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    Source Filmmaker and the M11xR2, low fps?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Valkyrejan, Jul 12, 2012.

  1. Valkyrejan

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    Hey everyone, as you all may know by now VALVe released an open beta for the Source Filmmaker a few days ago. As with most VALVe fans I figured it may buy fun to mess around with. After downloading SFM and white listing it. When I try to open a pre-made movie such as "Meet The Heavy", the video seems to be in the lowest graphical settings possible. The FPS counter usually reads between 5-20 FPS. Never going above 25. Now my M11xR2 has the Core i7 and Nvidia 335m and I can play TF2 on the highest settings just fine. And I know that any editing software requires an extreemly good CPU, but still. Anyone know a way to fix this?
     
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    Alienware-Frank_L Company Representative

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    Have you tried to white-list Steam as well? :p
     
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    didn't seem to make a difference.
     
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    Here' [​IMG]s a photo if it helps.
     
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    It is almost definitely running on the integrated GPU i'd say.

    Whitelisting for CSS is an absolute nightmare. You can't directly do it because CSS is a Half-Life 2 mod, not a standalone game. Try whitelisting the Half-Life2.exe as well as the .exe for CSS.
     
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    I have the Hl2.exe whitelisted, Steam whitelisted, SFM whitelisted. I cant seem to find the location of the CS:S.exe
     
    Valkyrejan, Jul 13, 2012
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