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    Extremely Low FPS BF3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Lazy8s, Oct 26, 2011.

  1. Lazy8s

    Lazy8s Notebook Geek

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    I have to set everything to "LOW" with no AF or AA just to get 25FPS in BF3. I have a new m17x R3, and I repasted the GPU/CPU with NT-H1 a few weeks back. I ran the beta just fine (ultra textures, everything else high) at around 35FPS. I have the 2630am and 6990m w/8bg RAM. I reinstalled the graphics driver off Dell's website and came up at about 40FPS in the ultra/high settings. As SOON as I changed HBAO to SSAO to try and improve framerate everything took a crap again and started running at 13-18FPS. I understand I could simply reinstall the drivers but it seems stupid that I can't change my settings. Any ideas?
     
    Lazy8s, Oct 26, 2011
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  2. zoolian982

    zoolian982 Notebook Deity

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    There's a cap driver I believe to optimize for BF3 performance.
     
    zoolian982, Oct 26, 2011
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  3. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Are you not using the 11.10 Version 3 driver? It's purpose is Battlefield 3 performance increases.
     
    Kevin, Oct 26, 2011
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  4. Lazy8s

    Lazy8s Notebook Geek

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    No I was using the driver from the Dell website. When I uninstalled the dell driver then installed 11.10 for the beta I could not get my laptop to use discrete graphics. It showed 2 display adapters and I could never get it to properly use the 6990m. So frustrating to write software for a living and still not be able to use windows. x(

    EDIT: After the reboot, 11.10 says there was an error and the drivers did not install properly. Tried Googl'ing and couldn't find any real solutions. :-/
     
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    SlickDude80, Oct 26, 2011
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    Lazy8s, Oct 26, 2011
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    Fantastic! Glad it worked for you :D
     
    SlickDude80, Oct 26, 2011
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    Shozuki Notebook Consultant

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    I've found not having atioglxx.dll from the 11.10 driver in conjunction with BF3 actually gave me better performance...
     
    Shozuki, Oct 26, 2011
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  9. Lazy8s

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    I will try tomorrow. Surprisingly I have read this a lot of places that 11.9 was better than 11.10
     
    Lazy8s, Oct 27, 2011
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