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    Is Fable III suppose to be running poorly?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Mudig, Aug 17, 2011.

  1. Mudig

    Mudig Notebook Consultant

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    I remember seeing F3 advertised on the m14 in the Alienware website. I find it weird that they'd promote a game that runs lousy on their product. Anyone here have the game besides me?
     
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    I havent tried it on any other computers, but it ran at high settings for me, on AC. Its a crappy game anyway, so who cares.
     
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    It is mediocre, but it's weird that it runs horribly considering how mediocre the game looks. The only cool thing about it is how they made the led lights sort of part of the game(when there are enemies, the keyboard turns red).
     
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    you're sure it's running on the GT555m and not the IGP?
     
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    plug in your ac adapter, goto your graphics properties and make sure it's running the GT555 by default and not the intel chip
     
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    That's in the Nvidia Control Panel, global settings, and changing it into Nvidia high performance processor right? Yeah I've done that. Am I suppose to be able to run the game on high or normal?
     
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    1. Is it plugged in?

    2. Go to desktop, right click, graphic properties, and see if youre running at 40hz or 60hz
     
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    Yeah, it's running on 60hz.
     
    Mudig, Aug 17, 2011
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    Weird, probably driver issue.
     
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    I think his expectations for Fable 3 were just high. Which is understandable, considering the amount of money this game had put into it. The graphics on my friends computer (which is an absolute beast) are also mediocre (on ultrahigh settings).
     
    nbellowe, Aug 18, 2011
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