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    M14x R1 Low fps Dead Island

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Waqas409, Jun 5, 2012.

  1. Waqas409

    Waqas409 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hy guys,

    Im getting 20-25 fps in Dead Island and game is lagging so much.
    here are my in game video settings.
    Im running it on Nvidia GPU.
    GPU temp is under 65C
    Driver Version 301.42

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    M14x Specs:
    | i7-2670QM 2.20 | 8GB Ram | 700GB | 3GB NVIDIA GT 555M |
     
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    Lancer91 Notebook Consultant

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    1. Check battery/power profile to make sure you are on max performance. If you are trying to play the game on battery go ahead and give it up as you won't be able to without bios a01 and custom power profile.
    2. Go into your nvidia control panel, choose global settings TAB and set Preferred Graphics Processor to HIGH PERFORMANCE NVIDIA PROCESSOR (not integrated). Regardless of whether or not you "believe" the game is whitelisted just do this and then report back on how its working.
    3. Update display driver as needed.
     
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    Waqas409 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright.
    So what i did is just downgraded the Nvidia Driver to version 290.10 and now game is running smooth with average 50fps.

    Solved.
     
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Awesome Wagas409! Here is also some tips to improve your games performance.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 5, 2012
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    Waqas409 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow.
    Thanks for sharing these tips.
    thanks again.
     
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    No problem! Anything you need, just let us know!
     
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