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    Crysis on m1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by MiloTheGreat, Dec 5, 2007.

  1. MiloTheGreat

    MiloTheGreat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Everything else plays great...

    Crysis demo on my m1730.. the menu screen has flickery bits, the intro is really slow, and eventually windows desktop tells me the driver stopped responding...

    DRAW2, COD4, CS:S plays great, no problems.

    Is this just a demo thing???
     
    MiloTheGreat, Dec 5, 2007
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    Eiden Notebook Guru

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    I don't think the demo utilizes SLI so that might be causing it to go slower then it should.

    At least I THINK that's the problem.
     
    Eiden, Dec 5, 2007
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    quitlifecfg Newbie

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    im thinking about getting the m1730 myself, i saw that you said it runs cs:s well, whats your fps/settings ?
     
    quitlifecfg, Dec 5, 2007
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    quitlifecfg, my 1520 runs CS:S maxed out with 16x AF and 8x AA at 70 - 300 FPS.. So the 1730 with SLI 8700's should surpass that dramatically.


    MiloTheGreat, I have had the same issue, the drivers fail and then the game is running entirely without drivers instructions that is why it runs like crap. I haven't found a solution, but I have'nt tried to either. Likely upgrade you're drivers. If you're over-clocking - down-clock your card.
     
    B2TheEYo, Dec 5, 2007
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  5. MiloTheGreat

    MiloTheGreat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Mine is the T7500, which is the based model. Only the top proc model can you overclock. If runs the CS:S video stress test at avg 175.5 fps. Which is as full res, with everything at max, and the SLi fans dont' even spin up..
     
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    I get 147.56 FPS on the stress test with everything maxed out, AA8x and AF16x. :D
     
    B2TheEYo, Dec 5, 2007
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    MrBubbles Notebook Consultant

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    It may be the demo.

    I am running the full game @ 1280x800, no FSAA, Everything on high using DX9. I am getting 35-55 fps with no flickering. I also use the +r_multiGPU 1 in the shortcut to ensure SLI is running. The final boss's at the end slow the fps down to 25-35 fps but other than that I have no issues. :)
     
    MrBubbles, Dec 5, 2007
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    Good luck with this game period... :)

    Even on my quad-core dual 8800GTX Ultra rig, the game is a monster to run. I can't play in anything above 1680x1050 unless I turn EVERYTHING down to "low".
     
    DeaconBoogie, Dec 5, 2007
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    MrBubbles Notebook Consultant

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    There are mixed reviews with Crysis performance. If you go to SLIZone there are many claiming to have 50-60 fps on ultra high DX10 at 1920x1200 type resolutions using 2 x 8800 gtx's in sli.
     
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  10. B2TheEYo

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    The game isn't demanding, just bloated. Honestly the only big differences between low - very high are post effects and the foliage count. Low settings = less rocks, trees, bushes, no ugly color grading or post effects (water reflections, bloom, to name a few).

    Honestly anyone seeking for mind blowing game play might as well stay away, to many graphical and physics issues, plus the AI is retarded. It got a 3out5 in the reviews I've seen, by real paid reviewers, not just fan boys or anything.

    Ah well.
     
    B2TheEYo, Dec 5, 2007
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