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    Sudden FPS drops in M11x R3

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Surfsideryan, Feb 12, 2012.

  1. Surfsideryan

    Surfsideryan Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a m11x r3 that I usually run in turbo mode.

    It had 8 ghz RAM, 540M card, i7 processor, running windows 7 x64.

    I have had this computer for a few months and it has run flawlessly until about 3 weeks ago.

    Lately I have been playing Rift and League of Legends... and for about a solid 5-7 minutes, the FPS will go from a moderate amount (30-70fps respectively) to a gamebreaking 1-2 fps. The fan will get extremely loud, everything lags like hell in either game and then suddenly the computer will calm down and go immedately back to the FPS it had prior to the "spike" My laptop runs quite hot, but I havent noticed it being any hotter than it used to be.

    All my drivers are up to date and the games I have had this issue with are both set to run with the dedicated video card, not the built in one.

    Does anyone know why this is happening and how to possibly fix this?
    I love my m11x R3, but these FPS throttling issues are absolutely wrecking my gaming with it. I have even tried running absolute lowest quality settings + low quality renders, while running game-booster, while on FIOS highest quality internet... and these still happen.

    (LoL should never have such an issue with how low the requirements are and most of my rift settings are on minimal just for max performance)
     
    Surfsideryan, Feb 12, 2012
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  2. deadboy90

    deadboy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    download HW monitor and check your temps, your laptop may be overheating and as such, the CPU and GPU scale back. if they are hitting 90+ then you should be worried.
     
    deadboy90, Feb 12, 2012
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  3. Surfsideryan

    Surfsideryan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright, ill download it and watch it for a while
     
    Surfsideryan, Feb 12, 2012
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  4. unclewebb

    unclewebb ThrottleStop Author

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    Run ThrottleStop with the Log File option checked and you will have a thorough record of your CPU performance while gaming. Have a look in the log for any signs of Clock Modulation throttling going on. It sure sounds like that. Might be time for a thorough cleaning.
     
    unclewebb, Feb 12, 2012
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