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    6990M Poor Performance

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by naldem01, Aug 30, 2011.

  1. naldem01

    naldem01 Newbie

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    Hey guys, just bought a new Clevo P150HMA (with the 6990M). When I first got it and loaded it up, the VGA driver on the Clevo disk wouldn't work, so they gave me the newest driver. I installed that, and I got terrible FPS (like crysis 2 ultra 15 fps, Mafia 2 ultra 25 fps, Bulletstorm ultra 20 fps - i say ultra for these games, cause I used the notebookcheck ultra settings) and graphics score of 10,000 on 3D Mark Vantage (should be 13,000 at least). I dropped the laptop off back to the producers, and they said that bios component of the graphics card was accidently not updated properly, and that the laptop is now getting 14,000 on 3D Mark Vantage (with their harddrive). I picked up the laptop and tested it again, to receive about 10,000 again for the graphics score. I tried out the games again and got about 27fps Crysis 2, 45fps Mafia 2 and 29 Bulletstorm, which I guess is an improvement. These scores aren't right, are they? I'm going to have to take in my laptop again, I think. Does anyone know what's going on?

    Cheers
     
    naldem01, Aug 30, 2011
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  2. 3demons

    3demons Battlefield 3 Ace

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    first you want to rule out the idea of it being a driver issue. id do an uninstall of all old video drivers, reboot in safe, use driver sweeper and sweep just for AMD drivers, then get the 11.8 driver update from AMD for your card. hope this helps!
     
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  3. naldem01

    naldem01 Newbie

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    To be honest, I don't know too much about computers. How do you uninstall ALL old video drivers? What is driver sweeper?
     
    naldem01, Aug 30, 2011
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  4. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your best bet is to post in the Clevo forums here. A lot of users just stay inside their vendor forum for the most part.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Aug 30, 2011
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  5. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    I dont know how a HD 6990m is supposed to perform but my HD 6970m does around 20 to 25 in Crysis 2 (Dx11, High Res Textures and Ultra preset at 1920x1080) when i OC to 850 core and 1100 memory.
     
    DEagleson, Aug 30, 2011
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  6. 3demons

    3demons Battlefield 3 Ace

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    wow... i get about 30-47 on crysis 2, with everything maxed.
     
    3demons, Aug 30, 2011
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  7. R3d

    R3d Notebook Virtuoso

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    ...But you have 2 of them.
     
    R3d, Aug 30, 2011
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  8. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Yeah, my Clevo P170HMx does not got the space for two cards. xD
    Still i want to keep my games at 60fps stable so i tend to play on lower graphic settings.
     
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  9. 3demons

    3demons Battlefield 3 Ace

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    oh! my bad, i didnt realize that you only had one. i thought it was dual as well.. >.< lol, i forgot im out of the m18x forum.

    haha, sorry m8.

    cheers.
     
    3demons, Aug 30, 2011
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  10. mangos47

    mangos47 Notebook Consultant

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    why 60fps. 30fps is all good to me, and almost all of my friends who play similar games, crysis2, CoD-BO, SC2 etc.
     
    mangos47, Aug 30, 2011
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  11. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    For me 60fps offers the best smoothness overall.
    And it also matches up to my screens refreshrate perfectly.
    Some games that where designed for lower fps (console ports) like Crysis 2 feels like its fast forwarding at 60fps though. :(
     
    DEagleson, Aug 31, 2011
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