Hey guys,

i just bought this laptop in lowyat.

I am having a small problem, when i play css my fps is fine at the start however after about 5 mins of playing the fps starts to fall lower and lower until like 20 fps then everything becomes choppy. is the gpu overheating.

btw i am playing most settings on high.

any ideas?

Yes to all your question above.

THe fps seems to gradually get less and less each round i play online. this does not make sense/ is the gpu faulty?

I am currently playing in an aircon room. Imusing AVG antivirus.

Vsync is disabled.
Ill check GPU temps.

actually yes i tried this as well. fps was not too bad. when i firs play its at 100 then deteriorates to 50 or 60.

im not sure, i seriously a bit disappointed right now

do you have the same problem?

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Added on September 18, 2010, 12:26 amits the OMG server with max 36 people can play.

This post has been edited by clockworked: Sep 18 2010, 12:26 AM

thanks for the help, i actually reformatted my laptop last night, ill reinstall css and see whether or not i get the same symptoms.

Ill report back later.

still fps dropping i think gpu is overheating. any good program to see gpu temps?

im still getting decrease in fps on css when i play for 15 mins, fps starts at 90 then reduces to 30 even lower. anyone got any ideas? when i play cs my gpu temp is max 71 degress.

need help, i thought this laptop would have no problem playing css even on recommended setting.....sigh.

ok so GPU load goes from 652, right down to 1 and then averages around 30%.

is this normal?

Below are some readings.

2010-09-18 11:55:50 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 71.0 , 24 , 11 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:51 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 71.0 , 23 , 11 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:52 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 71.0 , 25 , 12 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:53 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 72.0 , 26 , 12 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:54 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 72.0 , 26 , 13 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:55 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 72.0 , 26 , 13 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:56 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 72.0 , 26 , 13 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:57 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 72.0 , 27 , 13 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:58 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 72.0 , 26 , 12 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

2010-09-18 11:55:59 , 450.0 , 789.8 , 1080.0 , 71.0 , 12 , 5 , 0 , 0.9000 ,

see my reply on previous page for GPU-z logging. hope someone can help me identify the issue. thx.

but i havent even touched any settings? could i have bought a problem unit?

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Added on September 18, 2010, 12:40 pmok took a log, please help to check if anything looks weird. if not could it be some memory leak or the game itself? why no one else having this issue?!?!

09/18/10 12:38:02 20.00 42.4 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:03 20.00 40.2 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:04 20.00 37.1 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:05 20.00 37.3 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:06 20.00 39.9 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:07 20.00 38.7 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:08 20.00 37.0 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:09 20.00 36.4 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:10 20.00 37.1 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:11 20.00 39.0 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:12 20.00 36.8 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:13 20.00 39.7 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:14 20.00 39.5 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:14 20.00 43.0 100.0 100.0 74
09/18/10 12:38:15 20.00 44.1 100.0 100.0 74
09/18/10 12:38:16 20.00 46.0 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:17 20.00 42.3 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:18 20.00 42.0 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:19 20.00 43.3 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:20 20.00 44.0 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:21 20.00 45.6 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:22 20.00 42.6 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:23 20.00 42.8 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:24 20.00 38.2 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:25 20.00 36.6 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:26 20.00 37.0 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:27 20.00 36.1 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:28 20.00 34.5 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:29 20.00 37.5 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:30 20.00 36.6 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:31 20.00 36.4 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:31 20.00 36.1 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:32 20.00 35.3 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:33 20.00 37.6 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:34 20.00 34.6 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:35 20.00 37.0 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:36 20.00 36.9 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:37 20.00 35.7 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:38 20.00 35.7 100.0 100.0 74
09/18/10 12:38:39 20.00 35.5 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:40 20.00 33.9 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:41 20.00 34.2 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:42 19.99 33.8 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:43 20.00 32.7 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:38:44 20.00 30.7 100.0 100.0 76
09/18/10 12:38:45 20.00 32.9 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:46 20.00 34.0 100.0 100.0 74
09/18/10 12:38:47 20.00 35.3 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:48 20.00 34.2 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:38:49 20.00 36.1 100.0 100.0 75

This post has been edited by clockworked: Sep 18 2010, 12:40 PM

heres the last few seconds of reading right before i quit css, fps was about 28-30 sometimes dropping to 17.....i think this is weird.

09/18/10 12:39:04 20.00 35.1 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:39:04 20.00 33.2 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:39:05 19.99 33.9 100.0 100.0 75
09/18/10 12:39:06 20.00 34.3 100.0 100.0 73
09/18/10 12:39:07 20.00 33.8 100.0 100.0 74
09/18/10 12:39:08 20.00 35.7 100.0 100.0 70
09/18/10 12:39:09 20.00 34.4 100.0 100.0 73
09/18/10 12:39:10 20.00 34.3 100.0 100.0 74
09/18/10 12:39:11 20.00 35.4 100.0 100.0 74
09/18/10 12:39:12 20.00 38.5 100.0 100.0 77
09/18/10 12:39:13 19.83 45.6 100.0 100.0 69
09/18/10 12:39:14 14.72 19.9 100.0 100.0 68

plus ive only installed a couple of applications, like avg antivirus and my logitech game controller. thats all.

ive disabled AV, ive played other games and they seem to be running fine, theres no drop in fps. but they are also no GPU intensive such as Live for speed and ferrari challenge.

ok guys, so i downloaded the new nvidia drivers 258.96 and installed 3 games;

Counterstrike Source
Live For Speed
Mirrors Edge

CSS - when i play multiplayer (OMG server with max 36 people) my fps starts off high, around 100 fps, after about 15-20 mins of playing my fps falls to like 17 fps where it becomes very choppy

LFS - no problems with this game watsoever

Mirrors edge - Majority of the fps is good, like around 62 but then there are times when the fps sudden drops to 11 fps and its very hard to play.

All games i have tried dedicating the 335m as gpu and also i tried the auto select. I also turn vsync off on all games.

Check my CPU and GPU temps etc and dont notice anything out of the ordinary.

I have also recovered the system and still have the same effects. its almost as if im running on 335m and then suddenly it switches to the intel hd gpu and the fps falls. I dont know if this is a hardware issue or a software issue right now.

Fairly frustrated cause i bought this laptop to work and have a bit of fun, didnt think it would be so much hassle.

Wondering if anyone has any ideas on what i could do.

Thanks.

well i did a few logs and found that both hardware devices are running with no problem i.e GPU speed and CPU speed are constantly running at max and there is no slow down.

Iam just wondering how all of you are playing games? is everything running smoothly? mind letting me know what games you are all playing?

can you please explain what this means? my temps are within range even on full load im hitting max 74C.

ok below is the screenshot of my gpu activity whilst playing mirror edge. you can see GPU usage decreasing, where the GPU hit zero is where the game crashes, for some strange reason it crashes on me but sound and everything is still going. Hopefully this can help you see whats happening. GPU clock and temps look ok thus far. Do let me know your thoughts, anyone else please chime in. Thanks.

yes updated driver to 258 and force disabled vsync.

what do you suggest if its a hardware heat problem? should i send it back to asus for them to assess the problem? they seem to believe its a software issue rather than a hardware issue.