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    Video of Dead Island on m14x [GT 555M]

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Kantide, Sep 7, 2011.

  1. Kantide

    Kantide Notebook Geek

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    Just me showing a new game on the m14x. Gets about 60fps, donno if you can really read it in the vid.

    Dont hate on my playing skill, I was holding my phone and trying to play with the touchpad since my mouse was upstairs and I am laaaaaaaazy.

    Gameplay settings at the end of the vid.

    Dead Island on the m14x - YouTube
     
    Kantide, Sep 7, 2011
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  2. sti4thewin

    sti4thewin Notebook Guru

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    what driver are u using?
     
    sti4thewin, Sep 8, 2011
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    Coflash Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm. I have a better CPU and more ram thank you and it runs like a turd.

    On the latest drivers from laptopvideo2go.

    What settings are you on? I have the latest updated Steam version.
     
    Coflash, Sep 8, 2011
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  4. Kantide

    Kantide Notebook Geek

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    280.26 drivers. My video settings are at the end of the video. I also had to manually whitelist the game to use the NVidia GPU as by default it runs on the Intel GPU.
     
    Kantide, Sep 8, 2011
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  5. sti4thewin

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    lol this game was running great until the patch came out, even whitelisted but is so choppy
     
    sti4thewin, Sep 8, 2011
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  6. Kantide

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    Patch? The game just came out yesterday and runs smoothly for me.
     
    Kantide, Sep 8, 2011
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    There was a day one patch to fix DLC etc, but apparently brought about a whole heap of new issues.

    I'll reinstall again tonight and see if I can get it going, it was a slideshow yesterday.
     
    Coflash, Sep 8, 2011
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  8. Kantide

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    Hmm, yea mines run fine. I got it through steam so I guess it automatically applied the patch.
     
    Kantide, Sep 8, 2011
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    yeah dead island runs good for me so far.
    im on 280.26 drivers too. havent played much of the game only just out the hotel but good frame rate so far
     
    smokingjam, Sep 8, 2011
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  10. Coflash

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    Manually whitelisting works as you mentioned it needs, now it runs great, thanks.
     
    Coflash, Sep 8, 2011
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    I guess nVidia haven't added a game profile for Dead Island yet. It is supposed to be updated automatically with the new drivers (including 280.26).

    Are you running on stock GPU clocks?

    I live in Europe, not released yet here.
     
    DarkFame, Sep 8, 2011
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    Other notebook sites list the m14x running this game at 60-90fps with 72-74 being the avg recorded with fraps. This is at maximum settings (in game menu) and the gpu speed at 750/900. So the m14x should run the game fine.
     
    Lancer91, Sep 9, 2011
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    At what resolution?
    I'm running mine at 1600x900 max settings and I get 55-60fps average.

    Running overclocked at 770/1170. Max temp 78celsius.
    Very pleased with the performance!


     
    gabswiss, Sep 9, 2011
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  14. Kantide

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    I run mine at stock and get about 60 fps as seen in the vid.
     
    Kantide, Sep 11, 2011
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    Coflash, Sep 11, 2011
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    I am not sure what is wrong, but my performance is awful. I white listed it to only use the nvidia gpu, and it made no difference at all. I am on the same drivers as you I think, so I cannot understand what is wrong.
     
    tehdewm, Sep 12, 2011
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    I have no issues running this on the latest dell drivers. Just need to change a few colour settings as screen looks really washed out compared to my monitor.....................looks a bit cack.
     
    Croatoan, Sep 16, 2011
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