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    alienware m11x r2 - low FPS in guild wars 2

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Alvez, Sep 16, 2012.

  1. Alvez

    Alvez Newbie

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    I just bought Guild Wars 2 and I'm getting very low fps like between 7 and 20. Is this normal??
    My specs are:
    -i5 CPU U520 1.07GHz
    -4gb of ram
    -windows 7 home premium 64 bits
    -geForce GT 335M
    I hope this isn't normal cuz I bought this game because I tough I had the specs to run this smoothly. The main reason I bought GW2 was because of the smooth gameplay...
    Oh yeah, I'm running the game on auto-detect settings.

    Thanks in advance. :)
     
    Alvez, Sep 16, 2012
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  2. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    GW2 is quite a demanding game you will need to lower your settings especially on the 335m it is an old card. GW is also very CPU intensive so that is gonna be a big problem with such a low clocked ULV.
     
    Yiddo, Sep 16, 2012
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    any recommendations on which settings should I lower to get a better performance?
     
    Alvez, Sep 16, 2012
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    You are gonna probably need to look at low to medium settings but the biggies will be anything to do with AA, Shadows and Post Processing.
     
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    ok thanks! I will test it to see if works then I will post some feedback
     
    Alvez, Sep 16, 2012
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  6. Bendak

    Bendak Notebook Evangelist

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    If you turn off AA and Shadows you should be able to play on low-med with 25+ FPS.
     
    Bendak, Sep 17, 2012
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    The m11x r2 is not that well equipped to play GW2, unfortunately. My system is chugging playing the game as well, has nothing to do with yours in particular. Just lower as many settings as you can. I've gotten it to play around 30-40 fps consistently, but when there's an event it starts going down into the low teens or even worse.
     
    KockM, Sep 17, 2012
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    The R3 seems to perform a lot better, maybe time for an upgrade guys ;)
     
    Yiddo, Sep 17, 2012
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    I run fine with the r2 normal 40 ish FPS with med settings. During events around 30 ish. Only time it really chugs is the big boss events with 50+ ppl and WvW. structured PvP is also fine.

    R2 i7 throttle stop OC at 1.58
     
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    I'm getting 25-30fps on med-low with my R1. I cannot, however, play WvWvW without dropping to 0.5fps in large battles; other large scale events, such as the dragon in Bladeridge Steppes will also cause my frame rate to drop similarly.
     
    Bendak, Sep 20, 2012
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