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    M11X R2 with Dark Age of Camelot... GT335 Not working?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by snoodge, Sep 8, 2010.

  1. snoodge

    snoodge Notebook Enthusiast

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    I installed the latest modded drivers and have added Camelot.exe to the nVidia driver control panel and changed it to High Performance.

    But if I alt+tab out of the game and look at nVidia monitor it says no programs are using the GPU. Is that because I am windowed out of the game? Or is it using my integrated graphics.

    The reason I think this might be the case, is because Camelot.exe is not the actual file of the game, the game runs as "Game.dll" under the processes so I feel like this could be throwing off the drivers.

    The game doesn't play nearly as smooth as it should for a game thats old as dirt technically.

    [​IMG]

    :confused:
     
    snoodge, Sep 8, 2010
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    snoodge Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well,

    I got the Geforce to initialize and play the game butter smooth...

    IF I set the global setting in the nVidia control panel to High Performance. Isn't that going to kill my battery life if I dont change it back to auto or integrated when i'm done?
     
    snoodge, Sep 8, 2010
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    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    @snoodge - it may lower battery leaving global enabled. I am a R1 guy so I am just throwing a guess here. You can always switch it back quickly.

    I am sure there is a thread here somewhere that talks about global performance impact on battery.

    Best Wishes, StevenX
     
    stevenxowens792, Sep 8, 2010
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    PSYCHOTRON Notebook Consultant

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    Lawls major flashback to that game. Go mid healers!!
     
    PSYCHOTRON, Sep 9, 2010
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    snoodge Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oy...

    No answers.
     
    snoodge, Sep 9, 2010
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    snoodge Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anybody? Need to add a .dll to whitelist.

    How!
     
    snoodge, Sep 12, 2010
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    The only issue is to change auto select in the optimus mode to Gforce 335M.
     
    romalian, Apr 14, 2011
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    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried right-clicking the exe > run with graphics processor > high performance?
     
    roxxor, Apr 14, 2011
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