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    VPCZ12 Graphic Card Broken?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by skullassfreak, Mar 21, 2012.

  1. skullassfreak

    skullassfreak Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    I recently went on a gaming hiatus and stopped playing pc games for a few weeks. I rarely even used speed mode; however, i tried playing some of my installed games earlier today and i found out my gpu cant even run mass effect 2 or skyrim anymore. The real kicker is that i switched to the intel chip and me2 was playable on lower resolutions, just not with the nvidia card. I use a hybrid nvidia 263.14 - intel 2281 driver.

    I cant for the life of me figure out why this is because i used to play both games at full resolution with medium quality and now its too slow to play even on the lowest specs.

    Any ideas guys?
     
    skullassfreak, Mar 21, 2012
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    skullassfreak Notebook Enthusiast

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    bumb

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    skullassfreak, Mar 22, 2012
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    pyr0 100% laptop dynamite

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    Does it actually switch to speed mode? Can you check with GPU-Z?
     
    pyr0, Mar 22, 2012
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    cenkaetaya Notebook Consultant

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    you know i have had this same problem.

    I usually play sc2, and always ran it on medium, and ran great, one day it kinda started to lag a bit, and then suddenly a few days later it basically.. froze it was so slow. so i was forced to play it on lowest from then on.

    i have not really tested any other high graphics games but that was quite disappointing.

    i feel like it may have burn the gpu out or something.
     
    cenkaetaya, Mar 22, 2012
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    skullassfreak Notebook Enthusiast

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    skullassfreak, Mar 23, 2012
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    That what im worried about... I guess ill call sony and have them fix it.
     
    skullassfreak, Mar 23, 2012
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    cenkaetaya Notebook Consultant

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    Lol only problem with that is im out of warranty n my laptop is modded with a second drive in place of the dvd....
     
    cenkaetaya, Mar 23, 2012
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    Can you check the GPU and CPU temperatures - both while idle and during play - and see if either is overheating? Both have self throttling features to prevent them burning up. Maybe a good cleaning is all that's needed.

    Re-run the Windows Experience index assessment and see if that offers a clue (note down the old readings first).
     
    anytimer, Mar 24, 2012
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    killer626 Notebook Geek

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    Let me share my experience on this:

    Friend's Z13, worked for games until some point, when everything lagged. Tried everything, drivers, windows, tried a recovery, tried a clean install. Nothing helped. Sent it to Sony, don't really know wha they did. It fixed the problem for the few months, then came back. I called Sony again, said some words.

    They came to take the PC, and replaced the MB completely. Free. I've now got a "new" 2yr old Z ^^.

    FYI I had an HDD caddy inside as well, I just switched back to the DVD Drive for when they took it.
     
    killer626, Mar 27, 2012
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