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Alienware M17x World of Warcraft Lag spikes

post #1 of 24
10/1/09 at 3:11pm
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Hi Everyone

I need help figuring this out. I just received my new Alienware M17x and i'm having 4-5 Lag pikes/ game freeze per minute ? I disabled the 9400 in the bios to run only on the 260M Gtx ( Non SLI)

I also tried to lower the display setting in games and I updated my drivers to the last version to see if that would change anything.

So far no change

Any of you had the same problem with this notebook ? '>
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post #2 of 24
10/1/09 at 3:15pm
I don't think it's the notebook that's causing the lag spikes. What kind of internet connection do you have?
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post #3 of 24
10/1/09 at 3:17pm
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Connection is high speed Cable..
I also have another laptop X200 toshiba ( my wife is playing on it) and that one is lag free in WOW.. we share the same wireless connection
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post #4 of 24
10/1/09 at 3:40pm
Are you playing on battery? Or playing on battery saver mode?
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post #5 of 24
10/1/09 at 3:41pm
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Hello,

Nope. I am playing on the Ac Adaptor..

thx
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post #6 of 24
10/1/09 at 3:52pm
What mode are you playing on in Vista?
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post #7 of 24
10/1/09 at 3:55pm
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Hi Steve

1440 x 900 and the same resolution in game It's actually the maximum resolution for my config

thanks !!
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post #8 of 24
10/1/09 at 4:00pm
I mean what power setting is it set to. At the bottom right hand corner of the screen, you should be able to switch between Balanced, Power saver and Performance. I hope it's on Performance.
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post #9 of 24
10/1/09 at 4:01pm
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Yeah it's on performance .. to be on safe side, i also deactivated the 9400 in the Bios because i never play on the battery
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post #10 of 24
10/1/09 at 4:15pm
reactivate it. let's test that out.
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post #11 of 24
10/1/09 at 4:18pm
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I actually did try that last night without any luck..

When i get home tonight i'll check my Bios version and try to update the Bios..
Hopefully that will help
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post #12 of 24
10/2/09 at 12:49am
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Originally Posted by Squidly View Post
Connection is high speed Cable..
I also have another laptop X200 toshiba ( my wife is playing on it) and that one is lag free in WOW.. we share the same wireless connection
i'd recommend wiring it up to the router and test it out to make sure it wasn't the wireless causing the lag. i had such bad wireless that i bought an intel card.
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post #13 of 24
10/2/09 at 10:09am
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I actually fixed the problem by updating the Bios to version A2. Everything seems pretty smooth now

thanks for the help guys
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post #14 of 24
10/2/09 at 10:16am
Good to know everything worked out.
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post #15 of 24
10/15/09 at 11:23am
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High Latency in N Wireless

Ok, I’m coming back because the problem actually never got fixed.. After lots of tests, I know see that the wireless is causing the high latency in World of Warcraft..

My wife is playing on an old Toshiba X200 with a stable wireless latency of 65 to 80.

My M17x has a bad latency of 250 - 280 and sometimes 450-500.. with 3-4 interruption per minute and sometimes I get disconnected.. This is ridiculous.. I even reinstalled the broadcom drivers without having better results.

Yesterday, I changed my Linksys router WRT160N with a Gaming Dlink WGL-4500 and my latency is still running at around 175-250.. I am very mad inside to see that I spend all that money for the M17x that seems to have cheap wireless reception ... Is it Vista 64 bits or the onboard Broadcom wireless is crap?

Place help !

Thanks
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post #16 of 24
10/15/09 at 12:00pm
Have you tried logging on with the M17x only? Without your wife being on the Toshiba at the same time?
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post #17 of 24
10/15/09 at 12:04pm
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Yeah, the latency is not as high but it's still too high going at around 250-290.
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post #18 of 24
10/15/09 at 12:19pm
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Originally Posted by Squidly View Post
Yeah, the latency is not as high but it's still too high going at around 250-290.
I just found that link about other m17x users playing that game .. i guess i'm not alone

http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...389463&page=11



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post #19 of 24
10/15/09 at 3:42pm
This is a bummer for me. I basicly do nothing but wireless, and it's going to suck if I can't play AOEIII with lag
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post #20 of 24
10/15/09 at 6:49pm
Hi,
Have you reviewed you wireless NIC’s properties?

From the start menu, search NCPA.CPL
Right click the Wireless Network Connection and hit properties.
On the top right, hit the Configure button.
First click the power management tab and uncheck everything.

Then click on the Advanced tab
I don’t have your exact NIC card so these settings will differ, look for anything related to lowering power consumption and disable it / change to performance mode. I’d also look for other setting such as compatibility mode, chose performance / maximum range.

Reboot.

Let us know.
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