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    Will the m11x R2 run these older games.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Donovan36, Oct 17, 2010.

  1. Donovan36

    Donovan36 Notebook Consultant

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    I am really itching to get an m11x but the main reason I will be buying is to play these games, does anyone know from 1st hand exerience whether or not these games will work on the R2, If not I might have to settle for a much less cool notebook.

    Star Wars Kotor, Jedi Knight, Republic commando
    Total Annihilation
    Baldurs gate 1, Planetscape Torment, Masters of Orion, hopefully GOG games will work as I play alot of them.
    Unreal Tournament 2004
    Dungeon Keeper 1&2
    Stronghold crusader
    Command & Conquer Renegade multiplayer

    Can someone try some of these games, thanks for the help.
     
    Donovan36, Oct 17, 2010
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    niithegoat Notebook Consultant

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    Yes for TA
     
    niithegoat, Oct 17, 2010
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    dirkdaring Notebook Enthusiast

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    Why not get an R1, the difference isn't that much for gaming.
     
    dirkdaring, Oct 17, 2010
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    djjosherie Notebook Consultant

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    Why wouldn't they work? They work on much much slower systems.

    I can tell you first hand at least, from my R2, I play UT2004 on it. Connected to my 32" HDMI TV, 1920x1080, Ultra settings.
     
    djjosherie, Oct 17, 2010
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  5. Donovan36

    Donovan36 Notebook Consultant

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    Notebooks can bit abit flaky with older games, mostly due to drivers, optimus is not known for stability. I could just get an R1 but I would rather have the faster cpu for games like supreme commander and other cpu intensive games, im big into rts as well as rpg games.
     
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    Skillman01 Notebook Consultant

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    Well I tried NFS carbon and my frames dropped like crazy sometimes ..... So it doesnt matter if it is old. I played Splinter cell conviction medium settings and my fps never dropped.
     
    Skillman01, Oct 21, 2010
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    Bushman87 Notebook Guru

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    I think you should probably worry more if the games will run on a 64bit windows. I haven't found any games that don't work on my m11x, thats related to the pc (but again I have the R1); most of the time the games don't work due to windows 7. I can vouch for Baldurs Gate 2 though. (I know it says 1 in your list; but maybe the engines are similar enough)
     
    Bushman87, Oct 22, 2010
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    KOTOR runs like crap using nvidia, but it runs decent with the intel (far better than the nvidia handles it)

    The only game I have tried so far since I got my machine this week. Maybe something is off with it right , but I need to try other games to verify.
     
    morgue, Oct 22, 2010
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