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    FPS issues

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jntar, Nov 8, 2009.

  1. jntar

    jntar Notebook Guru

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    Quick run down. Every 3 seconds I get a drop in fps. No matter what the 3d application. In game its from 60 to 10 then back to 60 every 3 seconds. In ATI tool it even does it.


    It started with Assassin's Creed, which you can see my thread here. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=427407

    Now after testing and doing everything recomended I find its not just limited to that game.
    Borderlands, Assassin's Creed, Day of Defeat, CounterStrike, and even ATI tools 3d view.

    Short video of ATI tool doing it.
    http://www.filefront.com/14887253/fpsissues.wmv


    Tempatures...
    cpu 68-70*max
    GPU 63* idle and 79* max in game, average in game is 76-77*


    System
    Toshiba Satellite P105
    T2600 @ 2.35Ghz
    7900 GS 450/550
    2Gb PC-5300 DDR2
    200 Gb Hitachi (40Gb solo OS, rest partitioned to game as such)
    Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600


    Tried multiple drivers, cleaned the computer, have no idea...
     
    jntar, Nov 8, 2009
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  2. jntar

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    Nothing huh?
     
    jntar, Nov 14, 2009
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    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    maybe a power saving utility? Is there a virus scan or something like an active firewall running in the background?
     
    redrazor11, Nov 14, 2009
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    Avast is running, but it does it with it turned off as well. I have windows firewall on.

    No power saving that I am aware of, I have everything I can think of set to performance.
     
    jntar, Nov 14, 2009
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    Just wanted to update this...Im still lost but I somewhat fixed the issue.

    SO the first throttle starts at 74*c when the gpu fan kicks on high. Then it doesnt start again until it gets to the 79* mark where it continues to do so.

    However, I fixed the issue and arose another.
    In Rivatuner I made my system force detect a 7900 GT/GTO and all throttle issues have disappeared, however, in game I now run at a temp of 87*c.

    Kinda hot if you ask me...
     
    jntar, Dec 3, 2009
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    Tried another set of drivers same thing.

    Setup as 7900 Go GS, fps fluctuates at 74* when fan kicks on first and 79* where it continues to do so until the end of time.

    Setup at 7900 GT/GTO no issues of fluctuations, but I do however get a loss of performance. My assumption is that since the card runs hotter than 79* its not fluctuating.

    What could cause this? I guess a better question would be, how can I change my set up where it would run at say 82-84* instead of 79* so this is fixed.
     
    jntar, Dec 5, 2009
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