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    Help - got a new system and can't play most games!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MS1Guy, Jan 18, 2012.

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    Tried RAGE, Old Republic, BF3 and they all crash instantly. The only game that worked is NFS The Run. All windows updates and latest drivers are installed. Please help guys - I just got this system last night and this really sucks. :(

    Alienware M17X R2
    i7 Q740
    Dual Radeon 5870
     
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