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    Whats the best Bios for games?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by shaknbakenyc, May 14, 2009.

  1. shaknbakenyc

    shaknbakenyc Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the X36 bios now, and I just got back my laptop from alienware... The problem is my games are noticably much slowler... Can it be because of the bios?


    Also when I ran Farcry 2 it said its recommeneded that i have Vista SP1 , how can it be i dont have that?
     
    shaknbakenyc, May 14, 2009
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  2. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    when they got your laptop they formatted it......
     
    The_Moo™, May 14, 2009
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    shaknbakenyc Notebook Evangelist

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    right, im doing all the windows updates now but what about bios, does anyone know which is best for games? ( performance wise)
     
    shaknbakenyc, May 14, 2009
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  4. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    id stay with x36 it was made to help keep the laptop cooler ... it added better fan control so it didnt heat up to much
     
    The_Moo™, May 14, 2009
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    shaknbakenyc Notebook Evangelist

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    so is there any other reason my games are running slow? is old vista software the reason?


    i have 2.5 ghz with 8800 GT and 3GB RAM.. vista ultimate ( not sp)
    last time i had the laptop it was runing games nice
     
    shaknbakenyc, May 14, 2009
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  6. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    check that you arent running on the battery saver profile.
     
    flipfire, May 14, 2009
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  7. otaku

    otaku Notebook Deity

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    this is most likely the case. X36 is great other than all the damn fan noise
     
    otaku, May 14, 2009
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  8. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    that fan noise keeps your system safe
     
    The_Moo™, May 15, 2009
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    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    ...and drives you crazy. and is only necessary if you have the X9000 CPU.
     
    whizzo, May 16, 2009
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    Rob41 Team Pirate Control

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    Hey,
    In your last two (repeated) threads you said your stealth mode wasn't working and you were sending your laptop back to A.W.

    Did you contact A.W.Rose or A.W. Armando about your problem?
     
    Rob41, May 16, 2009
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