sager 8170/ 6990m

Hey guys, I have an 8170 with a 6990 and I play a lot of starcraft2. I had to send my laptop back a couple weeks after getting it due to a sound issue. However ive noticed that since having it wiped out and sent back that the FPS in SC2 seems to have dropped pretty bad. As soon as a start up a 1v1 on ultra settings with the highest resolution I sit around 40fps but when battles start happening I drop south of 20 Fps. This cant be normal right? ive tried reinstalling the drivers from ATI but nothing seems to be raising my FPS. Also i noticed that the game itself is recommending me to play the game on lower settings which i dont think it had before? Any recommendations or tips would be greatly appreciated!

 

Version: 1.0.1
SystemInfo Version: 3.54
4/23/12 7:56:06 PM
Id: 3261236
Score:
P3224 3DMarks
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AMD Radeon HD 6990M video card 3DMark 11 benchmark test score
Name

Description

Processor
Processor
Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor
Processor clock2793 MHz
Physical / logical processors1 / 8
# of cores4
Graphics Card
Graphics Card
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
VendorUnknown
# of cards1
SLI / CrossFire Off
Memory2048 MB
Core clock715 MHz
Memory clock900 MHz
Driver name
Driver version8.951.0.0
Driver statusNot FM Approved
General
Operating system64-bit Windows 7 (6.1.7601)
MotherboardCLEVO P170HMx
Memory8192 MB
Module 1
2048 MB Samsung 9 @ 667 MHz
Module 2
2048 MB Samsung 9 @ 667 MHz
Module 3
2048 MB Samsung 9 @ 667 MHz
Module 4
2048 MB Samsung 9 @ 667 MHz
Detailed scores
3DMark ScoreP3224
Graphics Score2946
Physics Score6467
Combined Score3094
GraphicsTest114.95 FPS
GraphicsTest215.08 FPS
GraphicsTest317.41 FPS
GraphicsTest48.22 FPS
PhysicsTest20.53 FPS
CombinedTest14.39 FPS
Settings
Default settings used Yes
EditionBasic
Screen Width1280
Screen Height720
Msaa Sample Count1
Texture Filtering ModeTrilinear
Max Af Anisotropy1
Tessellation Detail5
Max Tessellation Factor10
ShadowMapSize5
Shadow Cascade Count4
Surface Shadow Sample Count16
Volumetric Illumination Quality5
Ambient Occlusion Quality5
Depth Of Field Quality5
Enable Window ModeOff
Enable Vertical SyncOff
Enable Triple BufferingOff
Enable WireframeOff
Color Saturation100%

 

thats my 3d mark 11 reading and also it shot out this:

Your result has the following problem(s) and will not be shown for example on leaderboards:
Unable to verify AMD Catalyst tessellation setting, result invalid. (What is this?)
Graphics driver is not approved (What is this?)

 

Try removing all of your ATI drivers first, I would recommend using Driver Sweeper - Download.com in Safe Mode (access tapping F8 key during bootup) to make sure you remove all of the old ATI drivers.
Then try installing the drivers originally supplied with your Sager first to see if you have any issues.
Also, do you have any other games to test? Just to see if it only isolated to SC2 or if it affecting other games.

 

on the test i got roughly 15 fps? seems weird again, thank you for any help or info offered

 

You need to be getting around 85-120fps in the beginning of a 1v1 match.
In battles, you need to be getting more than 50fps in 1v1.
Settings: maxed out.

If you are getting less, then something is wrong and needs to be fixed. Either overheating, or bad thermal paste job, or driver issue, or insufficient power supply, or bad OS install.

 

Yea, something is definitely wrong. I know this is a bit obvious but have you made sure you're in high performance mode?? Also, have you disabled GPU acceleration for flash video? AMD still had a bug where, say, you have a youtube video in the background and you have hardware acceleration enabled for flash, if you play a game or something the GPU will be stuck in its medium clocks until you close any flash instance that is running. You can try to confirm if this is the problem by opening any monitoring software (gpu-z? AMD's own CCC), alt-tab to your game, wait a few seconds, alt tab out and look at the clocks.



You should easily be able to get at least P3500 on 3dmark11

 

deleted all video drivers and redid the test and this is what came out

 

Version: 1.0.1
SystemInfo Version: 3.54
4/23/12 8:51:39 PM
Id: 3261555
Score:
P3493 3DMarks
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AMD Radeon HD 6990M video card 3DMark 11 benchmark test score
Name

Description

Processor
Processor
Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor
Processor clock2993 MHz
Physical / logical processors1 / 8
# of cores4
Graphics Card
Graphics Card
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
VendorUnknown
# of cards1
SLI / CrossFire Off
Memory2048 MB
Core clock715 MHz
Memory clock900 MHz
Driver name
Driver version8.850.0.0
Driver statusFM Approved
General
Operating system64-bit Windows 7 (6.1.7601)
MotherboardCLEVO P170HMx
Memory8192 MB
Module 1
2048 MB Samsung 9 @ 667 MHz
Module 2
2048 MB Samsung 9 @ 667 MHz
Module 3
2048 MB Samsung 9 @ 667 MHz
Module 4
2048 MB Samsung 9 @ 667 MHz
Detailed scores
3DMark ScoreP3493
Graphics Score3215
Physics Score6454
Combined Score3363
GraphicsTest115.07 FPS
GraphicsTest215.73 FPS
GraphicsTest319.9 FPS
GraphicsTest49.44 FPS
PhysicsTest20.49 FPS
CombinedTest15.64 FPS
Settings
Default settings used Yes
EditionBasic
Screen Width1280
Screen Height720
Msaa Sample Count1
Texture Filtering ModeTrilinear
Max Af Anisotropy1
Tessellation Detail5
Max Tessellation Factor10
ShadowMapSize5
Shadow Cascade Count4
Surface Shadow Sample Count16
Volumetric Illumination Quality5
Ambient Occlusion Quality5
Depth Of Field Quality5
Enable Window ModeOff
Enable Vertical SyncOff
Enable Triple BufferingOff
Enable WireframeOff
Color Saturation100%

 

Now that's more to the normal range of scores. Have you tried any games to see how fast they run?

 

alright gentleman, that seems to have done it, im getting inbetween 80-120 fps and 120+ with shadows off, THANK YOU for everyone who help! I was getting worried about having to send the laptop back again lol ive been without it for three weeks already so phew, again THANK YOU!!