My High-End Alienware PC has recently started having major FPS drops on my games very badly
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Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 8:55:47 PM
After about roughly 3 years of use, And no I have not cleaned out my fans, and I'm not going to unless absolutely necessary. I am very tech savvy as far as software goes and that stuff. But I haven't saw any red flags with my PC. But I have noticed my fans have gotten a lot quieter recently as of 3 weeks ago and that could or could-not have been around the same time all my games started lagging.
Here is a simple issue. My computer for 3 years now, has ran amazingly and I just got BF3 for free. So I played it and I can not stand for no less then best in quality when it comes to games. I ran it at Ultra all settings maxed. It ran about 40-60 FPS at all times. After a week Or so playing it at this, My PC begins to lag very badly on anygame it use to flow in. And I have checked all the common culprits of this Task Manger ETC. I even got Anti-Virus to check for it. And the thing was lots of things it found and cleaned, But still yet my games lag very badly. Not my programs that aren't graphic intensive, Just my games. Could this be a graphics card error or malfunction. Please help as soon as possible, About to invest 5000$ in a new computer if I can't fix this.
EDIT:My build is a Alienware Laptop that has a 1366x768 resolution moniter. My GPU is a Nvidia 650M. I5 processer and anymore information needed please ask. And yes, by lag I mean a FPS drop and it is a recent issue.
Here is a simple issue. My computer for 3 years now, has ran amazingly and I just got BF3 for free. So I played it and I can not stand for no less then best in quality when it comes to games. I ran it at Ultra all settings maxed. It ran about 40-60 FPS at all times. After a week Or so playing it at this, My PC begins to lag very badly on anygame it use to flow in. And I have checked all the common culprits of this Task Manger ETC. I even got Anti-Virus to check for it. And the thing was lots of things it found and cleaned, But still yet my games lag very badly. Not my programs that aren't graphic intensive, Just my games. Could this be a graphics card error or malfunction. Please help as soon as possible, About to invest 5000$ in a new computer if I can't fix this.
EDIT:My build is a Alienware Laptop that has a 1366x768 resolution moniter. My GPU is a Nvidia 650M. I5 processer and anymore information needed please ask. And yes, by lag I mean a FPS drop and it is a recent issue.
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i7Baby
June 27, 2014 9:09:12 PM
Post your build in detail including OS and monitor.
Lag is 'delay' not low fps. I think your complaint is with low fps.
Put your pc details into the game screen on game debate eg http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=1164&ga...
and see what settings are recommended and what fps you should be getting.
Are you using those settings? Are you getting those fps?
Don't forget - they will be an average fps. Graphically demanding scenes will see your fps plummet.
Lag is 'delay' not low fps. I think your complaint is with low fps.
Put your pc details into the game screen on game debate eg http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=1164&ga...
and see what settings are recommended and what fps you should be getting.
Are you using those settings? Are you getting those fps?
Don't forget - they will be an average fps. Graphically demanding scenes will see your fps plummet.
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DSzymborski
June 27, 2014 9:12:42 PM
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Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 9:21:10 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 9:27:02 PM
DSzymborski said:
You're not exactly giving us much to go on. All you let us know is that you have some kind of computer that's lagging and that you checked some things. At the very least, we're going to need some basic information about your PC, what games you're playing, and what you checked.See here is the thing. There is no basic information. My computer just suddenly screwed over as far as giving FPS goes, I'm plugged in, CPU useage is at low no viruses, all the small common stuff, But I do think my GPU has given up on me 2-3 years of nearly constant gaming enough to do it ?
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Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 9:51:13 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 10:00:08 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 10:02:43 PM
i7Baby
June 27, 2014 10:05:23 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 10:07:01 PM
i7Baby
June 27, 2014 10:15:18 PM
That's what I love about Dell (and HP) - they won't give you info. Best I found is - http://www.theverge.com/products/m14x-r2/5535
i5 2420m (or maybe i7 3820qm)
GT650M 2gb
6 to 16gb ddr3 1600
SSD, HDD
DVD
Ethernet, wifi
Do you know what ram and cpu you got?
i5 2420m (or maybe i7 3820qm)
GT650M 2gb
6 to 16gb ddr3 1600
SSD, HDD
DVD
Ethernet, wifi
Do you know what ram and cpu you got?
