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    m11x r2 serious gaming problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Gabriox, Apr 29, 2011.

  1. Gabriox

    Gabriox Notebook Geek

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    so i got the m11x a few days ago, i downloaded some games to see how it performs, first i tried street fight iv i got 50fps on high, then i tried black ops, i couldnt believe it i was getting 7 fps constant, then tried left for dead 2 which worked well, then portal 2 it same as black ops 10 fps :( what going on?

    should i OC or what to make these games to work? sorry for being a noob but i went to bios and enabled turbo and set it to 150 mhz, i havent tried trottle stop yet hepl me pls :(
     
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    You sure those games are running on nvidia card?
     
    Benchmade 42, Apr 29, 2011
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    Black Ops is famous for running like a 50 year old diesel engine.
     
    AlienTroll, Apr 30, 2011
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    ajslay Overclocker, PC Builder

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    did you whitelist your game's .exe's?
     
    ajslay, Apr 30, 2011
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  5. Brozini

    Brozini Notebook Enthusiast

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    Try this: right click on the game's icon on your desktop:

    'run with graphics processor' -----> 'High performance nVidia processor'
     
    Brozini, Apr 30, 2011
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    unclewebb, Apr 30, 2011
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    thank you so much it worked, portal 60fps on high and black ops 40fps on meduim :D , yeah another mild problem i cant seem to start mirors edge, each time it give me this error wxbase28u_vc_custom.dll, i tried downloading the file but it didnt work, any body knows?
     
    Gabriox, Apr 30, 2011
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    Try putting the dll file on the exact install directory.
     
    abcxyz91, Apr 30, 2011
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    You are very welcome! :)

    Like abcxyz91 said, you should put that particular dll in the right folder/directory...
     
    Brozini, Apr 30, 2011
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    Call of duty:Black Ops has always ran perfect on my laptop in my sig, besides a few quirks it had before it was patched with it freezing, they were fixed though. You do have a ULV processor afterall, when there are lots of people on screen in multiplayer it uses netcodeing which is powered by your processor. I would download gamebooster, as well as play with the ingame settings and get the single player working to your likeing then move to the multiplayer portion.
     
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    ajslay Overclocker, PC Builder

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    it may be a ULV processor, but its a fast cpu. even my core 2 duo plays black ops fine.

    hell, even a pentium 4 can. (youtube that) :D
     
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  12. Gabriox

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    okay i download throttle stop but how many mhz should i set it on? in the bios

    hmm i tried that it didn't work, funny thing is that in the binaries file where all the dll files are kept i see it there, but it still give me that error :confused: what next? nevermind got it to work by putting the PhysLoader.dll file in the binaries folder
     
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    Set the base clock speed as high as possible in the bios and then run some tests like Prime95 and make sure your CPU is stable. If it is not stable then lower the amount of overclock in the bios and try again.
     
    unclewebb, Apr 30, 2011
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  14. Gabriox

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    ok i will go try that now
     
    Gabriox, Apr 30, 2011
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