So I have noticed some slight 'screen tearing' recently on my laptop. It is only about 6 months old but it is my primary gaming machine.
i7, 960m, 16gb ram
I installed HW monitor the other night and I noticed the laptop seems like it is thermal throttling. I forget the exact temps, but I believe the gpu was at like 75c and cpu 90c.. those may be flipped around but that is the max temp and it seems to be steady there.
Thing is.. I am playing World of Warcraft. The settings are turned up quite a bit.. possibly maxed, but even still I never thought WoW was that demanding.
Also the issue I notice is 'screen tearing' is that a normal sign for when a cpu/gpu throttle or what should I expect to be seeing? I guess I assumed I might notice a fps loss, but didn't expect tearing to occur.
I have contacted Asus and it sounds like they will RMA the laptop.. however this is my main computer and I really don't want to be without it for a few weeks which sounds like is typically the case. Also if the 960m isn't sufficient for WoW anymore would Asus ever allow an upgrade option? Where I can just pay them to difference and get a 970m or something instead?
i7, 960m, 16gb ram
I installed HW monitor the other night and I noticed the laptop seems like it is thermal throttling. I forget the exact temps, but I believe the gpu was at like 75c and cpu 90c.. those may be flipped around but that is the max temp and it seems to be steady there.
Thing is.. I am playing World of Warcraft. The settings are turned up quite a bit.. possibly maxed, but even still I never thought WoW was that demanding.
Also the issue I notice is 'screen tearing' is that a normal sign for when a cpu/gpu throttle or what should I expect to be seeing? I guess I assumed I might notice a fps loss, but didn't expect tearing to occur.
I have contacted Asus and it sounds like they will RMA the laptop.. however this is my main computer and I really don't want to be without it for a few weeks which sounds like is typically the case. Also if the 960m isn't sufficient for WoW anymore would Asus ever allow an upgrade option? Where I can just pay them to difference and get a 970m or something instead?