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    FarCry 3 on M14x R1....

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by momanx86, Dec 8, 2012.

  1. momanx86

    momanx86 Notebook Guru

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    How many of you R1 owners have played Far Cry 3 on your laptops? The game seems to run but very slow for me. I heard there was an update for it that increases the frame rate but I haven't tried it yet.

    Also which version of the graphics drivers are you guys using and possibly list the settings which will make it run smoothly without looking too ugly.

    I been running it on a DX11 mode on Windows 8.

    So can the R1 handle farcry3 or is it losing its juice to compete?
     
    momanx86, Dec 8, 2012
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  2. Colpolite

    Colpolite Notebook Deity

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    555m is old and a little slow now, and if you want to get some decent frames per sec at 900p with a demanding first person shooter game, gotta have at least a ddr3 gt 650m.
     
    Colpolite, Dec 8, 2012
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    fong1985 Newbie

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    I'm playing using high settings and the game works fine most of the time. Issues I've come across are:

    *Lagging when a lot of action is happening in the game
    *Crashing during automated save and load sequences

    Running Windows 7
    Nvidia GT 555
     
    fong1985, Jan 3, 2013
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  4. drumn_bass

    drumn_bass Notebook Guru

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    Hey, yeah I have it. It runs pretty good for me, I had to switch from DirectX 11 back to DirectX 9 in setting though, because on DX11 it ran like s***.
     
    drumn_bass, Jan 6, 2013
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  5. Crazy Jay

    Crazy Jay Notebook Consultant

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    I have a good 35fps with this settings
    Direct X 9 and Medium or High Settings Nvidia 310.70 Drivers WHQL
     
    Crazy Jay, Jan 6, 2013
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    Cero89 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Me too! Pretty good result according to the high demanding type of game.. I'm satisfied with how the M14X handles FC3!
     
    Cero89, Jan 8, 2013
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  7. Naelo

    Naelo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can also confirm that it runs pretty good on Medium with DX9.
    I run it on Low though, since I like the game to almost never slow down. (Happens a bit when driving).

    Make sure you use the latest 310.97 drivers, those did increase performance a bit.
     
    Naelo, Jan 9, 2013
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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    I ran the game with DX11 on mostly Medium setting except for texture which is high. At 900p I can get between 40-50fps, but it will dip down to 25-30 at times, so now I play at 768p at the same setting, and I got 50-60fps and is using the 310.70. Oh one thing I would like to mention is that I overclock the 555M as seen in my sig below.
     
    CGSDR, Jan 11, 2013
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