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    Blackhawk XR-5 + 24" Dell monitor = huge fps loss?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by SethDrone, Jun 13, 2008.

  1. SethDrone

    SethDrone Notebook Enthusiast

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    In Age of Conan I was getting 51 avg FPS on max settings with the laptop screen, hooked up my 24" dell monitor and the FPS dropped to 5-20 avg. Should the loss be that large? Any ideas to prevent the huge drop?

    (brand new)
    Quad Core 2.66Ghz
    4GB Ram
    SLI 8800m GTX

    Thanks for the help
     
    SethDrone, Jun 13, 2008
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  2. vashts121

    vashts121 Notebook Evangelist

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    The 24inch monitor's resolution is much larger than (what I'm guessing is) your 17inch laptop monitor. The larger the resolution = less fps. Lower settings or lower the res on the monitor.
     
    vashts121, Jun 13, 2008
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    Pablomancan Notebook Consultant

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    While the 24" monitor is hooked in and playing Age of Conan, is your laptop screen on as well?
     
    Pablomancan, Jun 13, 2008
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    If you're using the native LCD's resolution, no wonder, that's 1920x1200 compared to whatever your laptop has.
    Make sure the game is running on a lower res.
     
    eleron911, Jun 13, 2008
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  5. SethDrone

    SethDrone Notebook Enthusiast

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    laptop screen is off, resolution on both was turned down to 1024 x 768.
     
    SethDrone, Jun 13, 2008
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    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    I think it's because the LCD has more pixels than your laptop screen.
     
    The_Observer, Jun 14, 2008
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  7. Lithus

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    My 8600m GT handles the game at 1280x800, High, Shader 2.x, Shadow/Grass off at:

    5-20 Character Creation (WTF?)
    10-30 in Tortage
    10-30 in any major city
    20-50 outside

    You should be able to get much, much better framerates than that.

    Though I did notice, the first time I played after yesterday's patch, the game went down to 5-10 FPS all around when moving. Rebooted the system and everything was back to normal.
     
    Lithus, Jun 14, 2008
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  8. Tusin

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    Yeah I would think 8800M GTX Sli should be able to run almost anyways, even at 1920x1200.
     
    Tusin, Jun 14, 2008
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