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    M11x Gameplay Videos!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by kakeashi, Feb 24, 2010.

  1. misterb

    misterb Notebook Evangelist

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    have no fear:

    Bug
    Unfortunately, this unit does have a few bugs, that will probably be solved soon. First of all, the FN+F2 key is supposed to let you toggle between enabling/disabling battery charging. As of right now, it doesn't toggle properly, and you have to go into BIOS to manually change it. This appears to be a software issue, however, and shouldn't be too hard to fix.

    I haven't noticed any other particular issues so far, since most of my time with this unit has been dedicated to benchmarking. I'm sure there are things here and there, but honestly, I'm quite amazed at how trouble-free the M11x has been.


    so let's hope they'll give a software update soon :)
     
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    Here's my brief trip with Battlefield Bad Company 2 Beta. Sorry for the bad quality video. I don't have the best camera or setup.

    width='425' height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dWWdajCUWWY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dWWdajCUWWY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width='425' height="344"></embed></object>
     
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  3. King724

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    how 'bout the Supreme Commander 2 Demo that was just released on steam.... pleeeeease!

    thanks for all your vids you've already posted!

    edit: found this on another topic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWpvd9MD4CY
     
    King724, Feb 24, 2010
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    can some1 do a guild wars video please??
     
    diabiosx, Feb 25, 2010
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  6. rushmore

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    @htwing = Please tell me BFBC2 was on very high settings :( ;) :(
     
    rushmore, Feb 25, 2010
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  7. snrbobo

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    GAHH! This is TOO MUCH! :(
    I cannot wait any LONGER!!! lol
    Keep the videos coming!
    Every game i've seen has looked great on this thing! :)
     
    snrbobo, Feb 25, 2010
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  8. kakeashi

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    sorry been busy with school, ill add more when i can :) guild wars is pretty old. m11x would play it at maximum settings haha, and that bfbc2 probably not on high, dunno. that game takes a super beast to play
     
    kakeashi, Feb 25, 2010
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    @kakeashi, nice try sharing those videos, but you could have included Fraps in them, how are we suppose to see exactly what FPS are you getting while playing?
     
    trentbg, Feb 25, 2010
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  10. KoukiFC3S

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    Guild Wars runs great. Max settings 60fps.
     
    KoukiFC3S, Feb 25, 2010
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    No, low settings. But to be honest, it looked a lot better than I ever expected. I think here the CPU is definitely bottlenecking, mainly with a full 32 person server. Plus this is beta so we can only expect (hopefully) more optimized code with the final product.

    I'm sure you could overclock the GPU a bit and it would help a little, but probably not a whole lot in this case.
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 25, 2010
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  12. meegulthwarp

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    @kakeashi, what's that V+ SSD like? I'm looking to get the exact same combo as you but have been held off since some reviews of the V+ are mediocre.
     
    meegulthwarp, Feb 25, 2010
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  13. kakeashi

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    V+ is alright, i hear more good things about intel 25m something something, it has a faster read speed which i think is better.

    im probably gonna switch to that and return this V+ because the one on new egg is only like 218 for a 80gb when this V+ was 350$ for 120, and i probably won't use 120.

    yeah sorry, i have fraps on MY computer but not on the laptop, forgot ALLL about it. i shouldve had it up :( but to lazy to redo the videos so anything coming up next would have it
     
    kakeashi, Feb 25, 2010
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    thanks, i'll probably wait a bit longer for the m11x refresh and hopefully ssds will be easier on the wallet.
     
    meegulthwarp, Feb 25, 2010
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    @kakeashi how well does a regular .avi/.wmv/video file run on Integrated graphics card?

    I was just wondering that since for a longer battery life we need to switch to IGP. Just a thought if I can watch a movie on a flight.
     
    apt2l, Feb 25, 2010
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    I almost went with the V+ until I came across the same reviews you speak of... I went with the OCZ Agility instead - total of $300 after rebate for 120GB.

    Awesome drive - various testing benchmarks on this machine are inline or better than the the reviews out on the web. WEI rates the drive @ 7.3
     
    jsgiv, Feb 25, 2010
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    Also KoukiFC3S made a special video for me "Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer" on the SU7300 processor 4gb ddr3 ram and the HDD option. Not overclocked, without AA, everything high, but no effects.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdtXnwxeCkQ

    Basicly the whole reason why I bought this baby :) right there!


