How are your G53/73 Models handling Games?!

I am just curious how your G53/73 Models are handling games. What kind of fps are you getting for games like SC2, WoW, COD Black Ops, any and every game how is your rig handling it and what are you running in your rig.
I have a G53SW-xn1 but haven't really gotten a chance to play any games on it yet, but I will be playing SC2, WoW, and a few of the higher end shooters.


Thanks!

 

G73jw-A1
30~35 FPS on crysis 2 1920x1080 Very high settings
assasian's creed brotherhood maxed out 30 FPS(u can't get more than 30 FPS on this game)

 

****UPDATE 7/8/2011*****

I am running Att DSL now. THe Gaming issues with WOW have stopped.
No more random locks ups in game.
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my G73JH from BB has been playing WOW like a Champ..

I am testing a new ISP this week.
SO I hope to have a few issues fixed....

I do not have number to back up my happyness.

I play on Ultra setting and enjoy my 5 man pugs and questing...

I did run into 2 freezes last week in play. I have not been able to find a trigger yet.
I hope to do more testing...

My system gets to 65 degree C when gaming on WOW..
No repaste... all stock.

with outside temps hitting 90 degree F, I expect things to work just fine.

I blow out the vents once a week now...

 

I'm a fresh g53sw-xa1.
So far I tested some games I usually play on my desktop.
Having the gpu at 800/1600/1550 really helps.
Heres my benchmarks:

Cod Bo/1080p/4xAA/maxed: avg 70. max 91, low 50
Dirt 2/1080p/dx11/2xAA/ultra: avg 51.5 fps
Dirt 3/1080p/dx11/8xCsaa/high-ultra mix: avg 52.4 max 64
Fear 3/1080p/dx11/fxaa/maxed: avg 45.6 lower 35.6 max 70
Duke Nukem forever/1080p/fxaa/maxed: avg 45.5 max 58.3
Ssf4:AE/1080p/8xCqa/maxed: avg 80.1
The witcher 2/1080p/ultra/no uber-blur: avg 30.1, low 22, max 45
Crysis 2/1080p/dx11+high res texture pack/extreme: avg 32.1 max 45 low 28.3
Shift 2/1080p/maxed/Max AA: avg 55.3 (solo) avg 45.8 (15 cars)
Shift 1/1080p/maxed/2xAA: avg 58.9 (15 cars) avg 66.3 (solo)
Nfs hot pursuit/1080p/maxed/2xAA: 60fps steady

3dmark06: 15,826 Pts
3dmark11: p2545

Notice that everything runs on 275.33 whql which arent great in 3dmark06.
Hope it helps

 

honestly you shouldn't have trouble with any game with either of those computers.

 

I often play StarCraft II, with very high to ultra settings and 1920x1080 resolution. The game runs smooth enough on most maps.

Didn't install the 275.33 driver version as I noticed a significant drop in performance when I play SCII.

 

SCII 1920 x 1080 ultra settings, 40s-50 s fps, except certain maps or custom games with lots of units then low 30s.

 

How did you do this, my FPS dies when playing AC:B with maxed out AA.

To the OP: I haven't had any problems playing anything on the very highest settings, but as stated above I have occasionally had to turn down the AA.

 

Do you mind run Crysis 2 benchmark tool (at those settings) and post screenshot?
Link to benchmark:
http://benchzone.adrenaline.com.br/tecnologia/downloads/229/adrenaline-crysis-2-benchmark-tool.html

 

As others have said you should be fine with all modern titles at high settings, the only exceptions being Crysis and Metro 2033. Since yours is a Sandy Bridge laptop, it should run SC2 exceptionally well.

 

Here are screenshots of SC2 in very high w/ ultra textures, TW2, and my ol' time favorite DA:O w/max setting, 4x AA, V-sync on. All in 1080p.. I'm not really a big fan of SC2, I just play it occassionally.. These are just reduced fraps screenshots loaded to Photo Bucket, so it's much more detailed when playing in the laptop.

Spoiler

 

I get around 37-40fps playing Mafia II on full settings. At times though, it drops to 33fps then picks up back to 37. Any idea what the reason could be? I'm using the 275.33 drivers. Is the old one better? What about 275.50?

