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    Frame rates drop

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by djjosherie, Nov 14, 2011.

  1. djjosherie

    djjosherie Notebook Consultant

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    So I've read it a hundred times, and I still don't know if we have a fix for it... It's finally happening to me now too.

    Playing a game (for me it's League of Legends) and then for no reason my FPS will drop from 60 to 25 for a few minutes, back to 60 and so on...

    Has anyone found a fix for this with our 335mgt's?

    Thanks
     
    djjosherie, Nov 14, 2011
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  2. amd098

    amd098 Notebook Consultant

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    huh wow same thing happened to me on LoL last week
    i was on the latest drivers 280, then 285, then got fed up and switched back to the 260 one from dell and now im steady at 60-50 fps in LoL

    this is an r1 though, su7300
     
    amd098, Nov 14, 2011
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    SolidMcGee Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sometimes the intel Turbo Mode might cause these sudden fps drops. Check if with Turbo Mode off you get better performance
     
    SolidMcGee, Nov 14, 2011
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  4. darkdomino

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    yeah it's either turbo mode or speedstep that causes that. I believe you can use a program called Throttlestop to keep your processor from doing that while gaming.

    The unfortunate fact is that scaling is built in to these low voltage processors. It's what they do to save battery life.
     
    darkdomino, Nov 15, 2011
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