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    Really bad FPS drops constantly

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by parkjoony, Mar 17, 2010.

  1. parkjoony

    parkjoony Notebook Guru

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    I recently started to have really bad FPS drops.
    Whenever i play any type of games, Frame rates drops by half if not more every few second to minutes constantly.
    I thought it might've been a bad driver install but even tho I reinstalled 10.3 preview it still had the same problem. I also reverted back to an older driver but still had the same problem.
    I am using A08 Bios + 130w adapter.
    Please if anyone know the solution please tell me!!
    Thanks
     
    parkjoony, Mar 17, 2010
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    ronnieb Representing the Canucks

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    Try cleaning out the vents? Sounds like a throttling issue.
     
    ronnieb, Mar 17, 2010
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    Snalceeyes Notebook Guru

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    This. I also had the same problem, then i've cleaned the vents and oula it works like a charm.
     
    Snalceeyes, Mar 17, 2010
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    joehempel Notebook Consultant

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    Have you checked the GPU temperature? My GPU was throttling like crazy until I put new thermal paste on. I found out after taking my laptop apart to apply it that there was next to no thermal paste on the GPU.

    After putting the new stuff on, everything worked so much better.
     
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    parkjoony Notebook Guru

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    I dont see any dust on the vents but just incase i used my mini vacuum to suck up stuffs i don't see. I also downloaded HWmoniter but it doesnt show the GPU Temps.... weird.
     
    parkjoony, Mar 17, 2010
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    parkjoony Notebook Guru

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    Might've been the vents -_-'.. Very hot air blows out of the vents but due to the moniter covering the vents, hot air escalate inside the system, so it gets hotter so I tried bending the moniter a bit less so that the vent air flow would more easier, i tried my programs again, it still lag a bit when it gets really hot, but it seems it it occurs less than before..
    Is there any way to fix this since the vents seems clean and i doubt its dust that preventing a good airflow....
     
    parkjoony, Mar 17, 2010
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    Bowlerguy92 Notebook Deity

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    I had the same issue, I called Dell and they sent out a new motherboard and CPU heatsink since the CPU was what was heating up, long story short my wireless and multimedia touch strip don't work now on my SXPS 16 but that's not typical. I would recommend you call Dell and go through the same process that I did, it's really the only way to fix the issue.
     
    Bowlerguy92, Mar 17, 2010
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