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    mafia 2 performance

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Malignant, Sep 6, 2010.

  1. Malignant

    Malignant Notebook Ninja

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    does anyone else play mafia 2? It doesn't seem to run that great on my R2, dunno if it's the slow SSD 4k bug but I don't get great framerates and it stutters a lot when it loads different sections of town. I had default drivers then upgraded to the newer ones off ati's site but it ran the same. It ran a lot smoother on my desktop, I know desktops are more powerful but I didn't think mafia 2 was so taxing. My desktop is an i7 920 with 4870x2.
     
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    Try disabling AA, i found that made a big difference.
     
    flipfire, Sep 6, 2010
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    unreal25 Capt. Obvious

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    Malignant, since you're running on ATI cards, check that PhysX is disabled. Otherwise, 5870s should be able to handle anything else. :)
     
    unreal25, Sep 6, 2010
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    Yeah physx is definitely off, do the drivers need to be installed though? Anyway I get 50 avg fps when running the benchmark but it just seems something is hindering performance, just doesn't run smoothly.
     
    Malignant, Sep 6, 2010
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    The game has a memory leak bug. If you play for an extended time, it will lag/stutter a lot, especially while driving. You have to shut the game down and restart it. It's a pain but it works.
     
    5150Joker, Sep 7, 2010
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