Assistance with low frame rates. G74SX

[mmeyerj]

Greetings,

I require assistance with low frame rates while playing World of Warcraft.

When playing I get around 30 FPS with settings on ultra. This puzzles me as I have the GTX 560M with 3GB of video memory and the 2.2 ghz i7 processor. I was getting a better frame rate with my older machine with an ATI 6570 1GB and a run of the mill AMD 1.8 ghz quad core processor.

I haven't really tried any other games since I've picked up my G74SX. I have, however, ran the Unigine Heaven DX11 Benchmark 2.5 and the results were disappointing (17 FPS).

Is there something I am doing wrong? I will post my DxDiag below.

I appreciate the assistance.

Regards

PS. I am unable to post entire DxDiag. Please let me know if you need more information.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/7/2012, 21:16:26
Machine name: xxxxxxxxx-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model: G74Sx
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/27/11 14:06:47 Ver: 04.06.03
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 12288MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 12266MB RAM
Page File: 3990MB used, 20538MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Display Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 560M
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1251&SUBSYS_204A1043&REV_A1
Display Memory: 719 MB
Dedicated Memory: 3034 MB
Shared Memory: 1780 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: ASUS VE276
Monitor Id: ACI27F4
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
Output Type: HDMI
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.8562 (English)
Driver Version: 8.17.12.8562
DDI Version: 11
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/15/2011 00:53:00, 15693120 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-5111-11CF-8152-46001FC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x1251
SubSys ID: 0x204A1043
Revision ID: 0x00A1

[Kaboom]

Glad you got things working out for you! Just remember, anytime you use Vertical Sync it's going to cap your frame rate at what your monitor's refresh rate is. For most common monitors you'll see 60 or a 75Hz refresh rate, meaning with V Sync enabled you won't hit higher than those 60-75 frames per second. So anytime you see a game with that option, make sure you disable it to get your full potential FPS! 🙂

[mmeyerj]

Warning though: the latest Nvidia drivers have a bug on 560Ms and S3 states (hibernation). So if you use hibernation the display might not come out of standby. This is why our website still has 267 drivers on it.

No worries. I don't use hibernation, but thank you for the tip.