3820TG Owner's Lounge - Part Two

[PePe93]

This method only allows you to use the Intel HD Graphics driver provided by Acer which isn't that new You could try the hybrid driver or the modded bios, both give you the latest drivers available.

Its working great:-) its switching gpus without problem.

I tried to install the intel drivers, but windows told me that i already had the newest drivers... guess windows update found them.

It works for ATI too, u see?

No, that is not normal at all. What are the temperatures on stock clocks while playing Crysis 2? You might need to repaste your laptop.

If stock clocks means something like default clocks (sry I've been learning english for a year) it will be 80 degrees. Which temperatures should my GPU have in "normal" conditions? And what do you mean repaste laptop? Sry for my newbie eng :P

[boostjunkie92]

If stock clocks means something like default clocks (sry I've been learning english for a year) it will be 80 degrees. Which temperatures should my GPU have in "normal" conditions? And what do you mean repaste laptop? Sry for my newbie eng :P

yea your default gpu clocks (no overclock), normal running temp for me is about 48-50 degrees celcius, repaste means to re apply your thermal paste on the cpu and gpu (google thermal paste) i recommend the brand MX-4 made by arctic cooling

[TornadoX]

Super Street Fighter 4 : Arcade Edition

~80 FPS when I start with ATI and use ATI for the game.
~17 FPS when I use Intel for the game.
~31 FPS when I start with Intel and use ATI for the game.

So... help... what's causing this problem?

[boostjunkie92]

is your laptop plugged in when you start with intel then switch to ati cause depending on your catalyst power settings your ati card can still run with less performance to save battery if your not plugged in

[Bronsky]

Super Street Fighter 4 : Arcade Edition

~80 FPS when I start with ATI and use ATI for the game.
~17 FPS when I use Intel for the game.
~31 FPS when I start with Intel and use ATI for the game.

So... help... what's causing this problem?

If you have ePower installed and you're switching to ATI while on battery a number of things could be happening but the most common is ePower limiting the power of the GPU. Try disabling ePower if you have it installed and set the windows GPU power settings for maximum performance while on battery.

[Neo69]

simply check your clock speeds with gpu-z

[PePe93]

So I have 49-51 degrees while working on windows, so its a normal temp as U said Boost, but what is the normal temp while U're playing?
I thought "paste" like "drop" :P now i understand ofc i know what the termal paste is and how to apply it, thanks for advice
So what is the stable OC for my radeon? This "problematic OC" increased up FPS for about 10 . It is a good result?
I'd like to mention that I was playing Crysis 2 with that high temp for about 5-10 minutes no more :P.
And some kind of curiosity.
They say Crysis 2 is more stable and has lower requirements than Crysis.
Lie!
My results:
Crysis 2 - ALL low settings, 1366x768 gives 20-30 FPS
Crysis - Some of settings max like textures etx. about 4(DX10), only shaows medium, antyaliasing off, 1366x768. Rest high or medium and what? 30-40 FPS :P

[boostjunkie92]

So I have 49-51 degrees while working on windows, so its a normal temp as U said Boost, but what is the normal temp while U're playing?
I thought "paste" like "drop" :P now i understand ofc i know what the termal paste is and how to apply it, thanks for advice
So what is the stable OC for my radeon? This "problematic OC" increased up FPS for about 10 . It is a good result?
I'd like to mention that I was playing Crysis 2 with that high temp for about 5-10 minutes no more :P.
And some kind of curiosity.
They say Crysis 2 is more stable and has lower requirements than Crysis.
Lie!
My results:
Crysis 2 - ALL low settings, 1366x768 gives 20-30 FPS
Crysis - Some of settings max like textures etx. about 4(DX10), only shaows medium, antyaliasing off, 1366x768. Rest high or medium and what? 30-40 FPS :P

I just beat crysis 2 last night lol, my max temps were on average 78c hitting a peak of 80c on flat surface and around 72c with the laptop propped up on 2 dvd cases under the middle of the laptop (really makes a difference with heat) also i use mx4 thermal paste and the gaming fan profile from zsero.

I averaged 35-40 fps on high settings and 1355x768 with an oc of 810/1020 but i now run my clocks at 815/1030 (only benchmarked not fully tested thru gameplay)...make sure you also using the latest drivers which can be found here on too456's guide.

[keelnbr]

Is there a way to create an icon on desktop to activate Bluetooth instead of using fn+f3?

[geokilla]

If I'm using the BIOS switchable method, how should I update to the latest drivers? I'm still using the latest drivers available on Acer's site, which means no SP1 still. No matter what I do, I keep on getting the old drivers and not the newer ones.