i installed a05. the fan is less loud now, but when i play black ops or bfbc2 or anygame, it lags like crazy. i whitelisted them and it still lags.
normally, when i play games the fan used to be LOUD, but now its low. its like its not using the NVIDIA gpu or something, or not using the CPU to the max. help!
whats worse is, my m14x LAGS on minecraft max settings! !
EDIT: I FLASHED back to BIOS A03 and it STILL lags! HELP PLEASE!
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they just added more spin cycles instead of just kicking straight to loud when the computer hits 60c.
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why do you open two threads with different titles on the same issue?
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Please wait a reasonable amount of time before bumping posts, at least 24 hours.
Anyway Have you try setting your power plan to high performance with the minimum CPU usage of 100% Max 100%? And Basically everything should be set to Max. However what kind of setting are you? Are you set it to like Max everything? Because on BFBC2 I dont set my setting to max everything though, I use custom which is High on everything except for Shadow (Medium) and Bloom (Off, set in My Document under the setting.inf in BFBC2 folder).
Also try overclock your GPU, the reason behind my smooth performance is I OC it from the stock clock to 701/1402/1000. So try it, I use MSI Afterburner. -
yes i have 100% max, but i used to be able to play bfbc2 and black ops max settings without any lag! now i lag a lot! and i did not overclock anything to... and i dont want to lol.... is this nvidia optimus problem again?
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I dont think it is, try OC it, it doesnt hurt your GPU as long as you dont OC it too much and if the temp is under 85 you'll be fine, plus it design and built for OC, if it isnt, nVidia wont bother to have the OC option.
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i have so many problems with this laptop. its so sad.
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Benchmark Result:
#1/3#2/3
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.Txt File for Benchmark: View attachment Benchmark110904235802.txt
If you wonder how I do this, then copy this commandline to your GTA4 shortcut at the "Target" area, and it will look like this:
"D:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\LaunchGTAIV.exe" -width 1600 -height 900 -refreshrate 60 -availablevidmem 8000 -percentvidmem 100 -nomemrestrict -norestrictions
I done this with the nVidia 275.33 driver version, so I'd also suggest you try it with that version to see if you get the same result. +rep if you find this helpful as I spent some of my time doing this, since I have uninstall it. -
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You have probably messed up the nVidia drivers, installed one that is not Optimus compatible.
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my problems:
fan does not stop spinning on A05
shorter battery life on A05
Games from steam does not use nvidia gpu
sound and video gets disortion randomly (if i turn off firewall then it stops)
slow startup on A05
slow alienfx startup (takes like 30secs-1minute for it to start) and slow alien command center (about 10-20 secs) when i click the program
more coming for sure. =(
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thank you so much CGSDR. i really appreciate it!
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UPDATE: i installed moded 275.33, and it works kinda better now! it lags less, but the performance is still crap =( LOOK
Statistics
Average FPS: 28.21
Duration: 37.00 sec
CPU Usage: 67%
System memory usage: 46%
Video memory usage: 100%
Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1600 x 900 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: Medium
Reflection Resolution: Medium
Water Quality: Medium
Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x16
Night Shadows: High
View Distance: 100
Detail Distance: 50
compared to urs CGSDR, i have a lot lower FPS, my cpu and system memory is lower, my settings were lower and got a lower FPS! this doesnt make sense! BTW, my GTA 4 is from Steam... -
flash bios back if you can
install the lastest driver 286.26 i think. for me its been cracking with my games.
the steam games that arent using gpu whitelisting them, searching for the exe file and trying that way. right click and select it to run gpu.
slow startup try looking in process/applications and disable stuff that you dont need runing on start up.
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All else fails, use the alienspawn and get back to out-of-the box settings.
what are your temps on CPU AND GPU? (download hardware monitor) I Know my CPU got to near 100C on my i7 2820 and battlefield BC2 just started to LAG and run slow and after 5min going nearly past 100C, it froze.
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i am going reflash A05 again, see if it changes anything. i am happy with 275.33, because GTA 4 works on it, so i wont be changing to 280.26 (the one i used before) for startup, it used to be fast on A03, and startup for alienfx and command center too. HOW LONG does it take for YOUR alienfx to startup guys?
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i used to have 280.26, now im using the 275.33. on 275.33, i can play at almost max settings, but it lags a bit. i think its nvidia problem, because comparing ur settings to mine, mine should have higher fps since i put the settings lower than yours!
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i just installed both, but i dont know how to use it -_-
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oh sorry, this is my first time on a forum lol. btw how do you delete a thread if you are the one who made it?
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I use Steam all the time, no problems with whitelist.
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It's ok the A05? or which BIOS is the best?
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When playing games that launch from Steam, OP. Make sure you whitelist the game's exe file. Whitelisting steam.exe to use the GPU does NOT mean your games are going to use the GPU. Steam stores the game files in the "steamapps" folder inside your Steam installation directory. If a game isn't getting auto-detected and listed in the Nvidia control panel, add it manually. I'd have to look at my machine, but I think I set steam.exe to use the Integrated Graphics since it doesn't do any 3D rendering. Having steam.exe set to GPU might make your laptop run at a higher temp and cause your cooling fan to not slow down.
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the first thing i did was WHITELIST it. and it does not work.
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can you tell me what is your M14x config?
CPU GPU and also the running temps
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core i7 2820qm, gt555m 3gb, 1600x900p, 8gb ram
gpuz temperature at 50 degrees while not playing anything on high performance mode
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thanks dude!
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lephilou, my cpu is 74 degrees while playing games, and gpu 69 degrees
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check when you run GTA4, as i said in another thread i get not more than 30 fps in benchmark and i did the bench under cold environnement with big fan in front of the laptop and i get 36 fps
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...er-m14x-heat-gaming-thread-3.html#post7922005
my cpu is at 99°c so fast, i wonder what is wrong and why they didn't take the 2 minutes to make a good pasting job
M14x underperforming on BIOS A05!
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