[Solved] glitch

[Porslin]

Hey.
I have trouble running civ 5 on my laptop and some things are a little strange.

Playing on a Thinkpad T420, i7 2640M, 8gb ram, switchable graphics between Intel HD3000 Integrated Graphics and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 4200m. Know that it is far from optimal, but should work.

When I start a game it flows ok until it starts to chop. skipping frames. It can take different lengths of time, can usually play longer with directx9 than direct x 10/11. Have read many threads on the topic, changed all the settings, drivers etc.. The only thing that seems to work is to turn off Nivida card and run with integrated graphics. The game looks anything but good but goes off without the horrible skipping.

The strange thing is that I played civ 5 a while back for maybe a year ago and then everything worked. Unfortunately I can not say for sure that it depends on patches then I also had a computer crash.

I need help

 

[tokala]

Possibly overheating?

That or maybe the wrong driver,still. Tried Lenovo as well as reference drivers?
Can you disable the switchable graphics via the bios?

 

[Porslin]

Thanks for the quick reply. I also believe that overheating is the problem. Have civ 5 has become more demanding in a year? Everything went fine a year ago. Will try again with drivers that I tried with the latest from nivida and latest (older) from Lenovo

I have tested all options via bios. Can I find a guide for setting the graphics card

 

[tokala]

I have tested all options via bios. Can I find a guide for setting the graphics card

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T5...te-GPU-or-Intergrated-GPU-Optimus/ta-p/560579

 

[Porslin]

Sorry for being unclear. I have tryed the bios way but thanks for the link.

I am not sure about the settings in nividia "program" -controlpanel.

Hate that a game I have bought have been updated so i cant play it.

 

[tokala]

If you have enabled the NVS4200 in the BIOS as the only GPU, the driver should work just fine on default settings (there should be an option in the control panel to reset it to default)

 

[Porslin]

I might have solved it.

One of the reasons seem to have been overheating. installed a fancontrol to max the fan and it seems to work

I also think that a graficdriver, betaversion for gaming was part of the solution.

Descrete grafic via bios

When my glitches started I noticed that the cpu activity went from 70% to 10%, is that a normal overheating senario?

 

[timtofly]

I might have solved it.

One of the reasons seem to have been overheating. installed a fancontrol to max the fan and it seems to work

I also think that a graficdriver, betaversion for gaming was part of the solution.

Descrete grafic via bios

When my glitches started I noticed that the cpu activity went from 70% to 10%, is that a normal overheating senario?

It is plausible that it shut down some activity to prevent melt down. You really want to make sure the laptop is well ventalated, has not collected a lot of dust near the vents, and if possible control the temperature in the room you are in. When playing Civ5, I normally have a nice size fan blowing cooler air to circulate the hotter air the laptop is generating.

 

[Porslin]

I´m going to get a fan

I am happy that my problems are solved! Thanks for the help.

My recipe for others is to get a program for fancontrol or other ways of cooling and the right driver. I have tried a bit now and it seems I need both. I run hot but i play.

Can I change the name of the thread to solved?

 

[The_J]

Can I change the name of the thread to solved?

I can .

 

[Porslin]

I can .

Thank you