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    M17X R2 & R1: Crysis 64bit vs 32bit Comparison

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Kade Storm, Feb 20, 2011.

  1. Kade Storm

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    Hey dudes,

    After receiving my replacement R2, I tested the unit against the R1 and came across one little issue.

    When running Crysis in 64-bit mode, the R1 seems to show a very slight improvement over the 32-bit version, mainly because there's less texture streaming. However, the same improvement is not seen with the R2. In fact, the R2 seems to run significantly (about 2-4 FPS) slower in 64-bit mode. Does anyone know why this is the case? Could it be the smaller L2 cache of the i620m in comparison to the T9550's 6MB?
     
    Kade Storm, Feb 20, 2011
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