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    Dawn of War II

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by drakobear, Feb 14, 2011.

  1. drakobear

    drakobear Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im getting my R2 in today or tom and I have not seen anyone talk about playing DOW II on the Mx11. If anyone can tell me how it run id appreciate it!!
     
    drakobear, Feb 14, 2011
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  2. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Runs fine at a combo of very high and medium. I ran it on my old m11x and got in the 20-30fps range. Shadows and Rain kills the performance so if you go easy on those you can crank everything else up.

    Good luck,

    StevenX
     
    stevenxowens792, Feb 14, 2011
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  3. Xsonic

    Xsonic Notebook Consultant

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    I run everything on Ultra. 720p(1280x720) resolution. frames are in the 40s. Lowest frames I get at 30s, highest at 60~
    The latest nvidia drivers really boosted the fps.
    Also for Retribution beta I get the same frame count pretty much.
     
    Xsonic, Feb 14, 2011
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  4. Marxus

    Marxus Notebook Guru

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    Runs great, as stated before just keep away from the really pointless eye candy and everything runs fine.
     
    Marxus, Feb 14, 2011
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    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    I also run everything on ultra and get 30-40fps @ native resolution. Oh, and if eye candy was pointless, we'd all still be playing pong. :p
     
    roxxor, Feb 14, 2011
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    AlienTroll Notebook Evangelist

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    Its works great! On an R1 of course, but you have an R2. You might get more performance. I run it on Medium.
     
    AlienTroll, Feb 15, 2011
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