 

Probably because the camera is looking towards a complex light source.

 

anyone here games at shogun total war 2? I feel like I am getting fewer fps than I should (from 35/25) with preset high setting, both DX version

 

Well. The camera does point towards the tube light in my room. Does that affect gaming? I had no idea. Any way i can switch the camera off?

 

I did nothing,
AC:B runs smooth on 1080p MAXed out.
(can't get above 30 FPS)

 

Anyone here who plays mafia II? Can you tell me how many frames you get per second? Please.

 

The in-game camera.

 

I'm not usually playing the best and latest games, but everything I've tried on my JH works very well and I'm overall very impressed with the performance. I think I can forget Sandy Bridge and possibly be satisfied a fair amount of the way through Ivy Bridge with this machine.

 

LOL




The G73JH is just starting to show its age. Games are pushing it to the max.

 

As soon I get home for work I will mate

 

g73jh-a1, running great

recently sent it in for repasting for the gpu... was surprised <24 hours total in asus's repair shop but thats off topic

Lol at max cept max shadows 60 fps always.... and doesn't seem to even push the card into 700 mhz..... (it still runs fine at max, but i think it gets hung up occasionally when shadows maxxed so i leave it one down)

SC2-- runs fine don't really check many settings but im ultra or high across the board doesn't slow down in frames enough for me to notice.

Minecraft-- 60 fps+ never seem to be a problem for this game to slow down.

all in all love the performance still

 

I get 40-50 maxed out with no PhysX pretty much everywhere. 60 indoors.

 

can max settings in almost every game.
was having hard time in crysis 2 and the witcher 2 but after update to 275.33 the witcher 2 boost up from 22fps to 30fps resulting smooth gameplay in ultra without uber in 1080p Nice!
crysis 2 run very smooth with extreme settings without antialias in 1080p

content and satisfied with my G73SW.

 

I tried the benchmark you said, but i dont quite understand why it underperforms compared to the real game.

As an example, if i do very high with default AA and Blur (edge), my framerate stay within the 20's.
If i switch to the full game, using the sam map as the benchmark (central park) BUT with my mix of ultra/extreme/very high settings, i get well above 30's till into 45's.

If you want i can post a few screenshots of the settings as wel for reference.

 

Unless i have a different laptop, im not able to keep witcher 2 all ultra/no uber above 28fps mate.
What you disabled? IF i kill SSAO in the configurator well the game flies well above 35 fps, but not having SSAO in TW2 is overkill imho.

 

MSI 780R with GTX560M runs Crysis 2 (extreme, DX11, 1080) at 19.4fps:
Review MSI GT780R Notebook - Notebookcheck.net Reviews
about same what you getting in benchmark.
In "real game" you running mixed settings, DX9, or no tessellation, thats why IMO framerate is much higher.

 

Oops. My bad *going red in the face*

 

I play with PhysX on. Is it necessary? I mean, can I just disable it (play without PhysX)? What is the difference?

 

Nope mate, real game is set at dx11, with post processing to very high, anything else ultra and extreme.
I'll post a few screens later.
It's mixed settings yes but tessellation and dx11 Are enabled along hr textures.

 

I can't say that both those affermations are right, I also think that mostly is due the fact that the GPU was one of the first to be able of sustain FHD resolution... When I had the 1600x900 screen I had not a single issue with everything...

With FHD res I admit something I need to cut off something (even just AA or some shadow quality...)

Anyway I can't wait for the new 28/22 nm CPU and GPU... I wonder about the mobility ones being really that much powerless from the desktop couterparts...


PS

Really is nobody playing SHOGUN 2???

 

can I ask on which driver are you guys running the game on? I tried the latest driver from nVidia but it did not recognize so I have to settled with the stock one which is 267.54. The latest one is 275.50 right? Is there anyway I could install it, would it improve my system performance much?

Also while gaming do you guys turn off other processes or programs or just leave them running?

Much appreciated!

