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    Gamin using AMD Radeon? HD 7670M from external power dock

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by rla1999, Oct 6, 2012.

  1. rla1999

    rla1999 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just purchased a Sony Z series Laptop with an external Power Dock. This Dock comes with an AMD Radeon™ HD 7670M video card. I played a couple of games with it and noticed the games sometimes lag. It's not continuous play. I was wondering if it's because of the AMD card being external? Or if it was due to having an older AMD driver? Or lastly if it was due to the game settings possibly being set too high? I did not change them manually. The games selected them for me.

    Any input you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks
     
    rla1999, Oct 6, 2012
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  2. littlecx

    littlecx Notebook Deity

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    maybe u can get a 7970m and put it into the dock?
     
    littlecx, Oct 6, 2012
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  3. Quix Omega

    Quix Omega Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't think so, it's more likely that the issue is that the 7670M is not a very powerful graphics card. 1206.6 on 3Dmark11 is not very good. I recommend turning down graphics options.
     
    Quix Omega, Oct 6, 2012
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  4. hockeymass

    hockeymass that one guy

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    The settings you're running the games at are too high. Turn them down or lower the resolution.
     
    hockeymass, Oct 6, 2012
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  5. Silverfern

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    are you getting a frame rate drop or more of a system freeze kind of lag
     
    Silverfern, Oct 6, 2012
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