Slow Frame Rate During Large Fights

This just began happening recently. I am playing on a Sager NP8150 with a Intel i7-2720QM @ 2.2 GHz CPU and an AMD Radeon HD 6790M GPU. I don't understand why I would be getting any lag ever with this hardware. I usually play on Medium Graphics with Ultra Textures with almost no lag ever. Now, I play on Low Graphics and Low Textures and in big fights it still says your computer is slowing down the game. I don't understand. Norton says my computer is secure and virus-free. My computer runs hot, but not hot enough to cause this kind of lag. At least I don't think. Maybe thats the issue.

Anyway, any ideas?

Thanks a lot!

Rannasha Netherlands. July 06 2012 21:01. Posts 2261

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Large battles are hard for most machines. They are limited by CPU power, rather than GPU, so lowering graphics settings has minimal to no effects.

The i7-2720QM is a good laptop processor, but it runs at only 2.2 GHz, which is significantly lower than its desktop counterparts. The fact that it's a quadcore with hyperthreading is of little consequence as SC2 can only use 2 cores.

There are limits to what you can do with laptop hardware. And you're hitting them.

Such flammable little insects!

JingleHell United States. July 06 2012 22:46. Posts 11262

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Check your power plan is on high performance.

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MisterFred United States. July 07 2012 00:19. Posts 1816

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Yeah, with laptops Jinglehell is dead on. It's almost always some power saving feature throttling your processor.

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cHeK United States. July 07 2012 00:57. Posts 34

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I love you guys. I forgot I switched to power saver about a week ago when I was doing some work without my charger. Haven't played yet, but assuming that is the issue.

:D

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LJ July 07 2012 01:09. Posts 203

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Yeah I think with that CPU and graphics card you certainly should not have any slow down on low settings

cHeK United States. July 07 2012 01:32. Posts 34

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Yep, it was definitely the power saving settings. Playing on medium with no lag at all now. :D

JingleHell United States. July 07 2012 04:14. Posts 11262

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On July 07 2012 00:19 MisterFred wrote:
Yeah, with laptops Jinglehell is dead on. It's almost always some power saving feature throttling your processor.

Actually, sometimes it's also the issue with desktops. Really uncommon, but I've seen it a couple of times, for whatever silly reason.

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Medrea July 07 2012 06:43. Posts 9999

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It was either that or temperatures.

Dunno what "limits of laptop hardware" was all about though >.>

But people have had too high expectations of laptops before.

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JingleHell United States. July 07 2012 07:11. Posts 11262

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On July 07 2012 06:43 Medrea wrote:
It was either that or temperatures.

Dunno what "limits of laptop hardware" was all about though >.>

But people have had too high expectations of laptops before.

Well, if letting it use more power fixed the problem, somehow I really doubt heat was the issue.