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Cheers all. I wanted to do a quick and dirty comparison vs the 560mGTX. The reason is in anticipation for the new 650mGT thats being released in the M14xR2. So here is what I did.. I installed BF3 on my SSD and fired up FRAPS, Throttlestop, and EVGA precision. I chose the first SP map in BF3 where you are ambushed by terrorists with rocket launchers. Lots of smoke, explosions, enemies, destruction, etc... No cheez here. After benching the machine on the stock bios, I decided to once again update to the A01 Volt Mod and bench as well. I will post some screen shots so you know exactly where I benched in game and just ran the same thing over and over and over. Stock System: M14x, 1366x768, Nvidia 555mGT, 4gb ram, 64GB SSD. Belkin lapdesk, not pluged in, only used to provide space for stock m14x fan. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2012-04-30 21:07:01 - bf3 Frames: 3419 - Time: 89248ms - Avg: 38.309 - Min: 31 - Max: 44 (CPU/STOCK, GPU/STOCK,MEDIUM, 1366X768) 2012-04-30 21:10:24 - bf3 Frames: 3316 - Time: 71667ms - Avg: 46.270 - Min: 40 - Max: 52 (CPU/STOCK, GPU/750/1000,MEDIUM, 1366X768) 2012-04-30 21:17:59 - bf3 Frames: 2666 - Time: 68859ms - Avg: 38.717 - Min: 32 - Max: 44 (CPU/4 THREADS, GPU/STOCK,MEDIUM,1366X768) 2012-04-30 21:20:16 - bf3 Frames: 3202 - Time: 68438ms - Avg: 46.787 - Min: 38 - Max: 54 (CPU/4 THREADS, GPU/750/1000,MEDIUM, 1366X768) 2012-04-30 21:22:48 - bf3 Frames: 3839 - Time: 79638ms - Avg: 48.206 - Min: 39 - Max: 55 (CPU/4 THREADS, GPU/790/1000,MEDIUM, 1366X768) 2012-04-30 21:25:36 - bf3 Frames: 3992 - Time: 82447ms - Avg: 48.419 - Min: 38 - Max: 56 (CPU/4 THREADS, GPU/790/1050,MEDIUM, 1366X768) 2012-04-30 23:01:44 - bf3 Frames: 3580 - Time: 77049ms - Avg: 46.464 - Min: 38 - Max: 58 (CPU/8 THREAD TURBO DISABLED, GPU/750/1000,MEDIUM, 1366X768) **A01 VOLT MOD BIOS** 2012-04-30 23:05:15 - bf3 Frames: 4147 - Time: 79872ms - Avg: 51.921 - Min: 42 - Max: 70 (CPU/8 THREAD TURBO DISABLED, GPU/850/1080,MEDIUM, 1366X768) **A01 VOLT MOD BIOS** Pics... Conclusion - If you want to get the most out of BF3, turn off turbo on the CPU and get the GPU clock as high as you can. Repaste with IC Diamond or other quality TIM maker, make sure you notebook fan is clean, and PLAY!

Uh sorry to hear that. I know this is not the solution you are looking for but... since I have never played HoN and played a bit of League of Legends and Dota2 may I recommended those games instead? They both work perfectly fine on R2. One thing I can think of is that some game may lock at 60FPS if you enabled "vsync" to prevent possible screen tearing. Also I think I am using 12.3 Catalyst driver (not at home atm so I can't check).

All fixed I couldn't be happier.. All this new hardware, reinstalled windows and it solved all my problems. And the new bios, I did have BSOD's but after I flashed to A10 haven't seen one since! mw86 you've been a HUGE help and I can't thank you enough.

okay first lets try this i read ULPS can cause that issue and also lets make sure your on the right Afterburner version... you need the latest BETA. So go through the Registry and disable ULPS. MSI Afterburner click where it says "download latest afterburner beta" let me know from there if its still a bsod upon launching it... both of you if possible... thanks either way. @Huuy [MENTION=1692]Adam Noble[/MENTION]

Hmmm no prob guys I'll search high and low for a solution. You guys are on AMD gpus right... can you list your gpus and driver your on now [MENTION=1692]Adam Noble[/MENTION]? Afterburner is great for just monitoring to... i think its overclocking upon open I'll do some research I had the same issue on 5870m last year... let me see what i can find because its very useful to be able to monitor your system like this... Rivatuner works but this is implemented better in Afterburner. I'll see what I can find.