 

i oc it to 845/ 1525.
and driver 275.33 really boost performance.

of course i have to optimize my settings(trial and error). i know my settings is not the best. but you can see mine and copy if u like

Spoiler

[Engine]
CustomRenderingSettings=1
PerformancePlatform=3

[Graphics]
Brightness=1.12821
Gamma=1

[Input]
KeyboardLayout=QWERTY

[MouseInput]
SensitivityX=0.5
SensitivityY=0.5
Smoothness=1

[Rendering]
AllowAntialias=1
AllowBloom=1
AllowBlur=0
AllowCutsceneDOF=1
AllowDOF=0
AllowDecals=1
AllowMotionBlur=0
AllowRain=0
AllowSSAO=1
AllowScatterDOF=1
AllowShafts=1
AllowSharpen=1
AllowVignette=1
AtlasTextureDownscale=0
CharacterLodGameplayDownscale=1
DanglesLimiter=0
DetailTextureDownscale=0
FoliageDistanceScale=0.6
Fullscreen=1
MaxAtlasTextureSize=2048
MaxCubeShadowCount=1
MaxCubeShadowSize=1024
MaxSpotShadowCount=2
MaxSpotShadowSize=1024
MaxTextureSize=2048
MeshDistanceScale=0.7
ShadowQuality=0
ShadowedLights=2
TextureDownscale=0
TextureMemoryBudget=1500
TextureTimeBudget=10
UberSampling=0
VSync=0

[Viewport]
Height=1080
Width=1920

 

Ok heres my reports.
First the benchmark run. Notice that i ran it only 1 time, so performance could improve with 3 runs. Anyway.
Naturally discard the first greyed benchmark run since its not the one i did today. I was messing on battery so its old.


Now about the settings i was talking about, heres a few screenshots in the same level of the benchmark but with advanced graphics settings tweaked.
Althought its in italian it should be pretty much self explanatory.
Very High: Molto Elevata. Estrema: Extreme. So on.

Pics are resized to 800x600 for viewing, but i can give you original source links. DX11 enabled at 1080p with card oced as sig.
Only tweaks i made to my system are:
- TS running for throttling
- OC
- Disable Core Parking
- SP1
- Maximum Performance in NVCP and Single Display mode in NVCP
Anything else Asus vanilla (yes, the OS as well, didint quite reinstalled it).





Third pic is an heavy view of the square. Lot of lights, rain, fighting going on, and the framerate hoovers from 28.9 to 29.1. In some relative "paceful" sections, it reaches 40fps.
And as you can see,tessellation is active as well, just look at the floor.
Hope it helps

 

i72630qm GTX 460M @825/1650/1600 275.33 driver

is there anyone can go up as safe, this configiration is perfectly fine for me even in Crysis 2 with full settings and as 3D perfectly fine.

 

Impressive score, but cant be compared to our discussion because we're using 1080p panel, not the 768p 3d one.

If im doing my math right, im able to get 16k on 1280x1024 default in 3dmark06. If i drop to your res prolly ill end up with higher score.

As for Crysis 2, i think fps will get a niiice boost if i run it at your res. I may give it a go later.

But as i said we're talking about 1080p performance.

EDIT: so i did a 3dmark06 run, i made 16,840. Im not able to OC at your levels, my stable are 800/1600/1600. Prolly that 25mhz bump really helps.
About Crysis 2, i made a full run DX11/highres/Extreme with benchmark using central park map. I did a whopping 44.6 of average using 1366*768, which should be your screen res.

 

you totaly right, that s why I m planning to try this spec on 1920*1080 LG 22" with HDMI out, then it can be something similar to compare.
My point was actually to show people how max overclock is possible for GTX 460M, as you well know most people compare with 5870 but with overclocked 460M you can beat most of them

 

Nothing personal, but I don't care about screenshots (you can tweak them to show what you want other to see), that's why I ask for benchmark (thanks for that) witch shows IMO "exactly" how game runs on tested GPU (no tweaking/mixing/disabling).
BTW, this is video OC-ed GTX 560M, running Crysis 2 at 1080, hardcore/extreme DX9! (starts at 4:52s), check the framerate:
YouTube - ‪Crysis 2 on Asus G74SX GTX560M 3GB @ 940/1880/1500 Gamer/Hardcore‬&rlm;

 

It'll be comparable, but not quite apples to apples.

