The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Asus G71GX-A2 performance issues... please help.

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Mace10, Nov 19, 2009.

  1. Mace10

    Mace10 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    34
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    My new laptop that I received yesterday is having some serious performance issues when it comes to gaming.

    Virtually all of my installed games, most notably Half-Life 2, encounter very inconsistent framerates about 15-20 minutes after the game has been started up.

    I talked with Asus and they suggested that I update my video drivers, which I did and to no avail.

    I've provided a video displaying what exactly I'm talking about, please take the time to watch it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzrE7tWxQkU

    Thank you for any feedback or insight you may have towards resolving this issue.
     
    Mace10, Nov 19, 2009
    #1
  2. ren3g7ade

    ren3g7ade Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    140
    Messages:
    464
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Dox's NVidia drivers ( v185.85)

    It took care of all my framerate/performance issues.
     
    ren3g7ade, Nov 19, 2009
    #2
  3. Mace10

    Mace10 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    34
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I'm interested in trying it out, but what exactly is it? And what is it about it that fixes the problems I've been having?
     
    Mace10, Nov 19, 2009
    #3
  4. Mace10

    Mace10 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    34
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    tried it out, didn't seem to do much good.... :-\ oh well... guess I'll try a system restore and if that doesn't work, sendin' it into Asus for a replacement. *sigh*
     
    Mace10, Nov 19, 2009
    #4
  5. ren3g7ade

    ren3g7ade Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    140
    Messages:
    464
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    31
    PM sent with instructions on what I did to resolve my issues. Good luck!
     
    ren3g7ade, Nov 19, 2009
    #5
  6. ren3g7ade

    ren3g7ade Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    140
    Messages:
    464
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    31
    The beeping you are hearing is the PC speaker making noises because your computer is momentarily locking up and then returning control. You might also consider purchasing a notebook cooler for the laptop. The one I use is in my signature.
     
    ren3g7ade, Nov 19, 2009
    #6
  7. Amnesiac

    Amnesiac 404

    Reputations:
    1,312
    Messages:
    3,433
    Likes Received:
    20
    Trophy Points:
    106
    Could be a heat problem...undervolt that sucker.

    And ren3g7ade, does the G71 even support 12GB? If not, then how did you get that much in yours?
     
    Amnesiac, Nov 20, 2009
    #7