All my games are now lagging so bad, they are unplayable.

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Sivi The Pony 16 Sep @ 6:05pm

Started with Borderlands 4, which was running fine since release and after 40hrs of playtime. Went to play it and got a pop-up saying,

"DirectX 12 is not supported on your system. Try running without the -dx12 or -d3d12 command line argument."

and the game won't launch. I tried going into the games Properties and typing in "-dx12" and "-d3d12" and just got another message saying not compatable. I then tried to verify game files. Game launched, but was lagging so bad i could not play it. I tried uninstalling the game and reinstalling it, no luck, was still lagging horribly.

I left a community post about the issue as well as submitting a help ticket to Gearbox. Having no knowledge of how else to try to fix it, i went to play something else. However, every game i tried was lagging the same horrible amount and unable to play them.

Any help as to WTF happened would be welcome.

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Jaunitta 🌸 16 Sep @ 6:15pm

Remove launch options leave blank as your GPU should automatically use the required,
open run type in dxdiag press enter
check what dx you using should be dx11. Any problems
GPU? drivers up to date?

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Set-115689 16 Sep @ 6:21pm

Cpu temperature ok?

Maybe cpu cooler isn't working ok and just a coincidence?

Reboot the pc vs shutdown and see if stuff runs ok then?

Sivi The Pony 16 Sep @ 6:26pm

Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:
Remove launch options leave blank as your GPU should automatically use the required,
open run type in dxdiag press enter
check what dx you using should be dx11. Any problems
GPU? drivers up to date?

where/how do i find that out for dx? Game was working fine prior tho, would it cause it to not launch out of nowhere?

Sivi The Pony 16 Sep @ 6:32pm

Originally posted by Set-115689:
Cpu temperature ok?

Maybe cpu cooler isn't working ok and just a coincidence?

Reboot the pc vs shutdown and see if stuff runs ok then?

did a restart on my laptop, tried a game and still lagging horribly.

Set-115689 16 Sep @ 7:12pm

Check temperatures then?

Laptop behave differently when plugged in?

_I_ 16 Sep @ 7:25pm

launch option commands are not universal
they are game/program specific

run dxdiag to see what dx level is supported by your hardware
if the gpu does not support dx12 it cant run dx12 games, since it does not meet the min reqs for the game

Sivi The Pony 16 Sep @ 7:29pm

Originally posted by Set-115689:
Check temperatures then?

Laptop behave differently when plugged in?

Temp is hard to tell. I open the performance sidebar thing with CTRL + Shift + Y and the temp bounces from 120-150. I have a cooling fan pad under it too.

Sivi The Pony 16 Sep @ 7:31pm

Originally posted by _I_:
launch option commands are not universal
they are game/program specific

run dxdiag to see what dx level is supported by your hardware
if the gpu does not support dx12 it cant run dx12 games, since it does not meet the min reqs for the game

My laptop is able to run it, since i sunk 40hrs of the game on it already. Played Cyberpunk fine too. Now out of nowhere it just won't play. Game launches, and just laggs horribly, like skip lag with a 3-5sec delay on everything.

How do i run dxdlag tho?

Last edited by Sivi The Pony; 16 Sep @ 7:31pm

_I_ 16 Sep @ 7:46pm

winkey + r -> dxdiag

if it ran before it should be able to run

make sure the game is set to run using the dedicated gpu
and make sure its plugged in and fully charged
the laptop could be going ot power save modes and disabling the dedicated gpu and throttling

try asking in the games forums, be sure to tell them you are on a laptop

PopinFRESH 16 Sep @ 7:47pm

Originally posted by Sivi The Pony:
How do i run dxdlag tho?

Open start menu
Type "dxdiag" without the quotes
Press the enter key

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Sivi The Pony 16 Sep @ 7:52pm

Originally posted by _I_:
winkey + r -> dxdiag

if it ran before it should be able to run

make sure the game is set to run using the dedicated gpu
and make sure its plugged in and fully charged
the laptop could be going ot power save modes and disabling the dedicated gpu and throttling

try asking in the games forums, be sure to tell them you are on a laptop

Since it ran fine before, now all my games are running horribly laggy... That's why i'm kinda annoyed. Laptop is plugged in and charged too.

DxDiag 10.00.26100.5074

which means what?

Last edited by Sivi The Pony; 16 Sep @ 7:54pm

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_I_ 16 Sep @ 8:06pm

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

did you move the pc?
or someone may have plugged the display into the mobo not the dedicated gpu

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Sivi The Pony 16 Sep @ 8:10pm

Originally posted by _I_:
post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

did you move the pc?
or someone may have plugged the display into the mobo not the dedicated gpu

Other games i try to play say something along the line of video card drive not compatable. Yet again, worked fine before.

Laptop has not been moved either. I'm the only one that uses the laptop as well.

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_I_ 16 Sep @ 8:28pm

oops, its a laptop, yea cant move how the display is plugged in

grab all the drivers from the laptop mfg site for it

windows may have tried to update drivers and bork it for you

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Sivi The Pony 16 Sep @ 8:37pm

Originally posted by _I_:
oops, its a laptop, yea cant move how the display is plugged in

grab all the drivers from the laptop mfg site for it

windows may have tried to update drivers and bork it for you

Dell since it's a Alienware laptop? I click on driver updates and just sits on 0%.

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