Hey, for a guy who can't spell properly, you've got pretty high expectations of others.

 

Of course you can disable it. PhysX adds some nifty effects and other subtle things but not necessary at all, it's mostly subtle eye candy. Personally if it's 30+ frames with it on then I'd just keep it on, it's more than playable.

That's because RTS's are poopy. ;D I kid.

 

Well you're welcome about the benchmark.
As for your a bit "harsh" sentence, i just want to make clear that i don't gain anything from faking screenshots and stuff. That's why i said that i can provide original source file, because by using one of the myriad of apps around the web you can identify if an image has been edited or not.
Also that video is useful only for those with a gtx560m, not for our 460. The newer card runs on a better fermi core revision, consumes less power, and overclocks easily. If you think how mine does, and its still an average overclocker (there are gtx46m that run on daily at 850/900mhz on core), it should explain how the newer core, starting from default clock (775mhz iirc) can break 900's barrier without problem.
I only hope that my screenshots helps other crysis 2 users into enjoyin a fine dx11 experience with higher details without having to scale back with settings.
And i posted them for the sake of the argument, as i mentioned those settings in our previous posts.

Now that i think about it:

So you're assuming, a bit harsh here as well, that i'm lying or that i'm a total noob because i dont even realize on what settings i'm running my game. I stated my tests are made with ingame options, not cfg/autoexec, in DX11 with High Res pack on. Hence the screenshots. But you don't care.
Dude with much respect, "nothing personal", your attitude sucks. Have fun.

 

well it looks so here

Prablably gonna move it on the xp hdd for some test and I'll report back if I see any improvement.

well you cannot make all people happy everything... ain't I right italian friend?

Anyway, new speculation:
How Do you Guys think that our G73JH Will handle BF3?

 

The g73jh is a great laptop. It will play most PC games maxed out with no issues. All I can say is that I wish the 5870m would have been more powerful enough to get higher/better frames on Crysis 2 or the Witcher 2, but granted how good the games look, its asking a bit much. Other than that, definitely no complaints.

Going off of pure speculation and assuming BF3 graphics settings will be the standard low, med, high, and ultra.....I would say that the g73jh would handle it at steady frames on MEDIUM.

Yes its going to be fully optimized (since its being made for the PC), but damn its such a good looking game I highly doubt a single 5870m would be able to keep playable frames at high settings or above.

 

Absolutely not, i cant make everyone happy. I wish i could tho
I was just pointing out what i didnt like, but maybe i spent too much words.
Sometimes shooting a "whatever" does the trick.

My guess about BF3: medium settings with no AA, should be fine.

 

So heres my run compared to gentech video. Clocks are in sig:



In that small footage of the same level, central park, the average is around 27.2-28 as far as i understand, with small spikes into 30's.
I guess that my run with more than 100mhz less on the card does stand in a very good spot.

 

What is your 3DMark06 (DX9) benchscore @ 1280x1024 (standard test)?

 

Its 15,846 Pts at sig clocks.
At 1366x768 is 16,736pts.

keep in mind that 275.33 whql have worse score in 3dmark06 but higher in 3dmark11 (p2245).
Stock drivers have an higher score actually, being 16,122pts at default res, but they performs noticiably worse in almost every game compared to 275.33.
Also DX9 graphics are broken in Crysis 2 with 275.33, but in dx11 everything is fine and better than stock drivers.

 

If that's your explanation for weaker GPU running game better (on more demanding settings), sorry to say, but didn't work with me.

Good to know, there's still classy users on NBR forum .

 

I don't want to say, but 16100-16300+ is usually the norm for 1280x1024 res. OC'ed, and it should be the same OC while running games..

You can go higher than 800 core and still stay stable.

17K plus score on lower res. It's always 1280x1024 w/c is the standard res. for the test, even Notebook check does it this way, and as everybody here on this forum.

We all use 275.33 whql.. Also 2390-2400+ is standard for 3DMark11 on Performance mode (460M OC'ed).

 

as in benchmark(3dmark06 and 3dmark11)

275.33 really boost fps for newer games( crysis2, the witcher, dirt3 )
and slow down in older games (BFBC)