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    Stuttering in games and Multi-Key response

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by UltraViolence, May 13, 2011.

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    So the first game I've tested out on this new machine is WoW, and I am noticing that it stutters. It's giving the impression that it is running at a really low refresh rate or something because whenever I'm moving it has a steady 'skip' like it is hanging and then jumping forward. If I turn things down quite a bit it doesn't have this issue, but I am a little unsure what is causing this because even with the settings turned up my frame rates are not dropping below 50. Has anyone else noticed this?

    Oh, and on a side note, I noticed that while holding the Q, W, and A key you can use the spacebar to jump, but if you hold the W,E and D key you cannot. I am used to being able to press multiple keys at the same time with my desktop keyboards and am finding this a little odd that it will allow a 'quad-key' press with only certain keys. I'm wondering if this is a software or a hardware thing? Anyone else notice this? (I'm not extremely let down by this as my last laptop was not good for multi-key response by any means.)
     
    UltraViolence, May 13, 2011
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