Dead Space

Dear @ea_barryBarry,

i already did this Profile for my GTX860M and i also tried to set the card to be used as main grphics card and to be honest, i dont think there is a bandwidth problem. I try running Dead Space and this game is a few years old. Actual games i can play without any problem. Just Cause 3, Fallout 4, Star Wars Battefront...

First i thought this is related to Origin because i thought Origin is telling the game which graphiccard it has to use. Maybe it is, i do not know. Need for Speed Most wanted is running smooth and easy, no problems here.

I also activated the GPU activity icon on my taskbar and it tells me that no programm uses the NVIDIA card. Neither Origin nor Dead Space (1-3). Normally if i start a game i can see it at the icon because it turns green and tells me which programme uses Nvidia.

I think we have to get deeper into this since i think the thread opener @Vaisloudid not solve his problem as well.

Best regards,

Michael

P.S.: I already recognized that owner of my laptop model encounter the same issues.

@gizmomok@Vaislou

What type of connection between the TV/monitor and PC are you using?

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/notebook-gpus/geforce-gtx-860m/specifications

@EA_Barry

Since we both have the same laptop i think it is no kind of cable from the geforce to the monitor. When i remember correctly, it is nvidia optimus technology and is attached to the Intel HD 4600 graphics.

Maybe you know better than i do 🙂

I already prvided the DxDiag, isnt it written in there? If not, could you please let me know where to look it up?

Thanks!

Michael

@gizmomok

So sorry I overlooked that as I was so wrapped up in the 860M specs etc.

Is it a Lenovo Y50-70 ? If so, it may be worthwhile installing the following two pieces of software and see if there is a difference:

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-y-series-laptops/y50-70-notebook-lenovo/20378/downloads/DS103687

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-y-series-laptops/y50-70-notebook-lenovo/20378/downloads/DS105175

@EA_Barry

I tried to do like you said but there is definately no difference.

What i did to check whats the real issue:

When i attach a monitor with 60Hz refresh rate it works, without it doesn´t. My laptop display only supports 48Hz.

Whats next? Is there a fix for games like this that only support 60Hz+ displays?

Thank you and best regards,

Michael

@gizmomok@Vaislou

It appears this is a known issue over on the Lenovo forums:

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Help-Y50-4k-UHD-48hz-locked-refresh-rate-and-low-notebook/m-p/1766291#M79794

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-P-Y-and-Z-series/Y50-uhd-48hz-frame-lock-can-be-fixed-lenovo-must-update-bios-and/td-p/2116961

@EA_Barry

Good Morning 🙂

Thanks for your investigation! I already searched the forums and know that already. But maybe there can be done something from EA side to provide a patch or a programme that makes the game(s) use 48Hz refresh rate? Problem is, i already bought them and cannot give them back. On the other hand i do not want to give them back 😉 I just wat to play them but it is not possible...

Can EA provide something here? This would be a great for those who cannot make their refresh rate to 60 Hz.

Best regards,

Michael

@gizmomok@Vaislou

There does seem to be a clash between new technology (4K) and this relatively old game.

I would love to be able to tell you that we can fix this but sadly for a relatively niche issue such as this I think the probability of a patch to address this is low.

@EA_Barry

i am not so deep into programming as i would like to but is it that hard to make a game like Dead Space not only using 60Hz as refresh rate? I mean hese games are normally developed on a PC so maybe there should be a possibility to make this value conditional, right?

My problem is that a)the display itself supports 60Hz and b) the intel driver supports 60Hz but the whole lenovo y50-70 is designed with 48Hz. I think it is because at that time the intel driver was only able to use 48Hz. As you might have read it is some kind of locked in the laptops BIOS that i only can use 48Hz. Its really a pitty...

Do you have some kind of solution for my whole problem here?

Best regards,

Michael