M11x Gaming Discussion Thread

265.xx and 266.xx arnt really compatible with GTA IV for some reason. Go back down to 260.xx if you want to game properly with it

 

Thank you for the reply

So is that a case of just downloading them and doing the install with the clean install option?

 

tried mass effect 1 with the 266.58 drivers = game won't load.

 

Worked a treat, thank you!

 

what are the issues with the drivers and GTA4?

 

and PES 2011 also......

I still use 260.99 for play crysis, black ops, ME2 with just fine....

 

A friend of mine got an r1 and said that Starcraft (Not sure 1 or 2) and WoW gives him bad lag. I don't play those games so can anyone give me any hints as to what might be wrong with his r1? I know he OC'ed to 1.73 ghz and and has his GFX enabled, so there's no way this guy should be under insane lag.

 

For WoW people already discused on specified thread. just go there...

http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/494459-terrible-wow-performance-m11x-r2.html

 

I'm not trying to be rude, but that's an r2 thread, are the solutions for fixing an r1 problem very similar or is it based on optimus?"

 

has anyone got bioshock 2 working? the game says it is incompatible and when i try to play it just crashes!

 

Anyone else having issues running L4D2 with the shaders set to 'high?' The game crashes every time I set it other than medium? L4D1 runs fine with it set to 'high.'

 

i think so. the lighting on the gun models looks too weird and it just kicked me back to the desktop. i changed everything other than that and it works fine now.

 

Ah thanks for the reply! Hope it can be sorted out with a driver fix later on. I'd comment on Bioshock 2, but I haven't bought it yet.

 

so long as crysis 2 works on the m11x then i don't care about bioshock 2

 

@thegh0sts: Bioshock 2 works superbly with high settings on my R1. Your drivers must somehow be incompatible.

 

I havent seen much on League of Legends here, so everyone knows. I'm getting about 50-60 FPS outside of battle, and I drop to about 30 while fighting in a lane with 2-4 champions.

My specs:
Core2 duo, not OC'd
2gb RAM
160 HDD

 

Will it run stable if overclocked? If so, you might want to try that. I know it's not the same type of game, but SC2 ran pretty poorly on my system until I overclocked it. It kept dipping down to 15ish fps before the overclock in 2v2s but now it never seems to drop below 25 afterwards.

 

Hah, well. A low of 30 FPS is good for me. My desktop is 10 years old and won't run games nearly this good. I'm going to keep it this way for awhile.

Also, I should note.
All settings are maxed except shadows which are turned off

 

This is a problem with the nvidia 266.58 drivers. Roll back to the 260.99 drivers to fix the problem. Left 4 Dead 2 will run max settings very well.

 

Thanks for the response. Does anyone know how often nvidia releases a new set of drivers?

 

Therein lies the million dollar question We have no clue. An engineer over at Dell named Chris says that Dell is working on some new stock drivers, but nvidia releases drivers much more frequently.

the real answer is that we don't know. Could be a month, could be 6 months.

 

Aww that sucks. ATI/AMD seems to release a new set once a month. Was hoping that nvidia did the same.

 

If you want my advice, definitely stick with the 260.99 drivers. Granted I get a little better framerates with the newer ones, but the shader problem with Left 4 Dead was a deal killer for me. I'm waiting for the next batch of drivers, hopefully they'll fix some of these problems.

 

I have reverted to the 260.99 drivers and give some games that didn't work a go!

 

hey guys, i recently just received my m11x r1 and bought starcraft 2 with it. i was wondering what is the best driver to play sc2 on? thanks guys!

 

I got bored. Here's some Just Cause 2. YouTube - Just Cause 2 - Rico Nooooooooooo!

 

Guys, the Dragon age 2 demo is out, if you want to see how it runs in the m11x, is 1.88GB, I´m gonna test it out till the night, when I come back from work:

BioWare | Dragon Age

 

Would like to see someone try the DA2 demo on the R1 - my internet connection has been playing up for the past couple of days.

 

Can I use the 260.99 drivers for the r2? If so where can I get them?

 

Yes you can. You get them here.

 

Will it ovwrclock well with msi afterburner?

 

Yes you can overclock the GPU with MSI Afterburner.

Also, has anyone downloaded the Shogun II: Total War demo?

 

The 6GB demo? I´ll pass....


I played Dragon Age 2 demo, the game runs awesome in my m11x R2, High settings, 1366x768 with 2xAA at 30-40fps, I have not made more tests, maybe I can put better AA or settings, but the game looks awesome at those I listed, I did a video with fraps and is in process in youtube...

Edit: Now with the video:

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

 

Does anyone know how the m11x i5 handles Vindictus?

 

are you overclocked? I'm not getting the same results at all. Also if you're using DX9, your settings are locked at "medium" ... won't let you set at "high" or "very high" for some reason.

 

No OC, but I´m using TS, about the medium locked settings, make sure you are using the Nvidia card, I also started the game with the intel card, and it was locked at medium all settings, and actually the game runs decent for a integrated card, then I run it again with the nvidia card and now I could change the settings to high and ad AA...

 

Yeah I don't know what's going on. I've whitelisted both the launcher.exe and the game's .exe but it says the only way I can use high settings is if I use DX11.

DX11 causes my framerate to plummet to 15 FPS... and DX9 results in about 30-50 FPS on medium.

I am also using TS... so either this game isn't using the nvidia card like it should, or I dunno what's going on.

 

Same for me, tried to run it DX11 and was not playable. DX9 on medium(couldn't go higher,locked) was very fun though

 

anyone bought and tried bulletstorm? me thinks the screen is too small to play on but a big monitor should work.

 

You do realise that TS is useless without overclocking right?

 

Dragon Age II on the R1 plays great. DX9, everything cranked as high as it will go. Allows me to set it to 'very high', but seems to revert to 'high' when I go back and look at it. Still looks great though. Using the standard Dell hybrid video driver.

 

Even on medium settings the game looks/runs great - seems like medium = DA1 high settings.

...doubt the M11x will ever get to Very High for DA2. I may still yet have to get my M15x...

 

any news on bulletstorm on an r1? i have a feeling i'm outta luck when it comes to this game. gonna have to get it for 360

 

I have no idea how it runs personally, but games built on the unreal engine run pretty good on the R1. A demo will be out at some point, they say.

 

Yes, what´s you point? I was using TS at the moment, would now I need to say: "Yes I was using TS with no OC, but I know is useless" in my posts?

My laptop (like some already know) reset the OC after a few restarts, back to 133, so for me is normal that I use TS sometimes at 133...

 

Nevermind. The way you formed the sentence sounded like you were suggesting it makes a difference (which would've been misleading). Grammar police.

 

Well, I´m not from the USA, my english should be not that good...

I always use TS, but like I told you, sometimes when I turn my laptop, is 133, and I do some videos that way, but you are somehow right, I could avoid writing that I use TS, when I´m not OC, since is does not give any boost...

 

Gonna be checking out Bulletstorm on the R1 soon. Will throw up a video if it's stable enough.

 

Speculations on Homefront for the OC'd R1?

 

In case anyone is curious, Rift plays brilliantly on my R2, high settings even!