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    Does the Witcher II run on the M11x? (It's 40% off today)

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by JNeal, Nov 26, 2011.

  1. JNeal

    JNeal Newbie

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    The Witcher II is 40% off on Steam today. Last I heard is that it was murdering M11x R2s, but that was a while ago. Is it still performing poorly on the M11x R2 or has a patch/mod fixed this?
     
    JNeal, Nov 26, 2011
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  2. Rypac

    Rypac Notebook Evangelist

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    Some people have it working ontheir R2s. It absolutely murders mine though :(

    It was working fairly well on mine until patch 2.0. Sadly since then it has become the definition of unplayable...
     
    Rypac, Nov 26, 2011
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  3. deadboy90

    deadboy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    I got you:
    First, OC your CPU and GPU (Use throttlestop on your r2) A reccomended GPU OC is 550/1350/875. next, (you can use game booster but I prefer this) go to start and select SHUT DOWN, wait untill the screen greys out as it closes your applications and quickly hit the CANCEL button. (To give yourself more time open a few programs first). THis kills almost anything that uses a cpu process. Next open the game and then bring up task manager, set TW2 to ABOVE NORMAL priority in the processes tab. Try that and call me in the morning lol. (Oh and it goes without saying lowest settings except textures, you can leave those on high) I do this and was getting ~27 fps playing in the Arena with the newest update on my r1.
     
    deadboy90, Nov 27, 2011
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  4. el_pitaya

    el_pitaya Notebook Consultant

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    wow some nice tricks you have there deadboy.
    But since I've just recently purchased skyrim I'm gonna skip the witcher 2.
    Ive heard since latest patch runs smoother, but I really dont know..

    who is getting it?
    (im waiting for it to be like 66% off ) :D
     
    el_pitaya, Nov 27, 2011
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  5. zenstrata

    zenstrata Notebook Geek

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    Honestly I think skyrim may be the better choice. Although they are both fun games, Skyrim runs nice and smooth on the m11x even at the higher settings. Where The Witcher 2 will only run smoothly on my i7 R3 if I turn all the graphics settings down to nearly nothing.

    Also I think I like skyrim more than the witcher 2 :x
     
    zenstrata, Nov 29, 2011
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