RTX 3080 (laptop) / 32 RAM / AMD RYZEN runs absolutely terribly

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Any advice? I just bought a new Alienware m17 R5 with the above specs and the game runs extremely poorly. It tells me that my computer is not fast enough each time I boot it up.

[Raterix]

Have you updated your drivers?
What version of Windows are you on?
What's the specific model of processor do you have?
What VR headset are you using, and how are you connecting it to your PC?

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Drivers updated. Laptop came with win 11. Processor is AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, and Oculus Rift S. Appreciate your help.

[Raterix]

What method are you connecting the Oculus, original link cable, or custom?

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Original, but there is an adaptor for the display port

[Nanaki]

What do you have running in the background? Any bloatware or Anti virus/malware detectors?

[Regnrock]

Are you sure the laptop is running the graphics from the GPU and not the CPU?
This is not an uncommon issue with laptops who have both a graphics card and built-in graphics in the CPU.

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Good thought @Regnrock. I'm not sure how that works in Windows 11. I've gone to the NVIDIA control panel (where that used to be a place to solve that in Win 10), but in Win 11 it says that it is controlled at the OS level now.

[simon]

Also check you are not using power saving mode on the lap top. Play with it plugged into the power. There is a bug that says you dont have enough video memory on boot. Is it saying that or is it saying your pc is not fast enough?

[KnowBody]

I literally just got my Oculus 2 setup and configured, bought and downloaded Alyx, and it gave me an error that I needed to allocate more GPU cores or something.

Windows 11
i7-12700F
32 GB RAM
GTX 3070

I'm letting my headset charge and will be turning off everything but SteamVR and letcha know if it improves; but the stuttering between the eyes nearly made this unplayable.

[Xaileth]

Hmmm...

It must be something to do with, Windows 11 - Or maybe you have the cpu set to handle the task of handling the graphics? I only have a 1650 - And HLA runs perfect for me, So i'm going to assume; Based on what i've seen - WIN11 Is probably the cause for negative performance.

Just to clarify - I'm no professional, Just speaking form my own experience. Few months ago I bought a gaming Lap top for when i was on the go, so i could play my steam games when i was not at my desk (Ik Should have just gotten steamdeck) and it came with windows 10, Has a 970m and a i7 and 16gb of ram.

It ran almost every game on high with 60+ fps BUT THEN I WAS FORCED TO UPGRADE TO WINDOWS 11 and ever since the laptop barley pushes out 20fps on low settings in Half-Life 1.

So, I hope you can figure it out bro.. It's a pain in the ass i can def relate. I'm glad i kept my tower on windows 10.

Please do let us know if you find a solution, Good luck!

[Alternity]

Gaming laptops always come with an app that lets you switch GPU, either for the gaming GPU or the less power hungry one, usually used on the battery. Make sure you are using the dedicated gaming GPU.

[Alternity]

Originally posted by EternityIsForTheEmperor:

Let's see biggest mistakes

1) New to computers
2) brought an alienware, who ever told you to buy this is pathetic... if anyone did, because if you did any research in reality, that isn't paid.. you'd not own it.

3) a 3080M (mobile) isn't equal to a desktop, you get almost half the 50% less
performance on a laptop gpu compared to a desktop variant.. example, say your desktop 3080 gets 200 fps, you'll get around 100fps on a laptop


Laptop counter parts of a desktop are about 50% less.. your 3080 is like equal to a 3050... give or take... just because something says VR ready.. doesn't mean you'll be running at desktop performance... you'll have to use low-med settings...

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-RTX-3080-Laptop-vs-Nvidia-RTX-3080/m1443565vs4080


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in the end what's worse... not only are you using a laptop, and it being alienware.... not only is your GPU performance devided by almost ½, you're using a VR... that's not a singular monitor.. that's basically 2 monitors in a headset.... you're basically using something that's like twice the resoultion of the laptop screens resoultion...

i'd say what you're expecting is 100% accurate..
In the end, don't buy a bloody laptop especially for VR Gaming, unless you are doing non vr




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There is however one solution YOU CAN TRY......

