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    Gears of War and Area 15 m9750

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by GabeZ, Jun 2, 2008.

  1. GabeZ

    GabeZ Information Technology

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    How's it going everyone,
    I know I saw this thread in the past, but no real solution was found in order to make Gears of War run properly. Also, I wasn't currently running the game back then, so I was unaware of the issues. Some say it's a poor port from Xbox 360 to PC. However, I'm beginning to think it's more of a problem with either Vista or the 8700s not being able to keep up. Oddly enough, switching from medium to high to highest doesn't really make much of a difference. I get random pauses where it seems like the textures are too much for the computer. It's almost as if it's trying to load something. Nothing is loading in the background, and it isn't overheating. It seems like it bogs down exceptionally on the new levels that were added for the PC version. I usually play all my games around 1280 x 800, and it's quite discouraging when my Asus G1 (Nvidia 7700go and not even SLI) is playing gears of war with the same settings and everything on high flawlessly.

    Gabe
     
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  2. Stone825

    Stone825 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Change your drivers to the 175.65 (modded edition). They actually make a difference.
     
    Stone825, Jun 2, 2008
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  3. exiled

    exiled -_-

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    doesnt this just mean that the game doesnt support sli. you should just turn sli off since the game doesnt support it.
     
    exiled, Jun 2, 2008
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    Frag Notebook Consultant

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    Have you tried playing with only one card?
     
    Frag, Jun 2, 2008
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    GabeZ Information Technology

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    Hi Stone,
    I was actually going to give the 175.63 drivers a shot from Xtreme G. I thought I might play around with Nhancer as well. What are your results with 175.63 as opposed to 175.65? Also, just out of curiosity, since I can't find it on laptopvideo2go, where did you get 175.65?

    Thanks,
    Gabe
     
    GabeZ, Jun 2, 2008
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  6. HaloGod2007

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    this game runs bad on my desktop in my sig, so expect the unexpected, especially when a crap company like People can Fly ports it and doesnt give us any support or patches
     
    HaloGod2007, Jun 2, 2008
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    Stone825, Jun 3, 2008
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    @GabeZ - To lazy to edit my post but I added the drivers + the link into the SLi guide.
     
    Stone825, Jun 3, 2008
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    The link provided by Stone825 actually takes you to the 175.63 drivers I'm testing right now. Both XP and Vista.
     
    Grey728, Jun 3, 2008
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  10. brainer

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    it Does support SLI, actually it gives up to 80% benefit (so does all Unreal Engine 3 games)

    and @ OP:
    with the XG mobile driver i run the game at constant 58-62FPS all maxed out, texture on very high, Post Processing on Intense and res 1440x900, give those drivers a shot
     
    brainer, Jun 3, 2008
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