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    online game/internet help

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by lambo7, Sep 19, 2013.

  1. lambo7

    lambo7 Notebook Guru

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    Hello.
    I got my new (2nd hand) X17M R2, i7, GTX670 yesterday and everything is working fine......well sort of. :-(
    I've played a sort of demo of BF3 and it runs in ULTRA perfectly, I can search the WWW ok, but when I try to play "world of tanks"
    its complete rubbish even on lowest settings. even my OLD Dell i3 runs it better.
    I've done a speedtest on "speedtest.net" and my speed is really good. but the game I play the most.......I just cant play.

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    I've tried to download all the drivers I can on Dell-support and none of the above !!! in device manager are found.


    PLEASE HELP.
    steve
     
    lambo7, Sep 19, 2013
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  2. lambo7

    lambo7 Notebook Guru

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    Anyone. Please?
     
    lambo7, Sep 20, 2013
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Probably because it isn't switching to the dedicated GPU but using the integrated one instead. I don't have much experience with this but search around. You might get an answer.
     
    widezu69, Sep 20, 2013
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  4. TheDane

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    WoT are pretty tough on the CPU. Which one do you have? The old generation i7 in the R2 might need some OC to run the game properly.
     
    TheDane, Sep 20, 2013
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  5. lambo7

    lambo7 Notebook Guru

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    Hi, I have the i7 Q740 @ 1.73 ghz.

    What can I clock it too safely???
    I have A10 bios so not many settings.
    Thanks
     
    lambo7, Sep 20, 2013
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  6. Dusk Star

    Dusk Star Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, WoT is one of those games that defines "poorly optimised"... Make sure it is set under Optimus to run on the dGPU, and if it already was try turning off shadows - that more than doubles my FPS, with a significantly faster GPU. (765m will beat 570m any day, and the 670m is just a rebadge of the 570m) I remember running WoT at mostly "medium" on my 460m/560m - maybe try something other than ultra?

    Good luck getting it running!
     
    Dusk Star, Sep 20, 2013
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  7. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    About the missing devices, right-click, then properties. Then Details, dropdown menu - Hardware ID's.
    Copy and paste the 1st line of each one of them and we'll find it for you.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 23, 2013
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  8. lambo7

    lambo7 Notebook Guru

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    Hu, thanks for your offer of help.

    the first three on the list give details of the same name in hardware id's.
    ie, Base system deice say's base system device.?
    but the "unknown device" say's ACPI\SMO8800
    *SMO8800

    I might even do a complete re-install as soon as I've found the issues as ive ordered an SSD.
    thanks
    steve
     
    lambo7, Sep 23, 2013
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