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    Guild wars FPS drops

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by petaaah, Aug 7, 2008.

  1. petaaah

    petaaah Newbie

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    Hi, I got a problem with Guild Wars. First I'm playing on a Inspiron 1720 with windows vista, 8600m GT.

    When I'm playing, the first 5 min. are going just fine.. 60 fps! but after 5min. the screen and sounds freezes for 2-3 seconds. Than my fps dropped to 30 fps! after another 5 min. the screen freezes again and my fps drops to 20 fps! and so on.. :(

    I really want to play this game, but isn't really possible this way :(

    How to solve? Thx in advance!

    PS: I discovered with GPU-Z that first my clocks are 475/400, than after the freeze it's 275/200, and than it's 170/100!
     
    petaaah, Aug 7, 2008
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  2. Budding

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    When the FPS drops, alt tab into Windows, open Task Manager, and see which process is eating up your resources apart from gw.exe
     
    Budding, Aug 7, 2008
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    petaaah Newbie

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    Nothing really... but I discovered with GPU-Z that first my clocks are 475/400, than after the freeze it's 275/200, and than it's 170/100!
     
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    You're not blocking any vents are you? I am unfamiliar with Dell models, so you might want to post a similar thread like this in the Dell forum or request to have this moved to the Dell forum, where someone might be able to explain the reason for the downclocking.
     
    Budding, Aug 8, 2008
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    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    Download HWMonitor and then run the game until it starts to get a decrease in FPS. Then ALT+Tab out and check what your temperatures are at. Sounds to me like your GPU is getting too hot and downclocking to cool off.
     
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    Well.. my temperature when it's clocking down is 60-62.. So I don't think that's the problem..
     
    petaaah, Aug 8, 2008
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