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    Rift

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Harryboiyeye, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. Harryboiyeye

    Harryboiyeye Notebook Deity

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    Runs like poop on the m17x R2 for me. 15 FPS most of the time?

    Seriously dude? :/
     
  2. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    Is it CPU or GPU dependent?
     
  3. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    Runs just fine for me, on all my listed systems, great game.
     
  4. Harryboiyeye

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    I think it may be CPU dependant. A lot of players around and NPCs. GPU temps don't go very high and fans rarely go loud.

    Define ''Fine'' for me in terms of FPS.

    I can say though that after the midnight patch it's a lot smoother.
     
  5. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    I am not sure on the FPS, but I am running on ultra, and there is no choppyness even in busy areas. I think in a raid situation, I may go gown to good.
     
  6. Corthalis

    Corthalis Notebook Geek

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    flynnaz, what drivers are you using? I used to be able to run it fine, but after one of the patches my FPS dropped drastically and I now have to resort to using Low Quality Render.
     
  7. Harryboiyeye

    Harryboiyeye Notebook Deity

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    And LQR really does suck.


    But apparently;

    Known Issues And Current Fixes..

    And I also asked a guy who had a GTX 460 and said that he was running the game at Ultra, with SuperSample at 60 FPS and sometimes dipping into the 30s. That's amazing o_O

    So it seems nVidia are fine?
     
  8. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    I am using the most current ATI drivers and CAPs, 11.2
     
  9. Mekias0

    Mekias0 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just downloaded this game. Had some crashing problems last night but it seems better today. On Ultra I'm currently getting 42-50 FPS in most areas. When I first brought up Fraps, I was getting 25-30 and the screen was rather shaky. Not sure why it's better now. All I did was change to full screen instead of full windowed and I set up the "show SLI visual indicator" from Nvidia to make sure I was running in SLI.

    I haven't gotten out of the initial starter area yet though so hopefully my FPS holds up during big Rift encounters.
     
  10. LVNeptune

    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's the game engine...Having issues on my main pc with 3x 580 sli.