Drop your laptops screen resolution to the lowest that it'll go, while using VR, as sometimes not only when the games be using your laptop resolution but also your oculus resolution, increasing pixel usage and blah blah blah.. so drop the laptop resoultion while playing VR Games..

I played this game on a 970, a laptop 3080 is way more than enough to play this game. He's probably not playing on the dedicated gaming GPU.

I currently have a gaming laptop with a mobile 3060 and I can play Alyx with zero problems.

[McJeebs_theLegend]

Ok folks. I like all the spicy responses here.

1) SteamVR is forcing the internal gpu to run rather than the dedicated GPU... I've tried all the solutions I can find i.e. change the settings in the new windows 11 to run steamVR executable and Half Life Alyx to run with the dedicated GPU. I've also done that setting in the NVIDIA control panel.

2) To the spicy person who told me that I shouldn't expect Half Life to run in VR because I have a laptop GPU, I am fully aware that a laptop GPU is a much lower performance version of its desktop rival. I used to play half life alyx on an MSI with an RTX 3060 and it ran FINE for me, at about 40 fps. This laptop is faster and better in every way, and I can't get it to run above a stuttering 20, but that is because it IS using the iGPU rather than the dedicated 3080.

Does anyone know how to get SteamVR / Oculus/ Alyx to all run via the GPU rather than the internal graphics card?

[Alternity]

Originally posted by EternityIsForTheEmperor:

Originally posted by Alternity:

I played this game on a 970, a laptop 3080 is way more than enough to play this game. He's probably not playing on the dedicated gaming GPU.

I currently have a gaming laptop with a mobile 3060 and I can play Alyx with zero problems.

again depends on games settings, he's probably trying to max it, a laptop 3060M with a VR headset.. depends on the VR resoultion.. there's no way. you're maxing this games graphics out on like an INDEX or a vive pro 2... that's 100% sure...


oh and that's coming from me, that actually owns a vive pro 2, a vive pro eye, and a cosmos elite.. and a quest pro
yes you can play VR with a 3060, but not maxed super sampling, maxed game graphics e.t.c especially when comes to something like NMS

SS is defaulted at one, so that's not relevant unless he went out of his way to change it.

Maxed supersampling is not a thing, it proves that even if you own a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of headsets it still doesn't mean you know what you're talking about. After all, you decided to buy a Cosmos, it speaks volume about your will to inform yourself.

tl;dr, make sure you're using your dedicated GPU.

[Alternity]

Originally posted by McJeebs_theLegend:

Ok folks. I like all the spicy responses here.

1) SteamVR is forcing the internal gpu to run rather than the dedicated GPU... I've tried all the solutions I can find i.e. change the settings in the new windows 11 to run steamVR executable and Half Life Alyx to run with the dedicated GPU. I've also done that setting in the NVIDIA control panel.

2) To the spicy person who told me that I shouldn't expect Half Life to run in VR because I have a laptop GPU, I am fully aware that a laptop GPU is a much lower performance version of its desktop rival. I used to play half life alyx on an MSI with an RTX 3060 and it ran FINE for me, at about 40 fps. This laptop is faster and better in every way, and I can't get it to run above a stuttering 20, but that is because it IS using the iGPU rather than the dedicated 3080.

Does anyone know how to get SteamVR / Oculus/ Alyx to all run via the GPU rather than the internal graphics card?

What is the app that comes with the laptop to control performance and all that stuff, is your dedicated GPU turned on in that specific app? All gaming laptops have an app like that.

Edit: apparently your laptop doesn't have that, it's only done through your GPU's software. There's also a Linus video reviewing your laptop and it doesn't seem great in general. I hope you figure out, it seems like this brand is horrible.