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    Left 4 Dead performance issue on XPS m1530

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by conzy, Oct 19, 2009.

  1. conzy

    conzy Notebook Guru

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    Just fired up Left 4 Dead on my machine and im having some issues with it..

    It flies along at around 70-120fps but randomnly drops to 20fps... its extremely annoying and I have no idea whats causing it, I'm using the laptopvideo2go 191.56 Windows7 64bit driver..

    Laptop specs:
    2.4ghz T8600 Core 2 Duo
    4gigs of ram
    8600m GT 256mb
    etc etc

    Im running all low settings at 1280*800 and care more about framerate than eye candy.. Any ideas?
     
    conzy, Oct 19, 2009
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  2. mew1838

    mew1838 Team Teal

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    Try official drivers like my current favorite, the 186.42
     
    mew1838, Oct 19, 2009
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  3. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    NVDIA's 186.81 drivers are the official ones so get them... they're found on the NVDIA website.. if i were you i wouldn't use the 186.42 drivers.. ppl have stability issues and powermizer issues... get 186.81..
     
    sean473, Oct 19, 2009
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  4. mew1838

    mew1838 Team Teal

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    its 186.82 that have powermizer issue, don't diss my drivers...
     
    mew1838, Oct 19, 2009
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  5. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    um actually its 186.81 with the most recent powermizer issues. 186.82 was the only one I could get to work properly. 186.42 had me hitting in the high 70s low 80s when idling (compared to 42-45C atm w. 186.82)
     
    Lanaya, Oct 19, 2009
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  6. Soviet Sunrise

    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    Both 186.81 and 186.82 have the downclocking issues. From my observation, it happens with different notebooks. Some may have the issue, some may not.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 19, 2009
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