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    w230st Poor DOTA 2 Performance

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Rinx7, Aug 6, 2013.

  1. Rinx7

    Rinx7 Notebook Guru

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    Dota 2 is performing very poorly on my w230st and is barely utilizing my GPU does anyone have any idea on how force higher utilization or am I just screwed.
     
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    is it using the integrated or the 765m?
     
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    Forced to use 765m
     
    Rinx7, Aug 6, 2013
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    Which drivers are you using, direct form nvidia.com or from the disc, the disc tend to be better.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Aug 6, 2013
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    This shouldnt happen.
    My gtx660m handles dota 2 like a boss on max settings and 1080p resolution.

    Check what drivers you are using. Also, the intel iGPU drivers have to be up-to-date for the nvidia ones to function properly too.
     
    b0b1man, Aug 7, 2013
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    I tried the drivers from the disc first and got about 25 - 30 fps in game. When I moved to the latest Nvidia drivers I got a slight bump in performance by about 5 fps or so I stuck with them. I also found that for some reason my CPU is not upclocking while in game and stays around 1GHz until I open another CPU intensive program and close it at which point it upclocks and I get slightly better GPU and CPU utilization, but it still remains low.
     
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    And this is while plugged into power right, not just on battery?
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Aug 7, 2013
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