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    Assassin's Creed Black Flag Alienware 17 Problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by agent_mulder, Dec 10, 2013.

  1. agent_mulder

    agent_mulder Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I have Alienware 17 with 16GB Ram, 512 SSD, GTX 780M. I recently installed Assassin's Creed Black Flag.
    Changed everything to high in settings and frame rate is very poor ? Why it can't run the game smoothly ? What can be the problem ? I mean 780 is the best GPU out there. I thought my Alienware will run all games on high settings flawlessly if not all then atleast the games released in 2013. Any suggestions, solutions ? Anyone else facing the same problem.

    1. My driver is upgraded to latest one.
    I did clean install after uninstalling. Checked my system is running on Nvidia and not on intel.

    Thanks
     
    agent_mulder, Dec 10, 2013
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  2. flingin

    flingin M17x R2 Mafia

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    Problem can be simple, single 780m can't handle it.

    My Crossfire 7970M can go down to 25 FPS sometimes ( on full effects ), so don't worry, it is normal.

    You could get some more FPS by flashing your card to Modded 780M GTX Vbios by SLV7.
     
    flingin, Dec 10, 2013
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  3. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You will see better performance once NVIDIA releases another driver with better optimizations for AC: Black Flag. This is how BF4 was in the beginning, too - almost unplayable until two more drivers were released. Until then, you may need to lower settings even more.
     
    J.Dre, Dec 10, 2013
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  4. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    This is true, the new nvidia GFX drivers should help to improve the gaming experience of that game.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Dec 10, 2013
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