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Slow FPS with Alienware M17x
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Melcanthet
Sons of Avernus
#1 - 2012-06-06 12:18:23 UTC
Hi all.

Here's my configuration :

Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU 2,2 GHz
8 Go RAM
Nvidia Geforce GTX 690

And my FPS, with high settings graphics in eve:

Station : 60 FPS
Space : 40 FPS
Busy : 20 FPS

I think it's really bad considering my configuration : I run other recent games in high settings without problems, all my drivers are updated.

I saw other peoples who have a worst configuration with better fps in high configuration ....

Someone could help me to fix this ? I tried some modification but it wasn't great ... it's like if my game run on the intagrated chipset graphic card instead of the Nvidia ...
Velicitia
XS Tech
#2 - 2012-06-06 12:22:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Velicitia
I forgot how I did it, but you have to force the game to ALWAYS use the nvidia chipset. IIRC, it's in the intel driver utility... make sure the "exception" is for "exefile.exe" and not just "eve.exe" (or whatever the launcher is called).

While the "hey, let's use the intel card for everything to save battery" idea is great on paper and for "general use" laptops, it's absolutely ******** for when you're buying a "gaming rig" (I really wish they kept the discrete gfx on the higher end machines)

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Lustralis
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-06-06 12:38:07 UTC
Melcanthet wrote:
Hi all.

Here's my configuration :

Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU 2,2 GHz
8 Go RAM
Nvidia Geforce GTX 690

And my FPS, with high settings graphics in eve:

Station : 60 FPS
Space : 40 FPS
Busy : 20 FPS

I think it's really bad considering my configuration : I run other recent games in high settings without problems, all my drivers are updated.

I saw other peoples who have a worst configuration with better fps in high configuration ....

Someone could help me to fix this ? I tried some modification but it wasn't great ... it's like if my game run on the intagrated chipset graphic card instead of the Nvidia ...


Change Present Interval to 1.
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#4 - 2012-06-06 13:06:37 UTC
Because of X-terrerstrial spellcheckingftw

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Nirnias Stirrum
UberWTFBBQ and Battle Technologies
#5 - 2012-06-06 13:06:55 UTC
Lustralis wrote:
Melcanthet wrote:
Hi all.

Here's my configuration :

Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU 2,2 GHz
8 Go RAM
Nvidia Geforce GTX 690

And my FPS, with high settings graphics in eve:

Station : 60 FPS
Space : 40 FPS
Busy : 20 FPS

I think it's really bad considering my configuration : I run other recent games in high settings without problems, all my drivers are updated.

I saw other peoples who have a worst configuration with better fps in high configuration ....

Someone could help me to fix this ? I tried some modification but it wasn't great ... it's like if my game run on the intagrated chipset graphic card instead of the Nvidia ...


Change Present Interval to 1.


^ this
Melcanthet
Sons of Avernus
#6 - 2012-06-06 13:18:50 UTC
Tried to put interval to 1. It didn't do anything .

What's the X-terrerstrial spellcheckingftw ?
Nnamuachs
Kiith Paktu
Reeloaded.
#7 - 2012-06-06 13:21:15 UTC
I see your problem here, you overpaid for a system... and it wasn't even an apple product you over-paid for.. for shame! Sad
Melcanthet
Sons of Avernus
#8 - 2012-06-06 13:23:06 UTC
Nnamuachs wrote:
I see your problem here, you overpaid for a system... and it wasn't even an apple product you over-paid for.. for shame! Sad


What a troll ...

How could you explain i perfecly run other game in high quality but eve not ?
Melcanthet
Sons of Avernus
#9 - 2012-06-06 13:31:58 UTC
May i allow more memory for eve ?

The game only use 1G on the 8 i have. I read i can put it at half the maximal memory.

Could my performances increase if i put it to 4 ? how to do this ?
Rajan Marelona
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2012-06-06 14:53:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Rajan Marelona
Melcanthet wrote:
Here's my configuration :
Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU 2,2 GHz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 690

A desktop graphics card in a laptop ?
Want to look under the hood again and tell us what you have inside for real this time ? GeForce GTX 680M came out only 2 days ago and there is no 690M yet so you probably have a 670M.

