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    Im going to put crysis on the shelf for a while.

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Lethal Lottery, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. Lethal Lottery

    Lethal Lottery Notebook Betrayer

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    the m15x just cant handle it. i found the only way i had acceptable performance was to turn the resoloution down to 1200 x800. which makes the game look jaggy. and put all the settings on medium. even then it was iffy. im pretty disapointed in the 8800m gtx. they should have given a bit more power. why not 768 mb? im holding off on crysis untill i can play it properly.
     
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    Heathkidd M860TU

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    its not the gfx ram... its the fact the card downclocks in heat to poor performance
     
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    daveh98 P4P King

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    I am happy with the 8800GTX as cod4 and UT3 run like butter..smooth. But the AW drivers suck for crysis. I am also really upset about the heat. I hope we find a fix soon.
     
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    michael63000 Notebook Consultant

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    Daveh98

    How long does it take to reach 90*C with COD4?
     
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    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Play in windowed mode. It gets rid of all the jagginess which you get playing full-screen.
     
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    you might be having the gpu downclocking issue that myself and others are having. no matter how low you set your settings, it will stutter if downclocking.

    if NOT for the downclocking, i would be running an avg of 24 fps at 1440*900, cuban's CCC pack, 1.2 patch, with a few dips here and there.

    im running a memron 2.2 ghz cpu, 2 gig ram, 8800gtx.
     
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