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    Battlefield 3 Performance Thread

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by shadow1013, Oct 24, 2011.

  1. shadow1013

    shadow1013 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Battlefield 3 was just released so I wanted to know what kind of performance people are getting. What settings are you running? What are the specs or your M14x? 4GB of memory or 8GB of memory? Do you have the 1.5GB 555M or the 3GB 555M? What Nvidia driver are you using?
     
    shadow1013, Oct 24, 2011
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  2. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    There's already a thread for the game, see here for the thread.
     
    CGSDR, Oct 25, 2011
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    shadow1013 Notebook Enthusiast

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    That is for the beta, I wanted to do a separate one now that the game has shipped.
     
    shadow1013, Oct 25, 2011
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    Kristofer Notebook Guru

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    Then maybe it would be better if you included some information in the op such as your own benchmarks with the game.
     
    Kristofer, Oct 25, 2011
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  5. shadow1013

    shadow1013 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd love to give you some if I had a M14x of my own. I am looking into getting on and I'd love to know what kind of performance they get. Thought others might like to know too.
     
    shadow1013, Oct 25, 2011
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  6. alroar

    alroar Notebook Consultant

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    startin up right now. with the vpn help even before the 27th :p



    OK, so my very fist impression: with the same settings as in the beta it runs good bit smoother. im hangin around 45fps at my first game with a little OC, 3GB Card and 900p screen


    i think we´re good :p
     
    alroar, Oct 25, 2011
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  7. shadow1013

    shadow1013 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What are the settings you have in the game? Ultra or lower?
     
    shadow1013, Oct 25, 2011
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    instantcold Notebook Consultant

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    On Medium Settings, on 64man map Norsh... Canal forgot the name. I got an avg fps of 30-40 no overclock other than TurboBosst. It looks amazing for Medium settings, when I placed it on High Settings it went to 25-30fps with a usual dip to 21. So it seems to be like medium settings will be the best.
     
    instantcold, Oct 25, 2011
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  9. alroar

    alroar Notebook Consultant

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    all medium ,textures high.

    runs quite smooth. just like instantcold said. im comfirming that.
     
    alroar, Oct 25, 2011
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  10. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    BatBoy, Oct 25, 2011
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