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    Alienware m14x lagging horribly?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by ipocoyo, Aug 29, 2015.

  1. ipocoyo

    ipocoyo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't know why my alienware is lagging. I cleaned out the heatsink and applied thermal paste to my laptop, but the fan still spins like crazy when i'm gaming.

    Specs:
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz
    10GB RAM
    NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000

    Any help?
     
    ipocoyo, Aug 29, 2015
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  2. sydneysidesteve

    sydneysidesteve Newbie

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    10GB RAM? maybe incorrect but I thought that the M14X and M14X R1 are only able to register up to 8GB of RAM and that was why the M14X R2 was / is the MacBookPro (of the same era) killer!

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M / Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000? Are your drivers up to date?
    Also you could install GPU-Z from Techpowerup -click here- to try and find out if your GPU is thermally throttling?

    As a note to installing things -click here- for a great how-to-guide thread by BatBoy NBR Community Moderator, from The Bay
     
    sydneysidesteve, Aug 30, 2015
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Check both, the GPU and CPU temperatures.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 1, 2015
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