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    How will the M17 run Diablo 3?

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by samwY, Apr 6, 2012.

  1. samwY

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    Upgrade to a 4870 / 4850 and you will be in the high bracket. :D

    Your 3870 is better than the 3650 listed in the low bracket so I imagine you will be playing on med settings.

    Keep in mind these are probably desktop card recommendations. Mobile versions typically perform lower than their desktop versions.
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Well I would guess that the 3870x2 mobility would be not too far from a GDDR3 stock radeon HD 4800 (the lower 4830 model).

    So if the game works well with the xfire setup, then I would guess you are in the high bracket already.

    But you could also overclock your CPU (with the right version of intel XTU which I can upload for you if you need it).
    Why not overclock the 3870x2 as well, the cooling is ok in this notebook.
     
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