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    M17x R1/2/3 Bad Company progression

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Phat4rd, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. Phat4rd

    Phat4rd Notebook Enthusiast

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    My son has an R1 with a 2.8 core 2 and 2 gtx280's and gets 60-70 fps in bad company 2. I have an R2 with i7 820 and 2 5870's and get a 90-95 fps in bad company. I am assuming the bulk of those frames are processor related, but not sure. I think the 280 and the 5870's are somewhat close.
    What frames are the R3 owners getting in bad company 2? If there is a difference in fps from the R2, what do you attribute that to? Since theres a leap in processor power, I wonder what the fps jump will be?
    This will influence my buying an R3.
     
    Phat4rd, Feb 15, 2011
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    The FPS your son is getting is very good, im assuming hes running in mid-low settings?, however try turning the HBAO setting to off. I noticed a lull in performance a few weeks ago, but after switching this to off I couldnt be happier. I really dont think its that much of a hit on eye candy either imo. Average FPS with HBAO set ON with 1920x1200 = 45fps, Average with HBAO set OFF 1920x1200 = 59fps.

    You can see side by side comparison shots by following thru NVIDIAS tweak quide here:
    GeForce.com - Get the Most Out of Your GPU
     
    Sir_Gawain, Feb 15, 2011
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    Our systems are tweaked pretty well at this point. Its time for me to upgrade again.
    I mainly want to see how the system has progressed through the revisions.
     
    Phat4rd, Feb 15, 2011
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    No one with an R3 is playing bad company 2?
     
    Phat4rd, Feb 16, 2011
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    I don't think the R3 is going to give you any increase whatsoever over the R2.
     
    GoodToGo, Feb 16, 2011
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    if you scroll down this review down here, you'll see BFBC2 Fps for the M17x R3
     
    JonnyFrost, Feb 17, 2011
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    What are the users on the forum getting? I did see that review but find it hard to believe they are only getting 33 fps on an R3. I want some numbers from real users on here.
     
    GetFound, Feb 17, 2011
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    how can you be so surprized...
    the 460 is worse then a single 5870 and battlefield is heavy under the GPU department, so a CPU upgrade won't change much, how do you expect it to beat a system with double better GPU...
     
    JonnyFrost, Feb 17, 2011
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    If GTX 280M is slightly better then 260M then 5870M and 280M is NOT close because my XFire 5870 beat the crap out of my old 260M SLI.
     
    SillyHoney, Feb 17, 2011
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    Processor makes a pretty noticeable difference. My performance definitely improved when i switched from a t9600 to a q9200. There are far fewer frame-rate dips.
     
    ttnuagmada, Feb 18, 2011
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  11. GetFound

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    Performance between 260 and 280 were not close for me. And there is a big difference between 260 and 5870, that I saw between my replacements for dying systems.
     
    GetFound, Feb 20, 2011
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