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    Witcher 2 unplayable.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by imranh101, Jun 22, 2012.

  1. imranh101

    imranh101 Notebook Guru

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    Specs in sig.

    Put on LOWEST settings (besides 1920x1080 res) and it was going 10-20fps.

    I have IGP completely disabled, NO power savings crap, and I'm plugged in.
    EVERY other game is fine (RAGE, BF3, CS:S TF2 FO3 and more) but this is acting stupid.

    Why?

    Specs in sig didn't show up.
    m17xr3
    i7 2630qm 2ghz quad/8thread
    460m 1gb
    16gb ram
    non-3d 1920x1080
     
    imranh101, Jun 22, 2012
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  2. majikdragoon

    majikdragoon Notebook Enthusiast

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    460m isn't exactly the best card and the game is very demanding. You'll have to drop your resolution I suspect.
     
    majikdragoon, Jun 22, 2012
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  3. imranh101

    imranh101 Notebook Guru

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    I'd agree except... I keep seeing videos like this The Witcher 2 on ASUS G53JW GTX460m I5 2.53ghz 4GB - YouTube
    He has i5, 460m, and 4gb ram... Obviously mine is better than that.
    Yes, he is using 1366x768 but I don't know how good your french is - but he is running all "very high" settings except ubersampling is off.
    and he's getting above 10fps for sure.

    No way lowest settings @ 1920x1080 is gonna get LESS FPS than 1366x768 at maxed minus ubersampling.
     
    imranh101, Jun 22, 2012
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  4. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    460m cannot run very high at 720p (yet alone 768p, impossible), 720p max you will do is 30fps at high/medium, played the game with 460m, that's how I know it.
     
    maxheap, Jun 23, 2012
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  5. imranh101

    imranh101 Notebook Guru

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    So... Even though I just linked a video of someone playing it at 768p at max settings... It's impossible to play a game at 768p at max settings...
     
    imranh101, Jun 23, 2012
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  6. Mark4germantank

    Mark4germantank Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe if you overclock it and keep an eye on temps you should be good
     
    Mark4germantank, Jun 23, 2012
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  7. imranh101

    imranh101 Notebook Guru

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    I'm pretty sure I dont need to overclock.. People have been complaining of extremely ty performance all over... Ill try running it at 800x600 at lowest settings. When I still get 20 fps maybe it'll be convincing enough that its a game problem??
    Lowest settings at 640x480 resolution. 40FPS.
    F* it, Ill just play Dragon Age 2.
     
    imranh101, Jun 23, 2012
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  8. JoeyFUZZ911

    JoeyFUZZ911 Notebook Evangelist

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    check your drivers!

    Make sure the game has the latest patches.
     
    JoeyFUZZ911, Jun 23, 2012
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    maverick1989 Notebook Deity

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    Can you try running at the same settings as that dude in the video? His frame rate, imo, was between 20-30. Anyone else getting a very different number by eyeballing?
     
    maverick1989, Jun 23, 2012
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  10. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    I played it just about maxed out with a decent overclock with my old 460m at 1600*900 and was at around 40fps. Not sure what your problem here could be. What drivers are you on?

    Edit: Congrats joey on the 7970m btw :D hope it works well for ya!!
     
    bigtonyman, Jun 23, 2012
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  11. mitsuhide

    mitsuhide Notebook Consultant

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    Witcher 2 on the 7970M is 20fps for average with 1080p @ everything max

    go for HD7970M CF or GTX680M SLI


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    mitsuhide, Jun 23, 2012
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  12. quickie

    quickie Notebook Evangelist

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    If your not patched the original Witcher 2 had anti-piracy software on it. They found out it was causing poor frame rates. They released a patch to remove the software and it increased the frame rates. The enhanced edition has the patches already on it.
     
    quickie, Jun 23, 2012
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  13. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Ubersampling MUST be off. Kills the framerate.
     
    widezu69, Jun 23, 2012
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  14. Megatony73

    Megatony73 Notebook Consultant

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    You beat me to it... Yeah uber sampling kills the game except on the best desktop rigs. Turn that off if you have it on. And, as someone else said, make sure its patched cause it sucked before the patch.

    Oh and that post on the top of page 2 (mitshuhide's) is redonkulous...soooo many large images...
     
    Megatony73, Jun 23, 2012
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  15. CptXabaras

    CptXabaras Overclocked, Overvolted, Liquid Cooled

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    mmm with my config the game run between 40 and 60 fps (v-sync on) on ultra but AA and ubersampling. I really doubt that a 7970m won't beat or be on pair with that. I must say that since the last time i played the game, it has been improved A LOT. I have the enhanced edition btw.
     
    CptXabaras, Jun 23, 2012
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