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    G2S video card running slow

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by dhlee528, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. dhlee528

    dhlee528 Notebook Enthusiast

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    as you can see from the screen shot my 8600m GT is running at PCIe x1

    So I emailed Asus tech support and they don't believe in CPUZ nor everest

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    I also have ubuntu running on my laptop and it report the same

    I called tech support and they don't believe me so...

    what should I do next?
     
    dhlee528, Feb 25, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Run a game, alt+tab out of it and check if it's still at 1x.
    Also, try put your computer into the 'High Performance' power plan.
     
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    I did all that and still the same...

    sometimes when I reboot it goes up to x4
    but never x8 nor x16..
     
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    How is your gaming and 3Dmark scores?
     
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    haven't tried yet
    I'll do it now
     
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    here is my 3dmark 06 score
     

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    Hmm....
    Asus G2S-A1 (2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T7500, nVidia GeForce 8600M GT 256MB) 3,814

    Something appears to be affected...

    Have you reinstalled windows, or updated any drivers?
     
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    as for reinstalling windows I haven't since october
    and it was working fine then,
    if it was windows problem it wouldn't show up in ubuntu..
    but it show up in ubuntu so..I guess it's hardware problem

    also I changed driver few hour ago to test it
    I got it from laptopvideo2go
    also when I look at SI.xml form 3dmark06 system info
    it also says PCI ex link is running at x1


    driver version is 179.36
     
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    It is probably stuck at x1 as you think.

    Yeah, I forgot that you wrote it was happening in ubuntu as well.

    Why don't you contact Asus again and tell them that your computer gets 2604 in 3dmark06 while it's supposed to get around 3814.

    Just wondering, what resolution/settings did you test at?
     
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    I reintall chipset driver hour ago and tried ASUS driver and doesn't work..

    also sometimes when I tried to boot it show black screen

    but I can here the G2S boot sound

    I think it's gonna die soon..

    but winter quarter is almost over..

    so I'm gonna send in during spring break..
     
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    Could you download HWMonitor and check your GPU's temperature?

    Btw, have you ever read any of these articles?

    Do you still have warranty?
     
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    1280x1024

    no AA

    Filtering Optimal

    HLSL VS&PS 3_0

    no repeated
     
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    right now I'm using notebook cooler and i opened windows, outside temp is 45F or 7.2c

    GPU temp is 56c or 132F
     
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    I got 6month left I bought in august 07

    yep i read those threads and I asked ASUS and they said mine was fine.. but i doubt it now
     
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    Definitely send it in since you had problems turning it on sometimes.
     
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    okay I'll
    I'll just have to wait till spring break..
    I got project due coming up..
    and need to use laptop..

    Thank you very much!!
     
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    Back up your files just in case.
     
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    Okay, I'll just have to buy new hard drive..

    my desktop is running low on space...
    and I need to back up about 100gig..

    Thank you for the advices!!
     
    dhlee528, Feb 25, 2009
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