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    What kind of FPS on games can I expect?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by veixveiy, Mar 4, 2009.

  1. veixveiy

    veixveiy Notebook Enthusiast

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    1.66 Duo Core
    2 GB DDR
    8700m GT
    Vista

    On like WoW and TF2 or Bioshock/UT3 engine games... is this too weak to run them?
     
    veixveiy, Mar 4, 2009
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  2. mechrock

    mechrock Notebook Evangelist

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    Is this a laptop your looking at or all ready have?
    And what resolution are you playing at?
    Should be able to max all of them at 1440 by 900.
     
    mechrock, Mar 4, 2009
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  3. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Won't max WotLK though right?
     
    Kevin, Mar 4, 2009
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  4. mechrock

    mechrock Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't know. I'm not very keen on WOW requirements.
     
    mechrock, Mar 4, 2009
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    I think its gonna have trouble running wow on max. but on low res i think you'll be ok. Let us know how it goes.
     
    Apoc2k8, Mar 4, 2009
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  6. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    lol my laptop runs wow max with 90-120 fps so its not gonna run it max ...and im only at 1440 .....

    you can expect med-high 30-50's
     
    The_Moo™, Mar 4, 2009
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  7. veixveiy

    veixveiy Notebook Enthusiast

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    yea i already have it...it runs like bioshock at like 20~fps on medium its kinda bad =[ im wondering if somethings wrong?
     
    veixveiy, Mar 4, 2009
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    what resolution?

    have you got new drivers?

    your computer set to max performance?
     
    The_Moo™, Mar 4, 2009
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    well that problem is your cpu. i would suggest using a 2.0 dual at least. but you cant change that now. what i would do is use the new nvidia big bang 2 drivers. and i would tweak your OS to use as less cpu processing and ram so you can get the best performance. my older laptop was a 1.5 C2D. and a 8600m gs. and i went to 4gb from 2gb and went to a x64 OS and no lie my FPS increased 10-15 FPS.
     
    dondadah88, Mar 5, 2009
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    try adjusting your system services and then your system settings to max performance and power options to max performance

    try overclocking your cpu?
     
    The_Moo™, Mar 5, 2009
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  11. mechrock

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    Don't you mean "GPU", unless of course he has an Asus laptop.
     
    mechrock, Mar 5, 2009
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    The CPU seems to be the bottleneck. The graphics must go through the CPU when it is processed also.
     
    kobe, Mar 5, 2009
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  13. The_Moo™

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    lol yes i ment the cpu!!! look at it it seems so sad and cold :D warm it up
     
    The_Moo™, Mar 5, 2009
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  14. veixveiy

    veixveiy Notebook Enthusiast

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    is it safe/possible to overclock a gpu? how much/how would you do this? what are safe temps?
     
    veixveiy, Mar 6, 2009
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    what laptop do you have?
     
    The_Moo™, Mar 6, 2009
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