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    Sniper: Ghost Warrior Bad FPS M11x

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Kevorkian, Jan 1, 2011.

  1. Kevorkian

    Kevorkian Notebook Guru

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    So i got Sniper Ghost Warrior and it has horrid fps lag on my m11x, oc and throttlestop. and im getting like 11 fps. Help please.
     
  2. BranMuffin

    BranMuffin Notebook Consultant

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    Is it whitelisted and using the graphics processor? You could alt-tab out of the client check if the nvida processor is being used with the optimus feature that shows that the nvidia card is being used. If not and you think you whitlisted it. ctrl-alt-delete in task manager you can go to the process by right clicking under the application tab on the application you want to whitelist and selecting go to process. that will show you the exe file running for that application. Like for example minecraft uses the java.exe to run so whitelisting minecraft application doesn't turn on the nvidia graphics card.
     
  3. Kevorkian

    Kevorkian Notebook Guru

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    Yes. both witelisted and usuing nvidia pocessor.
     
  4. GadgetBoi

    GadgetBoi Notebook Evangelist

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    Using FRAPS this is what I am getting consistantly:
    Frame Time (ms) Min Max Avg
    4601 188845 18 36 24.364

    Editing the scr in txt I set
    FSAA(8) , try 2,4 & 6 though.

    Although not as good as other games this is very playable and I am getting very little lag.
     
  5. Kevorkian

    Kevorkian Notebook Guru

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    I tirend on fsaa and still like 11 fps.
     
  6. Skillman01

    Skillman01 Notebook Consultant

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    Watch the temperatures of your m11x. I got the same problem when my pc gets over 80 degrees Celsius. And the fps goes down a lot. You should check the temperatures because maybe that will be the problem
     
  7. Kevorkian

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    Meh, but I've started my laptop fresh up, after being off for a few hours and still horrid fps. :/
     
  8. bigun08

    bigun08 Notebook Consultant

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    you may have to dumb down the graphics a bit.. make sure your details and textures are not all on high.. and AA try it off and move up from there to your happy.. also in the nvidia control panel make sure you have it set to ;
    perfer maximum performance
    single dispaly
    I play that game all the time and on my R2 and it works fine once I backed off some of the graphics..
     
  9. Kevorkian

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    Even when i have all the graphics settings on lowest and no AA i still get around 11-15 fps EVEN WITH Throttlestop.
     
  10. DivineAura

    DivineAura Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah same i7 640 um, same lag problem oh gawd!
    Maybe it's the horribly unoptimized game @@
     
  11. hadou

    hadou Notebook Consultant

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    Yea, this is a fact, the game is horribly unoptimized, but here is the solution for this problem: update to the 2 latest video drivers, i.e., to the 265.90 or 266.44, both existing here in the forum. They are modded, but works well for a lot of games and improves a lot the performance for certain games, like Sniper.

    Hope it helps. I play this game on maximum settings, anisotropic, etc, and great fps. Cya.
     
  12. DanishGamer

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    hi i have a G27 hp computer and i have deleted a lot of games and SGW still lags it is like when i move the mouse and want to point in one direction and the game will take 0.5 to 1 sec. to react and all video settings are on minimal/lowest
     
  13. MasivB

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    in-game settings you are trying to attain?
     
  14. DanishGamer

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    i am from Denmark and i am speak a bit under medium english so realy dont know what attain means
     
  15. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    1. attain = succeed, achieve

    2. i also tried this game and i get the same fps range though I tried the call of Juarez bound in blood demo (which uses the same engine: chrome) and the demo ran better so it's definitely an optimization issue. i even have the latest beta drivers installed to no avail.