The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    m11x R3 Empire Total War settings

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Vostok, Sep 21, 2011.

  1. Vostok

    Vostok Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    For some reason i cannot see more than 512mb of memory on my R3 when i have the 2gb i7 model when setting up Empire Total War. This means that i can only set the game to "Medium" and that "High" and "Very High" are greyed out.

    Shogun 2, otoh, allows me to set the card to "High", but not "Very High".

    Anyone have experience with these games?
     
    Vostok, Sep 21, 2011
    #1
  2. deadboy90

    deadboy90 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    44
    Messages:
    625
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Huh. Weird, check that you whitelisted bOth games and make sure they are running in dx 10 or 11. I have no problem cranking up the settings on my r1. (though I end up getting 6fps :( )
     
    deadboy90, Sep 21, 2011
    #2
  3. Vostok

    Vostok Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    DX 11 crashes when i start Shogun... it only works on DX 9.. Hmmm.
     
    Vostok, Sep 21, 2011
    #3
  4. deadboy90

    deadboy90 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    44
    Messages:
    625
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    30
    on an r3?! r3 has a dx 11 chip somethings not right but my r3 knowlage is limited sry
     
    deadboy90, Sep 21, 2011
    #4
  5. Vostok

    Vostok Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    7
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I was really wondering if others with the R3 could at least SEE the High and Very High settings as being available, and in Shogun 2, if they have it, what is listed as the available video memory.
     
    Vostok, Sep 22, 2011
    #5
  6. el_pitaya

    el_pitaya Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    29
    Messages:
    216
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    you should see the options, if you cant see the options past mid, then the game its not recognizing your video card
    I see you already try whitelisting the .exe?
    setting to max performance mode?

    and finally I think theres a command line for the steam launch options that let you go past mid settings
     
    el_pitaya, Sep 22, 2011
    #6