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    Better Performance with high settings?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by PapaAlfrego, Feb 22, 2011.

  1. PapaAlfrego

    PapaAlfrego Notebook Consultant

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    I tried playing Bad company 2 on all low except for Textures on high, and the game runs smoother than all low, i think its because it is accessign more of my GPU, but im not sure.

    Can anyone confirm this?
     
    PapaAlfrego, Feb 22, 2011
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  2. Jlyngen

    Jlyngen Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm no genius but I'm pretty positive that running with High textures causes your GPU to be used more, therefore increasing performance.

    Confirmed. (As far as I know)
     
    Jlyngen, Feb 23, 2011
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    Xaser04 Notebook Consultant

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    BFBC2 is heavily cpu limited and hence increasing settings to put more load onto the GPU will not have any effect on performance up until the GPU becomes the limiting factor again.

    You will get to a point that the GPU simply cannot handle the extra settings even if it is still technically cpu limited. This is because of internal bottlenecks / limitations within the gpu itself.
     
    Xaser04, Feb 23, 2011
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  4. MasivB

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    Didn't you make a thread about this yesterday? And someone already answered it for you...

    Confirmed that you were told and still made a new thread. I wouldn't post anymore on this topic it has been answered several times.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/556814-what-direct-x-mode-should-i-run-bfbc2.html
     
    MasivB, Feb 23, 2011
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