 

Is Avast also a antivirus one should avoid?

 

Avast does not like asus fastboot unless you disable the resident protection

I am trying MS securrity essentials and works fine

 

And if I don't use fastboot? Should I be okay then?

 

I never used Avast myself. I'm an Eset Security Suite girl.

 

yes I have avast in my desktop computer

 

no MS Security Essentials eh ?
*edit* never mind saw your previous post

 

I know it!!!! you are a girl !!!

 

So what seems to be the most successful Bios/vbios combination? I currently have 211, with stock vbios and cat 10.7a. Will getting Gary's v93 improve things? My gaming is OK, but Im always looking for smoother gameplay. In MW2 im getting around 80fps with a studder here and there.

 

Ok, i uninstalled AVG, no luck

Just noticed that I got red bars while playing with my wireless thingy in the taskbar. look at the picture, everytime i move my mouse pointer to a network, 3 or 4 red bars appear. So wireless must be the problem, tried stock microsoft driver and newest artheros driver from the asus support site, no luck.



However, when i disable my wireless card in the bios, i still got red bar while gaming. so there might be more than a culprit in my situtation. I disabled everything i can in the bios, so must related to stuffs that i can't disable, e.g. chipset, hdd, cpu, vga

Please look at my Sharing/conflcit and IRQ and compare to yours, is anything different?
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Anyone please check my sharing/conflict and IRQ, are they the same as yours?

 

211/v93/10.7a is the best combination for me. Others had reports shuttering/instability with 10.8. For others 10.8 is OK. Just depend what are you playing.

 

Also, i have not experienced any "GSOD" so far. so would the vbios update be beneficial? In my google searches, I only see recommendations to update the vbios if someone is having gsod issues

 

Then you never googled any of my replies stating that the vBIOS updates is recommended for everyone, even if you don't currently GSOD, because, in time, you will.

 

Ok, I will get the vBios and Ill try out the newest Cat and post my results.

 

Use Avast! Best In The World

 

Dear friends,

I finally found the culprit that has been causing stuttering on my g73 recently. That is the useless SPTD driver that deamon tool installed on my window, just got rid of that and everything is flawless now.

At least, I'm happy to know that 211 and new vbios don't cause stuttering on my g73. Thank you all for all the supports you guys have given me recently!

 

thx for the info and the heads up!

EDIT: SPTD 1.74 is available.

http://duplexsecure.com/downloads

 

Just curious if you ran the DPC Latency Checker after ridding the SPTD driver and see if the Latency Checker did in fact look clean after. I was just curious if the DPC latency checker is a valid worthwhile tool for helping track down microstutter related drivers. Did your graph look pretty green after removing the offending driver?

 

Thanks Chastity

Besides, this also explains why the fresh install of window didn't help since i had to installed deamon tool at the start to be able to use the asus dvd driver iso

@bossman-x,
After removing that SPTD driver, I haven't got any red bar in the latency test so i think Latency Checker does a great job.

 

1.74 does alleviate some spikes I got too, so it's worth an update if you wish to still use DTools. My highest latency is 352us, compared to the occasional 1100us.

 

Very interesting!!. I'm going to ask users who suffered stuttering to see if they have daemon tools installed ^^.

 

Lord_Neno.. I hate you and your desktop............ :cry:








I have the spitting image of you rig about 2 years prior. Q9550 @ 4.0ghz and a 4870X2 on an Asus Rampage Formula.

 

My desktop is jealous because I pay more attention to G73

mm I once had a a qx9650@4,2 + rampage 1 extreme + 4870x2 + 4870 1gb Gradually I got better parts selling the old parts

 

when accessing iTune store through iTune, my latency go all the way up to ~10000 for a split second or two...you guys have similar problem?

 

That's because itunes is terrible.

Winamp ftw.

 

itunes is terrible but... there are people who still use winamp?

 

Nothing wrong with WinAmp. The GUI and layout is certainly outdated. But all the plugins for ASIO, WASAPI still work and the codecs are up to date. Sound wise, WinAmp still destroys iTunes.

Personally I like Foobar2000, but IMO Foobar, WinAmp, MediaMonkey, can't go wrong with any of those three.

 

itune indeed is terrible and tons of bugs.... but it's allow me to listen podcast and sync quickly...

winamp is cool... i used it in the past as well..

 

I have no idea what you guys are talking about. iTunes works great on my Mac.

I don't allow any Apple software on my G73 (except QT for some old games that still make calls to it).

Cheers,

 

I'm hoping Apple would make software that runs great on their own OS. It's very buggy on Windows.

 

Zune > *

Though I do use a bit of Winamp for some shoutcast here and there.

 

Anyone know if you uninstall Daemon Tools, will it remove the STPD or you need to manually remove it?

 

I ran the DPC latency checker and i noticed that the only device causing me latency is the Atheros Wireless Adapter. When enabled the latency jumps up to 4000ms at times. When i disable the wireless card it doesn't exceed 500ms.

Can you guys tell me witch driver version you are using for the Atheros?

Thx

 

nah, you need to manually remove it, download the lastest stpd driver and click on it. It will notice that you got the older version of STPD and ask you if you want to remove it. That how i did it, don't know about the other ways

 

I removed the Atheros card in both my G72 & G73 and installed the Intel 6300N (only used the two antennas). Haven't had any issues.

Cheers,

 

Witch is the right card for me? This one Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6200 - Network adapter - PCI: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Or this one? 2GGYM Dell Intel Centrino Wireless Advanced-N 622ANHMW on eBay (end time 18-Oct-10 14:15:48 BST)

 

I highly recommend you don't buy off Amazon (notice none of them are actually sold by Amazon) or Ebay for this part as there are many non-legit 6200s going around as of a month or two ago.

I personally would go with it from here:

PROVANTAGE: Intel 622AN.HMWWB Intel Wifi Link 6200 622AN.HMWWB Half Height Minicard VPRO Enabled Retail

Just my thoughts.

 

Since i'm in Greece i ordered this one form a legit retailler. Please comfirm this is the right card.

Intel Half Size Mini PCI Express Centrino Advanced-N 6200 622ANHMW (300 Mbps) - 40,59€ : Play247.gr, 24 hours / 7days online Shopping

 

Can't read Greek but it looks right to me.

Cheers,

 

Thanks dude.

 

Should the dpc latency checker register constant high latency if something is wrong? If it is high when I'm not on the web? Or doesn't it matter? Because I experience lag when I watch live HD broadcasts, but not when when I'm "offline". Maybe it has something to do with SilverLight, which is used by the broadcaster? Just throwing it out there...

I'm also wondering which vBios the people with high latency are using, Chastity's or Gary's. I'm using Chastity's myself.

 

i still get around 4000 us somtimes, I think it might be related to the artheros wireless card. I'm using the lastest driver from the asus support site.

However, it doesn't bother me much since it doesn' cause any stutterting in games.

 

What bios were you on and CCC driver when you were running SC2 flawlessly? I am currently having the same problem with 211, Gary's vBIOS, and 10.8 as well. At first I thought it was the laptop itself, and got a little upset knowing that this lappy is i7 with the 5870... then kept on reading, and we're not the only one's with this problem....

 

I've never had Ultra work flawlessly but SC2 is perfect on high. BIOS 211 Gary's vBIOS & ATI 10.8 drivers. Clock fixed at 700/1000.

Cheers,