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RESOLVED: FX3 Crashing or Choppy on Your Laptop?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Strong" data-source="post: 277347" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>----------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><em><strong>Update:</strong> This issue has been resolved by Zen in a patch so this fix should no longer be needed. Cheers to Zen for fixing it!</em></p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>So I recently fired up FX3 for the first time on my new gaming laptop and was shocked and disappointed to see a horribly choppy framerate even on an old table such as Sorcerer's Lair. The new WMS tables wouldn't even run at all, but would crash immediately on loading. I could run other very demanding games such as The Witcher 3 or Battlefield 1 without an issue on high settings, so this didn't make any sense. </p><p></p><p>A google search revealed others having this same issue with FX3 on their notebooks and even some negative Steam reviews from folks who didn't seem to know what was causing the choppiness and how to fix it.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully there is an easy solution! (As long as you have an NVIDA card)</p><p></p><p>For some reason, the game starts up with your integrated graphics instead of using your NVIDIA GPU. This is the only game I've seen do this, so it's definitely an anomaly.</p><p></p><p>To solve this:</p><p></p><p>1.) Open your NVIDIA Control Panel (access this by right clicking on the NIVIDA icon in your system tray).</p><p>2.) Click on "Manage 3D settings" on the left panel</p><p>3.) Under Global Settings, you will see a dropdown for "Preferred graphics processor". Change this to "High performance Nividia processor" (it is set to Auto Select by default).</p><p>4.) Apply and exit.</p><p></p><p>Done!</p><p></p><p>Now the game should be buttery smooth.</p><p></p><p>Here's a screenshot of the setting:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://preview.ibb.co/gHw3LK/Untitled_1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Strong, post: 277347, member: 3"] ---------------------------------------------------------------- [I][B]Update:[/B] This issue has been resolved by Zen in a patch so this fix should no longer be needed. Cheers to Zen for fixing it![/I] ---------------------------------------------------------------- So I recently fired up FX3 for the first time on my new gaming laptop and was shocked and disappointed to see a horribly choppy framerate even on an old table such as Sorcerer's Lair. The new WMS tables wouldn't even run at all, but would crash immediately on loading. I could run other very demanding games such as The Witcher 3 or Battlefield 1 without an issue on high settings, so this didn't make any sense. A google search revealed others having this same issue with FX3 on their notebooks and even some negative Steam reviews from folks who didn't seem to know what was causing the choppiness and how to fix it. Thankfully there is an easy solution! (As long as you have an NVIDA card) For some reason, the game starts up with your integrated graphics instead of using your NVIDIA GPU. This is the only game I've seen do this, so it's definitely an anomaly. To solve this: 1.) Open your NVIDIA Control Panel (access this by right clicking on the NIVIDA icon in your system tray). 2.) Click on "Manage 3D settings" on the left panel 3.) Under Global Settings, you will see a dropdown for "Preferred graphics processor". Change this to "High performance Nividia processor" (it is set to Auto Select by default). 4.) Apply and exit. Done! Now the game should be buttery smooth. Here's a screenshot of the setting: [img]https://preview.ibb.co/gHw3LK/Untitled_1.png[/img] [/QUOTE]
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