Like some said before, you probably are running EVE with the integrated intel video by accident instead of using the graphics card. The FPS you are getting looks more like what you would get with that instead a much weaker video compated to what you probably have. Make sure the correct video is selected.
In the switchabe graphics configuration thing when you run eve or soon after you exit it make sure the "performance" (nvidia) is selected not the other one (intel) not default (can be any could be the intel).
TheBreadMuncher
Protus Correction Facility Inc.
#11 - 2012-06-06 15:34:26 UTC
It's funny you should say that, because my computer is about 1/3rd as flashy/expensive as that, and yet runs EVE at high settings no problems, as well as many other high-end games. Can you say "someone paid far too f*cking much for technology that won't be useful for a couple years, at which point it'll be standard anyway"?

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Kopfy
#12 - 2012-06-06 15:42:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Kopfy
Rajan Marelona wrote:
Melcanthet wrote:
Here's my configuration :
Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU 2,2 GHz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 690

A desktop graphics card in a laptop ?
Want to look under the hood again and tell us what you have inside for real this time ? GeForce GTX 680M came out only 2 days ago and there is no 690M yet so you probably have a 670M.

Like some said before, you probably are running EVE with the integrated intel video by accident instead of using the graphics card. The FPS you are getting looks more like what you would get with that instead a much weaker video compated to what you probably have. Make sure the correct video is selected.
In the switchabe graphics configuration thing when you run eve or soon after you exit it make sure the "performance" (nvidia) is selected not the other one (intel) not default (can be any could be the intel).

This is the options on Dells homepage

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M med 2GB GDDR5-minne
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675M med 2GB GDDR5-minne
AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970M med 2 GB GDDR5-minne

I'm not that familiar with the M cards but the 675 should be able to play EVE on all high if it's anything near the GTX 670.
Melcanthet
Sons of Avernus
#13 - 2012-06-06 22:07:14 UTC
A i see the problem !

I don't read the good line on nvidia web site.

My real configuration :
GeForce GTX 560M

Should i reasonably play with high settings with that ?
Velicitia
XS Tech
#14 - 2012-06-06 22:39:38 UTC
http://support.eveonline.com/Pages/KB/Article.aspx?id=124

they say the 7300 GT (desktop) card is minimum ... dunno where a GTX 560 falls... (unless you typoed something)...

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
MotherMoon
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2012-06-06 22:51:09 UTC
you should of bought a better computer, sorry you got suckered into buying such a terrible laptop for too much money

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Muad 'dib
State War Academy
Caldari State
#16 - 2012-06-06 23:35:08 UTC
Take power cord out and plug back in - wait a minute or so.

Somtimes the machine boots up thinking its in battery mode and down clocks your gpu and cpu. If this does not help check using cpu-id that your cores and running correctly and that the single core eve is running on is 'overclocked' with boost.

Somtimes the cores can also get "stuck" on a poor multiplier, use throttlestop program to force it out of this, this happend on a mobile i7 to me before.

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Anton Knoffield
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-08-03 06:54:13 UTC
I had crappy running on three clients as well with my GTX 680

I changed present interval to immediate and my response times are now much better on full graphics for all three clients on three different monitors... suggest you try that and ignore the trolls
Big Bossu
Primal Instinct Inc.
The Initiative.
#18 - 2012-08-03 07:39:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Big Bossu
Your laptop probably has NVIDIA OPTIMUS. Your computer has 2 videocard, one intergrated and one good one.

Go to NVIDIA control panel, there you should "Manage 3D settings" and In there there is a box under "Global Settings", with "Auto-Select", "High-Performance NVIDIA processor" and "Integrated Graphics." You probably have "Auto-Select" on by default, but this option quite often fails horribly, and when gaming, you should force NVIDIA processor to be the default option, otherwise your game might start with Intel HD 4000 something. Also, in the bottom right corner of the screen you should see a "Plugged In" icon, click on that, and select "High Performance."
alittlebirdy
All Hail The Liopleurodon
#19 - 2012-08-03 07:46:30 UTC
Why you all so dumb

GeForce GTX 560M

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
you know what M means?

1/3 the power of the none M card...

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+560M

1264

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+560

2715

........ ya um......

the 560m is about = to 1 460... desktop card...

I would not expect much.
Ms Kat
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2012-08-03 08:23:18 UTC
cant help with your FPS issues, however id like to offer my services for 1 night in exchange for you M17x Twisted

Love tho's laptops, isnt the m18 out soon?
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