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    Asus UL80 graphics not kicking in?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Ric0h, Jan 23, 2011.

  1. Ric0h

    Ric0h Notebook Guru

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    Am using nvidia gpu state viewer to see if its activate. And it always shows as "Off"

    Is there a way i can manually activate/ disable it?

    I am getting slow FPS on games such as Combat arms 0.0 (low specs game)

    Any other drivers I can try other than the latest (08/2010) asus drivers?
    Nvidia optimus is lame.
     
    Ric0h, Jan 23, 2011
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  2. tinkeringmc

    tinkeringmc Notebook Consultant

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    funny you should say, im having what sounds like same issue with my ul80vt.

    i havnt updated anything yet. but in an FPS game i play, i usually get 90fps on dedicted, then when i switch to the igp i get 30-40fps. now often when im on high performance, it usually stays between 90-95. sometimes however it will go 30-100 within a second fluctuating. its almost as if its swapping between the two. in other words selecting high performance does not seem to be keeping it at dedicated GPU.
     
    tinkeringmc, Jan 23, 2011
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