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    Anyone have GTA 4 bought from Steam?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by mittens14x, Sep 15, 2011.

  1. mittens14x

    mittens14x Notebook Consultant

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    that is the question. please answer!
     
    mittens14x, Sep 15, 2011
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    DarkFame Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, as I bought the complete GTA collection. I haven't gotten to install GTA4 yet though. I've only installed San Andreas, and it runs fine on the GT 555m. I think I had to whitelist it though.
     
    DarkFame, Sep 15, 2011
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    mittens14x Notebook Consultant

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    can you please download gta 4 and see if it runs? it would be so nice thank you :)
     
    mittens14x, Sep 15, 2011
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    afgballa Notebook Guru

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    yes i have it downloaded from steam. at first it didnt work but then i updated to the new beta drivers. then when you start the game you have to change the graphics settings because it starts with 800x600 resolution...but after you get it setup it runs great. at least for me it does.

    good luck :D
     
    afgballa, Sep 17, 2011
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    GigBuddy Notebook Enthusiast

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    FYI anyone who doesn't have the drivers afgballa's referring too, linky here:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m14x/610821-nvidia-285-27-beta-drivers-gt555m.html
     
    GigBuddy, Sep 18, 2011
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    mittens14x Notebook Consultant

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    mine works on 285.27 too, i whitelisted and put in shortcut commands, but my problem is its getting very low fps, i compared my fps to a GTA 4 from cd, same settings, and the one with the CD got 10 fps higher than me!
     
    mittens14x, Sep 19, 2011
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    kimjo42 Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,

    What kind of low FPS are you getting? For some people, low = anything under 40 FPS.

    Also, are you plugged in, or on battery when getting those low FPS?

    Did you try lowering the res and some settings?
     
    kimjo42, Sep 19, 2011
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    eats7 Notebook Evangelist

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    does anyone get any flickering? i get tons of flickering with the reflections :(
     
    eats7, Sep 19, 2011
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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    For desktop, low fps meaning anything under 40 as u said, but as for laptop, low mean anything under 30. And if you read OP threads earlier than this one, you'll know more. You can get the idea through one of These, There will be some benchmark and This is OP's benchmark. My benchmark can be seen in the first link, and just want you to know I never play games on battery.
     
    CGSDR, Sep 19, 2011
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    mittens14x Notebook Consultant

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    MY Statistics
    Average FPS: 35.95
    Duration: 36.99 sec
    CPU Usage: 72%
    System memory usage: 36%
    Video memory usage: 100%

    CGSDR's Statistics
    Average FPS: 47.48
    Duration: 37.44 sec
    CPU Usage: 71%
    System memory usage: 80%
    Video memory usage: 99%

    same exact settings
    btw, who plays games unplugged?! seriously?!
     
    mittens14x, Sep 21, 2011
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    kimjo42 Notebook Consultant

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    I currently play Baldur's Gate 2 unplugged.

    Works great! :)
     
    kimjo42, Sep 22, 2011
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