MSI GT73 Titan Pro-202 Fps drop?

I have the above laptop and I've had it since December 3rd. The pc is a beast but I have noticed a few things. I use the nvidia inspector and limit my FPS now to 59.7 just to keep the extra wear and tear off. No need as I can't tell a difference between 60fps and 120. Playing fallout 4 and GTAV my Fps will drop all the way to 40fps every once in a while. I do keep gsync off as well. I haven't done any mods what so ever stock clocks as well. Is this normal? I play other games and it seems like these are the only 2 games it does this with. I thought this rig should run anything on ultra settings at 60fps.


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Which driver are you running? If you are running the latest nVIDIA Driver 378.49 then it has issues

Also, make sure to change the power management mode in the nVIDIA control panel from Optimal to either adaptive or high performance then reboot is a must then try again

 

Sound good. Yes I'm using the newest driver but it was still the same before I updated. Is there a way to revert? I will make sure when I get home to check the power management as well.


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Google Display Driver Uninstaller then run and select to run in safe mode
Make sure you remove your Windows Password otherwise you will be stuck in Safe Mode

 

How about your visual/graphics settings in the game? Did you change those settings? Try using GeForce Experience and apply optimized settings for each game.

 

I use GeForce Experience to optimize the settings

 

Me too.

 

Call me lazy

 

Yep I use the GeForce experience and optimize the games. Still the same.


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I'm going to try the power management mode tonight when I get home and see what that's currently at if anything I'll send it to high. It always stays at home Plugged in


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Both games can have some CPU bottlenecks. Do you notice it happening in certain areas of the worlds in the games?

With my GT73 in GTA V I can drop to around 40fps in a few areas of Los Santos and for Fallout 4 it can happen anywhere there is lots of shadows. The FPS in both these cases scales directly with my CPU speed.

FWIW these games do this on every PC I've played them on. It took a 6700k @ 4.8GHz and memory @ 3200 MHz before I could get these areas to keep fps in the high 50s.

I wouldn't worry about it, likely nothing is wrong with your GT73. I used to get pretty worked up getting less than 60fps in games at any time until I realized that nothing is really going to overcome the draw call performance limitations of DirectX 11 except (currently) unreasonable CPU/RAM speeds.

For Fallout 4 you can get around this by setting the shadows to medium.

 

Yeah it's just a few areas and what you said is spot on. Nothing wrong with the computer. All is well!!!


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Have you tried to clean install the driver?

 

I just want you to know that this isn't at all extending the life of your laptop. All it's doing is wasting money, because you paid a large sum for a GTX 1080 and a 120Hz screen, and you're neutering both of them.