Sudden, unexplainable lag and performance problems making gaming impossible

Last week I was happily gaming with all the settings on high. I went away for the weekend and when I came back, it is absolutely impossible to play because of lag. When I put all the settings at their very lowest, it is almost possible to play but, of course, the images look terrible. What happened?!
I have a dv7t-6000 pavilion. I tried installing the latest drivers for my graphics card, but when I did that the game was simply a black screen and wouldn't pull up at all, so I uninstalled them. Now it runs, but only just. I have all updates for Windows 7 64-bit.
I'm still under warranty, do I need to ask for a new video card, or what?

Give me your graphics card specifications and name. Most likelyl it's the switchable graphics issue, like in many of the other HP laptops out there. What you can do, if you are still under the 21 day return period, is that you can return you laptop and exchange it for another laptop, or gert a full refund altogether. I would recommend this since HP is not a great gaming notebook brand.

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Just look at this screenshot:
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Last edited by Shapeshifter (2010-06-28 15:07:21)

I've been having the same issue but not to the extent of the OP.
I read the man for intel
man intel
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The overlay
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The second option I added because the man says
Note that when enabled, this option can
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In most cases (especially for complex rendering),
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The reason i ask, is because there might be others out there with this specific error and symptoms that's also curious as to what the cause might be. The correct solution for the problem however is to send it in of course
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Greetings all!
I just reinstalled my workstation with a new Intel X25-V SATA solid-state drive 40GB on which I installed only Win7 and CS5 and, with my i7980x processor and 24GB of ram, I was expecting some super crazy performance (my Windows Performance Number is 7,7 out of 7,9 possible) and... my Premiere Pro is now rendering painfully slow... Everything else is fine in the computer...
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Since Toshiba support personnel are prohibited from posting in the forums it's doubtful that you'll be able to to get a definitive answer from them without calling them on the telephone and talking to an actual support person. They don't provide actual support any other way. All we have here are end users like yourself doing what they can to help other end users.
Your second issue about only displaying half page has normally been a display driver issue from my experience. Make sure you have the latest display driver for you specific laptop and see if that helps. If that doesn't, you might need to download and install a display driver direct from Intel, MAD/ATI, or nVidia to see if that corrects the problem. Doing that can be tricky and since you didn't bother to identify your specific laptop there is no way for us to know what display chipset you need.
The only other thing that I can think of is that your video subsystem is failing. Either a loose or faulty internal cable, failing display panel, failing display chipset, or some other portion of the subsystem. You could try connecting to an external display the next time you have an issue to see if that works better or not. Otherwise take it to a certified techinician and have it thoroughly checked out.
Also, check the Product Support Link at the top of this page for your specific model. Check the support bulletins for it to see if they list any issues or fixes that might pertain to your situation and model.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

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