Alienware M17XR3 580M not working in Skyrim
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My friend just got a new Alienware M17XR3 laptop which seemed to work fine until we tried to launch Skyrim. The game is extremely laggy at medium to high and MSI Afterburner reports 'power save' levels of core clock from the GTX 580M. http://gyazo.com/9c92acfc784786da8a24bc83d279eb81
Whenever I try to change the GPU manually I get the 'error' message 'Your graphics solution is automatically configured for optimal performance'.
The GPU successfully reaches 620 MHz in Minecraft, the only other game we have tried. So it seems to be Skyrim causing the problem.
Any possible solutions?
Whenever I try to change the GPU manually I get the 'error' message 'Your graphics solution is automatically configured for optimal performance'.
The GPU successfully reaches 620 MHz in Minecraft, the only other game we have tried. So it seems to be Skyrim causing the problem.
Any possible solutions?
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I haven't gotten any as of yet, as you can see there are 3 chipset drivers so I am confused. http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19
Also the GPU is fine with Sims 3 so it is definitely Skyrim.
EDIT: I do have nvidia drivers, just havent gotten any others from dell yet.
Also the GPU is fine with Sims 3 so it is definitely Skyrim.
EDIT: I do have nvidia drivers, just havent gotten any others from dell yet.
Skyrim is even lagging at the menus. I think this is a Quad core though it does run rather slow in comparison to my desktop processor. Image below.
http://gyazo.com/ec19633c1382fbcec9c9a50f2aa5b8d1
The main issue appears to be whatever software controlling whether the integrated or discrete graphics are in use is not activating when Skyrim is ran.
http://gyazo.com/ec19633c1382fbcec9c9a50f2aa5b8d1
The main issue appears to be whatever software controlling whether the integrated or discrete graphics are in use is not activating when Skyrim is ran.
I would recommend configuring the system to force the use of 580M and disable the Intel GPU when gaming. Has then been tried?
Skyrim will certainly play on this platform. If this a newer Alienware, it will have an i7 CPU (plenty of horsepower). My daughter plays Skyrim on a Macbook Pro 13" with a dual core C2D CPU, 4GB memory, and a much less capable GPU than the 580M and it is quite smooth at medium settings.
Skyrim will certainly play on this platform. If this a newer Alienware, it will have an i7 CPU (plenty of horsepower). My daughter plays Skyrim on a Macbook Pro 13" with a dual core C2D CPU, 4GB memory, and a much less capable GPU than the 580M and it is quite smooth at medium settings.
Forcing it is what I would like to do, she has it constantly plugged in anyway so there isn't really a need for the power saving Intel graphics. I have checked the BIOS but it is extremely limited and there appears to be no options for forcing the GPU.
I am clueless on how to do it any other way. D:
I am clueless on how to do it any other way. D:
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