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    I Am Alive Nvidia Geforce GTX 680M under utilization?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Nothing.To.Lose, Oct 2, 2012.

  1. Nothing.To.Lose

    Nothing.To.Lose Notebook Consultant

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    Hello guys,

    As the title states, I can barely get over 20 fps in I Am Alive. I get under 10 fps on high settings and I get 18 on low, afterburner says my gpu is at 0%
    This is on high using my 680M
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    This is on low using my 680M
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    Any ideas on why?
     
    Nothing.To.Lose, Oct 2, 2012
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  2. R3d

    R3d Notebook Virtuoso

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    Are you sure you're running it on the 680m and not the Intel HD4000?
     
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  3. Nothing.To.Lose

    Nothing.To.Lose Notebook Consultant

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    I have set I Am Alive to force run on high performance nvidia gpu and it is not running on my 680M
     
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  4. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I did see this claim:

    " *I Am Alive is not designed to be compatible with Crossfire and SLI setups. Be advised that if you encounter performance issues with I am Alive, try temporarily disabling SLI/Crossfire as part of your troubleshooting."

    Not sure if that means Optimus could be problematic as well.

    Also, download and update "dxwebsetup" from here and run it: Download: DirectX End-User Runtime - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details

    Updating DirectX sometimes fixes odd issues too. Also, may seem like a stupid question but you're not gaming on battery are you? Also check to see if you are on "high performance" mode.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 2, 2012
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  5. Nothing.To.Lose

    Nothing.To.Lose Notebook Consultant

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    Its running on it now, the utilization changed to 90+ but I'm only getting 20 fps. My laptop should be able to destroy this game
     
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  6. TR2N

    TR2N Notebook Deity

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    I have played this on my 6990m and it runs great. Not sure what is happening here with all the new P170EM owners. I haste to say that the OP has some issues not with enduro but with optimus... LOL

    Just j/king... seriously though you should be running in widescreen mode and not 4:3. All your options should be on max as I easily run >60 fps on my 6990m with max settings.

    Bets of luck. :)
     
    TR2N, Oct 2, 2012
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