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    Want to game on the Dell XPS 15 L502x Check this

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Hitman1989, Oct 29, 2011.

  1. Hitman1989

    Hitman1989 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi i made some game video's showing off the XPS 15.

    with these you can see how the game will respond on the laptop.

    My specs:
    Dell XPS 15 (L502x)
    Processor:i7-2630QM Processor 2, GHz

    Screen:15.6 FHD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera

    Ram:6.144 MB 1.333 MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1 x 2.048 + 1 x 4.096]

    HDD:500 GB (7.200 rpm) HDD

    Graphics:1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M Graphics Card

    Unboxing:

     YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x i7 Quad Core Sandy Bridge Unboxing

    Direct link for preview of all games in 1 video with direct link:

     YouTube: 2 Unboxings -|- Dell XPS 15 Gameplay Round up video's -|-

    The list of games:

    YouTube: Gameplay Dell XPS 15 L502x | Call of Duty: MW3 | Singleplayer| High settings,Nvidia 525m | Full HD

    YouTube: Gameplay Dell XPS 15 L502x | Call of Duty: MW3 | Multiplayer | High settings,Nvidia 525m | Full HD

    YouTube: Gameplay Dell XPS 15 L502x | Call of Duty: MW3 | High settings, onboard intel graphics, 720p


    YouTube: Gameplay Dell XPS 15 Battlefield 3 High settings |Bad shotgun, getting Rocket heads| HD

    YouTube: Gameplay Dell XPS 15 Battlefield 3 High settings | PP-2000 Bad Bush | HD

    YouTube: Gameplay Dell XPS 15 Battlefield 3 High settings |Metro stuff| HD

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Battlefield 3 low graphics |Part 2| HD

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Battlefield 3 low graphics |Part 1| HD

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Crysis 2 part 2 (full HD)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Crysis 2 (720p)(HD)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Team Fortress 2

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Bulletstorm (full hd) medium settings

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Crysis (full HD) (medium settings)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Battlefield Bad Company 2 (full HD)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay COD: Modern Warfare 2 (full HD)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Crysis 2 (full HD)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Left 4 Dead 2 (full HD)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Portal 2 (full HD)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay Crysis Warhead full HD (medium)

    YouTube: Dell XPS 15 L502x Gameplay CoD Black Ops (full HD)
     
    Hitman1989, Oct 29, 2011
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  2. fibre1

    fibre1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    at least you have bf3 running, i have an l502x with a gt540 and it keeps crashing. freezes the game up with a white screeen.

    P.S i use med/low settings too :S
     
    fibre1, Nov 1, 2011
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  3. zjacobss

    zjacobss Notebook Consultant

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    Do a repaste, I had those problems too and since I did a repaste this laptop is working like it should.
     
    zjacobss, Nov 1, 2011
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  4. fibre1

    fibre1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    what is a repaste?
     
    fibre1, Nov 1, 2011
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  5. bluke424

    bluke424 Notebook Geek

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    It means that you should change your laptop's thermal paste that has been applied in the factory.

    You should repaste both the CPU and GPU.

    Repasting improves overall system temperatures.
     
    bluke424, Nov 1, 2011
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  6. Spunky424

    Spunky424 Notebook Consultant

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    is there a how to guide for the L502x?
     
    Spunky424, Nov 1, 2011
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  7. fibre1

    fibre1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeh im a n00b, wouldnt know where to start myself
     
    fibre1, Nov 1, 2011
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    LoYaL_RUS, Nov 1, 2011
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    pjcronje Notebook Geek

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    Nice vids, I'm impressed with the discrete card - it's not amazing of course (it's not a 580), but it exceeded my expectations!
     
    pjcronje, Nov 1, 2011
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  10. Sam_A_1992

    Sam_A_1992 Notebook Evangelist

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    Unless you've got temps in the 90's then you dont need to do a repaste. And temps have little affect directly effecting the games performance. Yes it can effect the card which in turn effects the game but not directly. And thats unlikely anyway.
     
    Sam_A_1992, Nov 1, 2011
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  11. Jon vMagic

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    would update all drivers (most importantly the nvidia drivers) before thinking about repasting

    you can get a few more frames from bf3 by choosing custom options...

    on a gt540m or below I wouldn't suggest playing on a resolution hgiher than 1366*768 (still better than a console)

    turn off antialiasing (deferred version)

    put post-process antialiasing on "high" to smooth out images without any performance impact

    turn off vsync (will cause screen tearing but also improves overall responsiveness)

    turn off motion blur (is about a 5fps hit when it's on, and realistically doesn't give any improvement to image quality)

    make sure ambiant occlusion is set to SSAO or OFF, HBAO is too much of an impact to these cards (including my gt555m)

    can keep texture quality on "high", shadows and mesh quality on "medium" or "low" and then play around with the others to find what's good for you

    with a mix of medium and high settings am getting around 40fps on 1600*900 on an overclocked gt555m
     
    Jon vMagic, Nov 1, 2011
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  12. Kallzeh

    Kallzeh Notebook Enthusiast

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    With my GT540m and i5-2410m I barely get 30 fps in lowest settings at 1280x720 (this is BF3), I was wondering how being connected to wifi affected my framerate while in game, it doesn't really make sense to me!
     
    Kallzeh, Nov 2, 2011
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    Hitman1989, Nov 10, 2011
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