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    M17x R3 6970m - 8 FPS (recommended setting) on BF3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Alienrares, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. Alienrares

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    Hello all,

    Is anyone else having completely ridiculous problems with their GPU on BF3? I get 8 FPS with the recommended settings, and only 11 on the high settings. Can't even complete the first level the FPS are so bad.

    I am quite literally getting better FPS with the integrated GPU (disabling card) than with the 6970m, which is -so- not right.

    Have the latest official Dell drivers, and have tried putting the Rage preview drivers in the BF3.exe folder. No luck.

    Is this a known issue?

    Thanks!
     
    Alienrares, Oct 27, 2011
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  2. nayilalien

    nayilalien Notebook Evangelist

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    What resolution are you running on?
     
    nayilalien, Oct 27, 2011
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  3. Alienrares

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    Whatever the recommended is, 1600 by something (letterbox). I moved it to the minimum resolution and it's not much better.
     
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  4. nayilalien

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    OK...forget the game for now.


    Run 3d mark vantage and tell us what score you get.
     
    nayilalien, Oct 27, 2011
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  5. Mechanized Menace

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    you should install 11.9 or the 11.10 preview 3 driver, as the latest official dell drivers are not made for BF3. Also, putting the graphics cards drivers into the BF3 folder is not going to do anything.

    11.9

    11.10 preview 3

    You should also be monitoring your temps with a program like GPU-Z or HWINFO64. I use both to cross check and to make sure my crossfire is working, but you wont need GPU-Z to check for crossfire.

    GPU-Z

    HWINFO64
     
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  6. Alienrares

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    Upvote for Mkelliny - Fixed based on his post. Ripped out old driver, driverswept, then reinstalled the new driver. Now getting 47-58 FPS.

    Thanks!
     
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  7. Mechanized Menace

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    Glad you got it sorted. :D
     
    Mechanized Menace, Oct 27, 2011
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