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Gantolandon

Gantolandon

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After changing my laptop, I found myself unable to return to TDM because of poor performance. The previous one used ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 and managed to get a decent amount of FPS (over 30) on all but most challenging maps. The current one, despite much better GPU (GeForce 960M) barely manages to get more than 10-11 FPS even on small maps. This is somewhat mind-boggling, as there is nothing that should warrant a performance drop, especially such a drastic one. I wonder what could have caused it?

 

The only thing that comes to my mind is that my laptop actually uses two GPUs - the crappy Intel one to render the desktop and GeForce for gaming. Is it possible that, for some reason, Dark Mod doesn't get the memo and still uses the Intel one? How could I check if this is the case?

 

Here is the relevant info from DxDiag:

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Display Devices
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       Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
          Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
           DAC type: Internal
        Device Type: Full Device
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      Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER] 
Device Problem Code: No Problem
Driver Problem Code: Unknown
     Display Memory: 4137 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 128 MB
      Shared Memory: 4009 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: unknown
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        Output Type: Internal
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Graphics Preemption: Triangle
 Compute Preemption: Thread
           Miracast: Supported
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Integrated
     Power P-states: Not Supported
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 11.11.2016 02:00:00, 94208440 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
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            DXVA-HD: Supported
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          Chip type: GeForce GTX 960M
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
        Device Type: Render-Only Device
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Graphics Preemption: DMA
 Compute Preemption: DMA
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Hybrid Graphics GPU: Discrete
     Power P-states: Not Supported
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   Driver Date/Size: 17.05.2017 02:00:00, 885216 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown
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          Device ID: 0x139B
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        Revision ID: 0x00A2
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            DXVA-HD: Unknown
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         AGP Status: Enabled
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    MPO Media Hints: Not Supported
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kingsal

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Hmm, when you right click on the darkmod executable or shortcut do you get an option "run with graphics processor". From there you should be able to select either the internal card or the high performance one.

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Bikerdude

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It sounds like its not auto-switching to the nVidia GPU (from the 'on-cpu' intel gpu). have you got nVidia optimus installed..? This is normally provided by the laptop manufacturer, whats the make and model of your laptop..?

 

Here is a fairly new Optimus driver for win10 from lenovo -

 

- http://support.lenovo.com/gb/en/downloads/ds104325

 

Some more info on Optimus and Win 10 -

 

- https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/860554/geforce-mobile-gpus/windows-10-and-optimus/

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Gantolandon

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Manually running the game with the high-performance GPU solves the performance problems, so it appears that's what's been the main issue.

 

As for the laptop manufacturer and model, it's Lenovo Ideapad Y700. I have found the driver settings that should automatically take care of the problem. Thanks for your help!

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