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Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 10:19:28 PM
i7Baby said:
That's what I love about Dell (and HP) - they won't give you info. Best I found is - http://www.theverge.com/products/m14x-r2/5535i5 2420m (or maybe i7 3820qm)
GT650M 2gb
6 to 16gb ddr3 1600
SSD, HDD
DVD
Ethernet, wifi
Do you know what ram and cpu you got?
i5-3210m, and I think 6144MB of RAM
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i7Baby
June 27, 2014 10:21:34 PM
OK so put those details into the game screen on game debate eg http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=1164&ga...
and see what settings are recommended and what fps you should be getting.
Are you using those settings? Are you getting those fps?
Don't forget - they will be an average fps. Graphically demanding scenes will see your fps plummet.
and see what settings are recommended and what fps you should be getting.
Are you using those settings? Are you getting those fps?
Don't forget - they will be an average fps. Graphically demanding scenes will see your fps plummet.
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Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 10:27:13 PM
i7Baby said:
OK so put those details into the game screen on game debate eg http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=1164&ga...and see what settings are recommended and what fps you should be getting.
Are you using those settings? Are you getting those fps?
Don't forget - they will be an average fps. Graphically demanding scenes will see your fps plummet.
It says I should be able to run it on ultra. But here is the thing mate, ALL OF MY GAMES are having major low FPS now, ones that use to run like a dream. Now suck. xD >_<
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i7Baby
June 27, 2014 10:31:47 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 10:31:57 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 10:34:45 PM
i7Baby said:
What fps does game debate say you should get. Using the recommended settings, what fps are you actually getting?I should be getting 40-50, but I'm getting no more then 10. Now mind you it was running at 50-60 when I first started playing it. Then I beat it and played around, a few days after it started this crap.
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i7Baby
June 27, 2014 10:37:41 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 10:50:13 PM
i7Baby
June 27, 2014 10:54:10 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 11:01:46 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 11:10:05 PM
i7Baby said:
Well that's where most of your problem lies is my guess. At idle the cpu should be on about 35C. Gaming 45C max.Blow out the case - especially filters, fans and coolers.
Jack up the cpu cooler fan speed.
Repost the new temps.
We are talking about a mobile CPU. The safe range is between 45-80c. It doesn't even throttle until 105c. Expecting max 45c from this CPU is crazy talk. That is a good idle temp for this CPU.
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Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 11:22:15 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 11:24:14 PM
i7Baby
June 27, 2014 11:28:35 PM
Skibbles Mctibs
June 27, 2014 11:43:36 PM
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June 27, 2014 11:50:01 PM
i7Baby
June 28, 2014 12:02:49 AM
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Skibbles Mctibs
June 28, 2014 7:27:16 PM
Mr Gaiarsa
June 30, 2014 1:16:23 PM
I had the same problem with the same config, except 8GB RAM a i7-3610QM. I cleaned the fan and repasted both CPU and GPU. Went from
97ºC Core/90ºC GPU to 80ºC Core/65º GPU with OC to 1GHz. You should really follow the steps on alienware site to repaste the CPU and GPU and clean the fans. Note that I'm getting those temps with room temperature at about 25ºC.
Hope I helped.
97ºC Core/90ºC GPU to 80ºC Core/65º GPU with OC to 1GHz. You should really follow the steps on alienware site to repaste the CPU and GPU and clean the fans. Note that I'm getting those temps with room temperature at about 25ºC.
Hope I helped.
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Lascar
July 1, 2014 2:28:11 AM
Skibbles Mctibs said:
tiny voices said:
Are your AMD drivers up to date?Well, I don't know what driver I need. To be honest, I had no idea AMD things were in my PC.
Sorry, but on starting post you said you are very tech savvy as far as software goes, you realize there are simple softwares like cpu Z, GPUz, benchmark softwares, hw monitor software to help you in your quest to find the issue?
Also helps others in helping you. It could just be a simple driver corruption, and people cant help you if you don't do some proper tests. Remember the machine is at your place not ours. If you can download some utilities and run some test and post screenshots im pretty sure we can find out the issues fast.
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Lascar
July 1, 2014 2:32:09 AM
By the way have you checked your warranty status? Can you please check your warranty status, if you still have it going, you could send it to them for fixing.
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Products/?IsT...
And a side note. Please Stop Using laptop for gaming. Due to the thermal build of laptops they do not last as long as a computer. You can kid yourself all you want about having bought a laptop from alienware costing much, in the end its just the same garbage they sell to every1 else with a graphic card and a different chassis.
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Products/?IsT...
And a side note. Please Stop Using laptop for gaming. Due to the thermal build of laptops they do not last as long as a computer. You can kid yourself all you want about having bought a laptop from alienware costing much, in the end its just the same garbage they sell to every1 else with a graphic card and a different chassis.
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THEvince
July 1, 2014 7:19:27 AM
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