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    GTX 680M Borderlands 2 performance

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by umkc, Oct 15, 2012.

  1. umkc

    umkc Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    I have Clevo P150EM with 3720QM and GTX 680M. Can anyone with similar config tell me how it performs while running borderlands 2?

    I tried playing with everything in high settings. FPS drops to 30-40 from 60 when there is intense firefights going on the screen.

    is this normal behavior?
     
    umkc, Oct 15, 2012
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  2. ratchetnclank

    ratchetnclank Notebook Deity

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    Thats the physX working its gpu intensive magic.
     
    ratchetnclank, Oct 15, 2012
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  3. umkc

    umkc Notebook Consultant

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    should i dial down the physics? would that help?
     
    umkc, Oct 15, 2012
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    Yes
    10char
     
    jaug1337, Oct 15, 2012
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  5. umkc

    umkc Notebook Consultant

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    lol at your reply :)
     
    umkc, Oct 15, 2012
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    A patch is coming out to fix the performance
     
    Zero989, Oct 15, 2012
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  7. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    You have 3720QM, a decent CPU. You could try letting the CPU do the PhysX instead and see if that helps.
    EDIT: Nevermind. Seems that having the GPU do the work gives you a lot more frames. Gotta love Nvidia :thumbsup:

    [​IMG]
     
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  8. umkc

    umkc Notebook Consultant

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    how do i do that? can you please give me some instructions?
     
    umkc, Oct 15, 2012
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    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    See my edit above. :)
     
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    Have you tried playing with the PhysX turned down or disabled? I had a similar issue and when I disabled PhysX altogether it was a MUCH smoother experience and the loss of PhysX was....really not that noticable (to me anyway). Id say try turning off and if you dont notice much change graphically stick with it and ditch the performance hit.
     
    KyleGates, Oct 16, 2012
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  11. umkc

    umkc Notebook Consultant

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    What renders PhysX? CPU or GPU?

    i am not very good at this technical stuff. generally for a PC game, what does CPU do compared to GPU? when i go into graphics options, how would i know which settings affect CPU vs GPU?
     
    umkc, Oct 16, 2012
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