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    r2 5870 xfire and rift?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by inpulze, Mar 31, 2011.

  1. inpulze

    inpulze Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys, any one running 11.2 or above drivers on rift? i currently have the drivers that came with the vbios update ages ago im not sure wat they were 10.something. i can run ultra but max fps is like 25-30
     
    inpulze, Mar 31, 2011
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    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    RIFT is very intensive and the graphics engine is not optimized well, it has issues running at full FPS on ultra especially with Edge-Smoothing AA enabled.
     
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    inpulze Notebook Enthusiast

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    ooo i c, well i installed the 11.2 with cap profiles and now same settings drops to 12fps constent even less. i open up gpu z and it says crossfire diabled but avaible but disbled. i look in ccc and its enabled ???
     
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    sounds like stealth mode is enabled
     
    timbo126, Mar 31, 2011
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