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Alienware M14x R2 Dota 2 FPS?

Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by michaelbyz23, Jan 30, 2013.

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Hello,

I am running on the 1gb GT650M, with drivers 310.90, my fps for dota 2 is around 48-53 when there is not big fighting scenes. But when there is a war scene, with enigma or magnus around, or AOE effect, the FPS drop to around 30-38. It sometimes went down to 28fps. This is definitely an issue. All the graphics settings are maxed out. I have checked the nvidia control panel and made sure that Dota2 runs on Nvidia graphics.

Please help me. Isit because of the nvidia driver? Should I roll back to Dell's 301, or 296 drivers?

Thanks.

michaelbyz23, Jan 30, 2013

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I tried 296 driver, and it went bad to worse. The other driver that I tried was 307 from Dell website, compared to the lates 310.90, there was not much of a difference. The 307 was smoother at times compared to latest drivers. CAn anyone clarify this?

michaelbyz23, Jan 30, 2013

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Try running the games like this.

Alienware-L_Porras, Feb 1, 2013

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Try reducing AA or some really taxing settings...

LeoVainio, Feb 3, 2013

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