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November 11th, 2017 07:00
17R4 Bus Interface Question
Hi all.
I purchased an Alienware 17R4 last month and have been having a blast with it. However, I have noticed that I have been getting stuttering issues while playing games. To be honest, there are slightly older games (Assassin's Creed 3 & 4, Watch Dogs, Dishonored 2) and I feel my laptop should handle them without breaking a sweat. Temps seem fine while gaming, never goes above low 80s for CPU and GPU is in the 70s. I have the following specs:
i7-7700hq
GTX 1070
16GB 2400 RAM
Tosh 512GB NVMe SSD
MDSSD BPX 480 GB NVMe SSD
1TB HDD (for storage only)
According to GPU-Z, I noticed that the bus interface is listed as PCIe x16 3.0 & x8 3.0 (sometimes will show x8 2.0 & 1.1). Would this have anything to do with stuttering issues?
Alienware-Eimy
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November 13th, 2017 07:00
Hi MiMtnBiker,
We don't think that's the root cause of the issue. But, we do recommend you to stay up to date with the BIOS and Video drivers.
Also, you can try tweaking the in-game settings for optimum performance and using your PC in High-Performance power plan.
MiMtnBiker
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November 13th, 2017 12:00
Everything is up-to-date with the latest BIOS and drivers from Nvidia. I also have a game mode setup where it enables the high performance power plan automatically. Having to pull back some of the settings in the game shouldn't really be an option as some of these games are a bit old and my equipment should handle them just fine on max settings.
MiMtnBiker
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November 16th, 2017 09:00
What is the cause of the issue I am having? I have adjusted graphics settings in games and it is still stuttering. When I lower the graphics settings, which shouldn't be necessary, it simply delays the stuttering until the GPU or CPU gets hotter. I monitor the temps while gaming and it doesn't seem like the temps get very hot, but something is causing this issue and I would like to get this resolved.