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    NP9130 - Poor GPU perfomance compared to HD4000

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by tvetter05, Oct 9, 2012.

  1. tvetter05

    tvetter05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I have had the NP9130 (GTX 670m) for about 2 months. When I use Google SketchUp 8 Pro I experience unusually poor performance while panning and orbiting around scenes, such as stuttering and lagging, and its not even a very complex model. But when I set Sketchup to use the HD4000 instead of dedicated via the Optimus control panel the program is smooth as butter. I have latest updates for both NVIDIA and Intel. SketchUp uses OpenGL.

    Thanks for any help.
     
    tvetter05, Oct 9, 2012
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  2. b0b1man

    b0b1man Notebook Deity

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    It might be that the settings are reversed, so when you choose the HD4000 (integrated) it actually switched on the gtx670m.
    Just a thought...

    Or, maybe the gtx670m lacks good OpenGL support. I remember some new videocards performing worse in OLD GAMES who use OpenGL than the corresponding old cards, which run them perfectly.
     
    b0b1man, Oct 10, 2012
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