Asus G46VW Graphics Issue

[alepodj]

ASUS G46 USERS please help?or anyone in anycase that had a similar issue.

 

The Issue: Heavy fps drops at games, Crysis 3 example, runs at 50fps and drops to 12fps and back to 50fps, in a loop every 10 seconds, no matter the scene no matter if im moving or not, even static still does that.

 

I have updated the drivers, formated windows, ran the game from ssd and hdd even from usb 3 drive, have done some hacks and tricks but no result, 

 

Any ideas?

 

Im gonna run windows 7 as a last resort but since is not totally supported by asus(very stupid in my opinion) is not a permanent solution.

 

Thanks in advance

[Moredeath]

Maybe drivers, I had similar problem with my G750JW, (765M) and it cleared up with the new driver.

[TheRetiredSlave]

Uninstall and delete the GPU driver using the device manager (then restart if it asks you). This will give you a clean slate to install new drivers, which is usually better that just installing new drivers over top of the old ones..

 

Otherwise, it may not be a bad idea to download MSI Afterburner to monitor the GPU usage and temperature when the issue is happening. Thermal throttling would make your FPS plummet, until the GPU cools down. When it does cool down, it would ramp back up to full speed, and your FPS would rise up again (this would happen in a cycle similar to what you explained)..

 

Is there any noticeable fan noise when it happens (or hot air blowing out the back of the laptop?).

[alepodj]

thanks for the replies, ill try MSI afterburner today, im waiting for an msata SSD so i can install it and run windows from it fresh format,,,and see what happens,,,

its really not hot at all i mean the normal level i had g53 that was an oven compare to this one,,, well FIFA 13 runs fine but again thats not even as powerfull as crysis 3

maybe is a specific game problem ill try another game crysis 2 maybe...

 

Thanks

[glutesontheloose]

That issue happens to my laptop only when the Power Options is not set to High Performance. Make sure you are not running on Power Saver Settings as it prevents the GPU from being used at max performance. Some games also have to be forced to run in the Dedicated Card so you have to manually set each game up inside the Nvidia Control Panel under Manage 3D Settings.

 

Like what TheRetiredSlave said, download a monitoring tool to such as MSI Afterburner or GPU-Z to check the usage of the GPU.

[alepodj]

tried alan wake game, does the same thing its 56fps then down to 12fps and wont stop continiouly,,,

Windows 8 from an msata ssd, fresh format, latest nvidia drivers(even tried beta),,,

 

but strange is that call of duty games are not doing it,,, im thinking drivers then maybe i downgrade to older version,,,iDK

[TheRetiredSlave]

tried alan wake game, does the same thing its 56fps then down to 12fps and wont stop continiouly,,,

Windows 8 from an msata ssd, fresh format, latest nvidia drivers(even tried beta),,,

 

but strange is that call of duty games are not doing it,,, im thinking drivers then maybe i downgrade to older version,,,iDK

 

CoD games are usually a lot less demanding on your hardware, so it will be able to run smoothly without generating a lot of heat. Less heat would mean that you wouldn't run into the same amount of thermal throttling as when you're playing a more demanding game..

 

Have you ran a temperature monitoring software like GTReventon and I suggested? If so, what temperature is the GPU core at when the framerate dips?

[tuffjuff]

You can also try going into the nVidia driver settings and forcing the 660m vs Intel HD graphics. It should switch automatically, but my G46 sometimes needs the reminder.