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    aloha, i am having a problem with my 4870 cards playing bf3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by bigguyhawaii, Jul 25, 2013.

  1. bigguyhawaii

    bigguyhawaii Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi all,

    I just replaced my main 4870 card on my 17r2. it looks fine and plays all other games normally. however, when I play bf3 my fps drops and ranges between 15 and 30 fps. before the original card died I was getting around 50 fps with low game settings. the replacement card was used and I just installed, loaded newest driver. is there something that i'm missing? before I got the card I moved my slave 4870 to the main side and it played the game fine but with 2 it sucks.

    mahalo
     
    bigguyhawaii, Jul 25, 2013
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    Clean driver installation or update?

    Have you tried re-installing BF3?
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Jul 25, 2013
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    yes clean install. but i didn't reload bf3. i'll give it a try.
     
    bigguyhawaii, Jul 26, 2013
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