Dell XPS 15 R2 - L502x - Owners Lounge

[now_thats_weird]

Thanks mate.. But i've already done that. The games use NVIDIA Graphics by default, still the problem persists. Don't know why. And this happens for ALL the games.

[DavidLS]

Thanks mate.. But i've already done that. The games use NVIDIA Graphics by default, still the problem persists. Don't know why. And this happens for ALL the games.

Did you try turning the "high perfomance" energy profile on??

[now_thats_weird]

Yes David, The profile is already on "high performance"

[ajd2006]

Yes David, The profile is already on "high performance"

I found that on my computer, the only way to get my games to use the NVIDIA graphics is to change the GLOBAL profile (not the individual profiles for each game) to NVIDIA graphics.

Also, make sure your NVIDIA graphics driver is up-to-date. That could be your problem.

[mikeybc]

Yes David, The profile is already on "high performance"

high performance setting in power options does not make the game run with the nvidia card...you need to either set global settings to use nvidia in the nvidia control panel .....or specify the exe. file for a specific game to use the nvidia card, both these options are found in the "manage 3d settings" in the nvidia control panel.

[techodac]

please advice me regarding protection from dust and scratches from the laptop...i am thinking of getting a scrnguard and laminating the outershell is it correct.or something else would be better...i am worried about the screen constantly grabing dust particles .....

[davis28]

So.. I've had quite a few problems with my l502x allready, and now there's another one.. it's nothing major, but it's kinda annoying :/

When I for example watch a movie or listen to some music, I get random lag in audio and video. sometimes it's 10 seconds between each lag, and sometimes it might also be an hour. It feels like the whole computer slows down like 10 times in both audio and video. this is kinda pissing me off. I can't listen to a song without having to listen to this friggin distortion 3 times.

I have also had the battery icon flashing orange a few times when doing heavy tasks ( like playing skyrim;. Maybe the battery has something to do with it?

I have exactly the same issue and it even happens on high performance profile. And I am not running any heavy programs at the same time.
I notice when this happens, not only the music or video but the whole system slows down for few seconds.

Any suggestions on whats the problem?

[hanming]

Go to Nvidia Control Panel-> Desktop-> check display GPU activity. When you run anything like games, it will show that it is using the Nvidia GPU. Can you use this to make sure that your computer is using the Nvidia GPU?

[zuffy]

Anybody successfully upgraded their L502x to 16GB RAM? Thinking of the upgrade as the 8GB modules are dropping in prices.

[sujinge9]

Anybody successfully upgraded their L502x to 16GB RAM? Thinking of the upgrade as the 8GB modules are dropping in prices.

if you're upgrading just for the heck of it, getting a ssd would be a much better performance boost. Theres almost nothing that requires 16gigs unless you're into heavy multimedia production.