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    Asus A8JM + Counter-strike

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jlazz, Aug 2, 2006.

  1. jlazz

    jlazz Notebook Guru

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    I tried to play counter-strike on my Asus A8JM, but for some reason the fps is locked at 30...anyone know how to bypass this and see my real fps? I entered fps_max "101" and did the normal rates, but its still locked at 30 in every resolution I try.
     
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    It sounds to me like theres a frame cap of 30fps, there must be an option somewhere to disable it.
     
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    try turning off vsync
     
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    I turned off vsync and even downloaded refresh force to make sure it wasn't my monitor's refresh rate that was causing it...still no change.
     
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    whats the graphics card on that computer?!... ..

    cause i can play cs 1.6 i assume thats what your playing.. with an 8 mb graphics card and get about 20-30fps.. but it never locks...

    you know what it might have something to do with the 512mb dedicated card that is stuck in those a8jm... i heard about people in BF2 have these crazy artifacts when using that card, maybe in cs it just locks the fps because it thinks the card is faulty or something of that nature... i would contact your vendor or asus... and ask about that....
     
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    I turned it off in my video card control panel, but I don't know how to do it in cs 1.6 - never knew there was an option?

    Also...I think I have the latest video card drivers and I downloaded DirectX 9.0 - could DirectX be a factor?

    "whats the graphics card on that computer?!... .."

    NVidia GeForce Go7600 512MB VRAM
     
    jlazz, Aug 3, 2006
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    Probably the Vsync which is doing it but i cannot tell you how to turn it off for CS 1.6. If you want to turn it off from your Nvidia driver right click on the desktop-> Nvidia display -> click on laptop display ->Scroll to performance and quality settings and clck on it -> turn Vsync off.

    I have the a8jm with stock drivers and get around 100FPS in half life 2 with everything maxed out. You should have no problems with frame rates.
     
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    I have one question. I don't know what is exactly vsync, could you explain me? And how I know if I have this activated in my x700. I found something in the control panel saying: Direct3d->aplication preference , OpenGL->enabled by default. Thanks!
     
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  10. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Vsync is when the game maxes out ur fps depending on ur screen refresh rate. For most screens, thats 60hz so with vsync on ur not gonna go over 60fps. Teh reason is because the game will look better when the fps matches the screen refresh rate.
    U can check in the gpus settings and there should be a section marked vsync either on or off.
     
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    EDIT...I fixed it! I uninstalled the drivers and downloaded newer ones off guru3d and now w/ developer 1 on and fps_max 1000 I get constant 1000 fps..this laptop is a beast, but obviously ima keep it at 100, but I wanted to see its potential..thats crazy
     
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