    I was basicly wondering the same thing, can you watch HD video without the Nvidia graphic card, but with the integrated card?
     
    misterb, Feb 25, 2010
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  18. jeffreybaks

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    All the vidoes look good! Can any one else notice the difference ssds are making...In the last crysis video in ran really great cept the background textures wernt loading as fast without the ssd like the first reviwer with videos had.
     
    jeffreybaks, Feb 25, 2010
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  19. lewdvig

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    you gonna have great rep soon - thanks for the awesome vids!
     
    lewdvig, Feb 25, 2010
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  20. abusedbunny

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    im pretty sure it would get infinte fps on any online game, no real need to test that
     
    abusedbunny, Feb 26, 2010
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  21. EviLCorsaiR

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    Very nice effort to make videos for all of these. Gave you some rep for your time.

    I'm suprised Dragon Age Origins ran that fast on high. I honestly thought the processor would bottleneck it at high-seeming as I get a 10fps+ difference between running it with my quad at 1.6GHz and with it at 2.0Ghz!
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Feb 26, 2010
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  22. darkamikaze

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    S4 servers are pretty laggy for me.. but that's cause the servers are in Europe and i'm in USA @_@
     
    darkamikaze, Feb 26, 2010
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  23. darkamikaze

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    oh no no no Jojos lol I meant on my desktop.. I played the game awhile back.. if its true as you said that there's US servers now I could be wrong because I was just in beta

    S4 is a pretty decent previous game.. I think the m11x will handle it like a champ.
     
    darkamikaze, Feb 27, 2010
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  24. aznguyen316

    aznguyen316 Rock Chalk Jayhawk

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    I also made a couple of gameplay vids last night, GF bought a new camcorder so I wanted to test it out. Links in sig on youtube. Include short videos of Dragon Age Origins, Crysis, and Starcraft II beta, settings shown and fraps. Don't mean to thread-jack figured no need to start a new thread and the title seems like a share thread =D
     
    aznguyen316, Mar 1, 2010
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    Great thread. definitely an awesome idea.
     
    steelcurtain11, Mar 2, 2010
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    aznguyen316, Mar 4, 2010
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    Believe it or not, I have not purchasee nor played a game on my m11x.

    So what do you guys recommend?

    No interested in warcraft and want something I dont need a PHD to play.
     
    Anejo, Mar 15, 2010
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    vorob, Mar 22, 2010
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    Cheers guys for the videos, it's great to see them performing so well on the m11x, thou could I request another WoW one but in a 25 man raid if possible, I've heard that it doesn't do so well but wanted to see in a video whether it's doable even with lowered settings.
     
    ittekimasu, Mar 22, 2010
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    vorob, Mar 22, 2010
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    Someone on Youtube has a point in your L4D2 vid. Shouldn't you have muli-core rendering on?
     
    Chicken Chaser, Mar 22, 2010
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    Oh, I thought that it's about double GPU systems :)
     
    vorob, Mar 23, 2010
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    Fallout 3 was the first game I tried and thus far I have had zero issues with the game and the performance of it. This is without overclocking as well.
     
    Hengst2404, Mar 24, 2010
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    nice. Not bad!!
     
    ranzmdr, Mar 25, 2010
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    yep turning mutlicore rendering on in left 4 dead 2 gives me around a 5-10 fps performance gain, and i also recommend checking out kaizen's optimization config for less lag during crescendos.
     
    abusedbunny, Mar 25, 2010
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    What are you all using to record, I'll get some better vids of WoW
     
    Spalding, Mar 26, 2010
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    Don't use fraps, that program sucks. If I use it to record Crysis on my desktop, I get huge framerate drops! It isn't my PC's fault, specs are in my signature.
     
    Thomas@pc, Mar 28, 2010
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    so true, what do you use for recording?
     
    misterb, Mar 28, 2010
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    Bad Company 2 !!!! plssssssssss
     
    nodeffect, Mar 28, 2010
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    I rarely record something, but if you want to show good framerates just use a regular camera.
     
    Thomas@pc, Mar 28, 2010
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    hey guys in an effort to assist your gaming vids, just saw you can use a coupon code from Pax East, with the 10 dollars off EA has offered, to get the digital version of Bad Company 2 for 19.99. Saw the original story on Kotaku
     
    Hengst2404, Mar 28, 2010
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    Cheers, definitely taking advantage of Bad Company 2 for 20 bucks.
     
    Krandor311, Mar 28, 2010
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    vorob, Mar 28, 2010
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    vorob, Mar 29, 2010
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    Could you do a benchmark and tell me the avg FPS? I'm curious.
     
    Thomas@pc, Mar 29, 2010
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  48. vorob

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    vorob, Mar 31, 2010
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    thanks for the oblivion video haha love that game.. what's with the weird interlacing lines on the screen? I know it's not really there, but is that a cam issue? Cuz my videos I recordered, I don't recall seeing those so clearly.
     
    aznguyen316, Mar 31, 2010
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    @ Vorob, do you play at 1080p?
     
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