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    ASUS G1S on an external LCD HDTV - slower performance?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by hairdewx, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. hairdewx

    hairdewx Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am connecting my ASUS G1S-A1 laptop to a 37" LCD HDTV through a VGA cable at a resolution of 1280 x 720 @ 60 Hz. The main laptop screen is disabled.

    I am using the default installed drivers from ASUS.

    When I play games I can notice much slower performance. In 3DMark06 I am only getting a score of 1937 while connected to the HDTV. That's half the normal score I usually get when running on the native screen.

    Is this normal? Am I missing a setting? Driver problem?
     
    hairdewx, Jan 19, 2008
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    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    Is the screen only closed or HDTV set as primary and LCD disabled in the nvidia control panel?
     
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    hairdewx Notebook Enthusiast

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    The HDTV is set as the primary display, and the laptop monitor is disabled in the nvidia control panel.
     
    hairdewx, Jan 19, 2008
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    hairdewx Notebook Enthusiast

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    hmmm... I disconnected it from the HDTV and now I still am getting scores of about 2000 with 3Dmark06...

    I even installed the 167.49 drivers

    What the heck is going on???
     
    hairdewx, Jan 19, 2008
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    hairdewx Notebook Enthusiast

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    well I downloaded ntune and it says my GPU core is running at 275 MHz, and my GPU memory is at 300 MHz...
     
    hairdewx, Jan 20, 2008
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    I found the problem.

    My power plan was set to battery saving, instead of high performance, doh!

    I also set my card to 525/775 for good measure and got 4350 in 3Dmark06
     
    hairdewx, Jan 20, 2008
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