to preface this, i would categorize myself as fairly tech savvy and have built and owned several PC's over the years. i am fully aware that gaming on a laptop is not optimal but it made sense for me more to acquire a laptop over a desktop...
so i have this Dell recently purchased within 2 weeks:
**XPS 17**
| 2nd generation Intel Core i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHZ
| 8GB,DDR3,2 DIMM
| 17.3in FHD WLED AG (1920x1080)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 3GB graphics with Optimus
| 1.0TB 500GB 7.2k HDD x 2
| Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
| Creative SoundBlaster X-FI MB 1.2
first thing i did was do a fresh install of Windows 7 to get rid of bloatware, etc.
when i play BF3, all is well for a bit but eventually i get this weird issue where it seems like the game slows down. when i move my mouse to the right a bit, it delays then swings like a full 180 degrees. same for any direction. also, the sound cuts in and out and it just generally is unplayable and unresponsive except slow/sluggish movements. i have to restart the game to fix.
at first, i assumed overheating but i use a laptop cooler and when i check my temps, i was only around 58-59 degrees on all cores and around the same or a little cooler on the GPU. i know i have the NVIDIA GPU running the game as i set that up as default so Optimus wouldn't try and use the onboard Intel graphics. 8 gigs is plenty enough RAM so i'm at a loss. i do run my laptop to a 24" monitor via HDMI so i unplugged that and tried playing off of the 17" laptop screen to see if that was the issue...no dice. i have audio disabled on the HDMI too FYI.
i'm confused, i have my graphics on LOW in the game so this laptop should have no issues running this bitch.
ideas?
so i have this Dell recently purchased within 2 weeks:
**XPS 17**
| 2nd generation Intel Core i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHZ
| 8GB,DDR3,2 DIMM
| 17.3in FHD WLED AG (1920x1080)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M 3GB graphics with Optimus
| 1.0TB 500GB 7.2k HDD x 2
| Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
| Creative SoundBlaster X-FI MB 1.2
first thing i did was do a fresh install of Windows 7 to get rid of bloatware, etc.
when i play BF3, all is well for a bit but eventually i get this weird issue where it seems like the game slows down. when i move my mouse to the right a bit, it delays then swings like a full 180 degrees. same for any direction. also, the sound cuts in and out and it just generally is unplayable and unresponsive except slow/sluggish movements. i have to restart the game to fix.
at first, i assumed overheating but i use a laptop cooler and when i check my temps, i was only around 58-59 degrees on all cores and around the same or a little cooler on the GPU. i know i have the NVIDIA GPU running the game as i set that up as default so Optimus wouldn't try and use the onboard Intel graphics. 8 gigs is plenty enough RAM so i'm at a loss. i do run my laptop to a 24" monitor via HDMI so i unplugged that and tried playing off of the 17" laptop screen to see if that was the issue...no dice. i have audio disabled on the HDMI too FYI.
i'm confused, i have my graphics on LOW in the game so this laptop should have no issues running this bitch.
ideas?