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    Possible g73jh dud

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by electric_buck, Mar 20, 2011.

  1. electric_buck

    electric_buck Notebook Consultant

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    K so i play sc2 quite a bit (3k masters atm) and i'm only getting about 30 fps max on low settings (with itunes in the background)....kinda weird isn't it? Should I rma it? I'm thinking I could've messed it up playing monday night combat cuz it shut off several times due to really high temps (after some trouble shooting I noticed they were reaching 100c :O - something you wouldn't expect from a laptop of this caliber). I haven't done any bios updates and I have the model newegg was selling a year ago (1920 x 1280, 500g hard drive, 8 gigs of memory, ODD: dvd, etc.). Fast answers would be appreciated this is the only week I can rma it since college starts again next week! thanks!
     
    electric_buck, Mar 20, 2011
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  2. Amitosh

    Amitosh Notebook Consultant

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    Are you playing on battery?

    Plug your laptop in and choose high performance mode in power4gear.
     
    Amitosh, Mar 20, 2011
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    CrappyAlloy Notebook Evangelist

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    Even with stock video drivers the and stock vBios you should be able to hit 40's max settings.

    I agree with Amitosh, but also make sure none of the more "in-depth" settings have been changed or changed on accident. Make sure CCC is set to Maximum Performance, and make sure under P4G that the processor is set to 100% on both as well as Maximum Processor Performance
     
    CrappyAlloy, Mar 20, 2011
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    its probably overheating and going under throttling to prevent thermal shutdown. You can consider repasting.
     
    frosty5689, Mar 20, 2011
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    that's the issue probably.. also your vBIOS needs to be updated and new drivers have to be used if you want better performamce.
     
    TomJG90, Mar 20, 2011
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    The JH doesn't seem to throttle before shutting down, that's more an nVidia issue. Starcraft 2 doesn't play nice with zerg and high FPS, terran and toss you should get 40fps at FHD in high, but you won't get quite that with zerg. All the effects for rendering the creep really kill fps.
     
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  7. electric_buck

    electric_buck Notebook Consultant

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    thanks for the answers guys. Ya it's definitely plugged in and in the entertainment setting. I still have the default bios and drivers I'll try updating them...wish me luck!

    dayum everything looks soooooo much better in ultra :(
     
    electric_buck, Mar 21, 2011
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    xxERIKxx Notebook Deity

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    Pick the high performance setting. I always have issues with games if I am in anything but high performance.
     
    xxERIKxx, Mar 21, 2011
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