Good Computer Specs, Poor Game Quality

yoshisleazy · Sep 16, 2013

Hi Tom's Hardware,

I have done quite a bit of research on this but I can't find anything that fits me exactly so I decided to create post on here.

So I got a laptop just over a year ago with decent specs.

Intel i7-3720QM CPU @2.60GHz
8GB RAM
Full HD Display
nVidia Geforce Gt 650M with 2GB VRAM
Driver 326.80

The problem I am having is that when I run games at the optimal graphics settings, I get a poor quality experience. I look up whether my computer can handle the game and it looks good. I use GeForce experience to choose the optimal settings so it should work. However, I still get bad quality.

Examples of what is happening are;
League of Legends: If I play a on High settings(as suggested) I get less than 30 fps and worse in big fights
Splinter cell Blacklist: I can't play this game at all due to after 20 minutes of playing the game it closes and says the Drivers have stopped responding and have recovered.
Starcraft 2: If I play on Ultra Settings(as suggested) I get under 30 fps

I have thought that maybe it is a power supply problem in which case I don't know what to do about it. But if it isn't and any of you guys know what I could do I would greatly appreciate your help.

Thanks

BTW I have scanned and eliminated any malicious software using malware bytes and kaspersky

Kamen_BG · Sep 16, 2013

There are two versions of your graphics card.
One of them uses GDDR3 memory while the other uses GDDR5.

The difference in performance is huge, but Nvidia's software treats them as equals.
Your graphics card is most likely the GDDR3 variant.
It's simply not powerfull enough for modern games at 1080P.

In League of Legends set V-Sync to OFF.
Turn off Full Screen Anti Aliasing.
Set the frame rate cap to 60 FPS or Benchmark.
At most imprortantly lower effects quality.

This should solve your problems in LoL.
I can't help you with the other games sadly.

But as a general rule of thumb.
Don't ever enable Anti Aliasing (AA) or V-Sync.

dextermat · Sep 16, 2013

Hi,

Your laptop is not all that good for gaming, the gt 650 is low end graphic card so you can't play games on ultra.
If you want good framerates, you'll have to play on medium / high depending if the game is CPU or GPU oriented.

Also, if you play on the battery, your laptop is most likely throttling the CPU / GPU down so that the battery last longer.
You should also monitor you temperatures if you don't want to fry your laptop.

AGx-07_162 · Sep 16, 2013

I have a similar laptop except I have a Radeon HD 6770m, not the heaviest hitter but it gets the job done on mid-high for most games I play. Anyway, I'd look for two things, one of which may not apply:

First, does your laptop have "Switchable Graphics"? If you're not familair, some laptops are switching with switchable graphics. My laptop has both Intel HD 4000 and the Radeon, it's SUPPOSED to automatically switch to the more powerful Radeon for graphics intensive processes like gaming and the Intel HD for more menial tasks but it never does. However, you can easily turn on the high performance setting for individual processes (which it will remember once you've done so). I always forget to do this.

Second, are there a lot of other processes running? Check the resource monitor to see whats eating up your RAM and CPU cycles. I try not to run anything other than a browser and my Antivirus in the background when I'm gaming. I disable SQL processes, close photoshop, etc.

The only other thing I do is change the CPU priority to high for the game process. Otherwise, try turning down some of the visual settings and see if that helps, starting with V-Sync if the game has it, then other things like darkening the edges of the screen. Some of those graphics options aren't even necessary.

simon12 · Sep 16, 2013

I think you are getting the performance you should expect from that graphics card @ 1080 you just need to lower the settings.

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