Alienware Question.

[NexemisX]

Hi, so I have an Alienware M17X R3, with an ATI Radeon HD 6900M, 16GB of ram, an Intel Core i7 2860QM CPU @ 2.50GHZ (it has turbo boost up to 3.1ghz or something like that, don't know much about that part) , now the problem is, my games lag? Borderlands 2 especially, I'm pretty sure I shouldn't be getting any lag with these specs. Anyone have any ideas as to why this machine is lagging? I keep it cool it doesn't get overly hot, it's always on a raised cooling pad, and I also have all my latest drivers.

 

[WiseUp216]

Turn off PhysX in the game options. That is the most likely issue.

If that doesn't fix it, then lower resolution and/or image quality until it plays acceptably.

"Lagging" refers to network latency. You're having frame rate issues. Just a pet peeve of mine when people call it lagging.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

specs are ok...state of the art in 2011 for laptops. Today's games may need a bit more in graphic/cpu. And definitely turn off phys ex.

 

[Tweak155]

6970m is getting up there... the 6990m is a bit faster but still aged at this point.

Mobile cards are WAY behind desktop cards of the same name. A desktop 6900 series desktop card is still a pretty big beast, but it uses way more power.

 

[Warsam71]

Yup, turning off PhysX and reducing the res should do the trick.

What about other games? Are you playing any? Are they Online Multi-player games? If so, are you having the same problem? And there isn't much you can do about lag...

 

[Zodiark1593]

6970m is getting up there... the 6990m is a bit faster but still aged at this point.

Mobile cards are WAY behind desktop cards of the same name. A desktop 6900 series desktop card is still a pretty big beast, but it uses way more power.

A Radeon 6970M and 6990M should be about on par with a desktop 6850 and 6870 respectively with slightly lowered clockspeeds. Definitely a big step up from the 5000M series, the top end mobile card of that series using the desktop 5770.

 

[Barfo]

A Radeon 6970M and 6990M should be about on par with a desktop 6850 and 6870 respectively with slightly lowered clockspeeds.

So, not enough to max 2013 games at 1080p.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Turn off PhysX in the game options. That is the most likely issue.

If that doesn't fix it, then lower resolution and/or image quality until it plays acceptably.

"Lagging" refers to network latency. You're having frame rate issues. Just a pet peeve of mine when people call it lagging.

frame lag?