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    XPS M1730 Quick Gaming Question

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ogrebattle, Dec 16, 2007.

  1. ogrebattle

    ogrebattle Notebook Guru

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    Just a quick question--will an XPS M1730 with T7700, 2gb ram, SLI 8700mGT's, 120 gb 7200rpm drive,WUXGA, Vista home premium play Oblivion at 1920x1200 decent settings without lag? I do not care about FPS/performance, just smooth gameplay. Also, i dont think AA/AF will be necessary. This may be first gaming laptop, and need ideas about my favorite PC game so far. Also, how does cyrsis, fear, and age of empires III look? (can they play at 1920 rez?)

    One last question-what drivers is everyone using with Vista and SLI? I believe NVidia released a 16x version of drivers for SLI and VISTA support, but i may be wrong. Does Dell website have updated drivers?

    Any comments would be appreciated. thanks to all
     
    ogrebattle, Dec 16, 2007
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  2. mtv2004

    mtv2004 Notebook Evangelist

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    mmmm, no unreal tournament? :D
     
    mtv2004, Dec 16, 2007
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  3. sly

    sly m1530 owner!!!

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    i dont know about oblivion but u will not be able to run cryis at that resolution but age of empires will do it nicely. use 169.09 as i think they are the best drivers for sli
     
    sly, Dec 16, 2007
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  4. XPS1330

    XPS1330 Notebook Deity

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    I do not care about FPS/performance, just smooth gameplay.

    uh, what??

    and btw, Crysis 1920= NO
     
    XPS1330, Dec 16, 2007
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  5. MrBubbles

    MrBubbles Notebook Consultant

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    Oblivion run without pausing/stuttering/lag? No.

    Why? Its nothing to do with the processor or the graphics card, its to do with the hard drives and the way Oblivion was programmed. Oblivion loads a new area every 5 - 10 seconds of walking. Even on the lowest settings this still happens with no change. If you wan't smooth gameplay then look for a different game. Perhaps a solid state drive may make a difference but I don't know anyone who can afford one of these yet.
     
    MrBubbles, Dec 16, 2007
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  6. Dangaio

    Dangaio Newbie

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    Oblivion.. No Idea..
    Fear.. Yes 1920 smooth..
    Crysis.. Not even.. Most I got is 1280X1024 All MED settings with average 30-40 fps
    AOE.. again no idea..
    TimeShift.. 1280x1024 Max settings with average 60-80 fps..

    30 + fps (Stable) still provides good gaming..

    On my second adapter.. next step replacement XPS..

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    Dell XPS M1730 Crimson Red
    17" WUXGA Samsung
    T7900 2.8GHZ Extreme @ 3.0GHZ
    4GB RAM
    Dual Nvidia 8700GT 256MB in SLI (169.21 driver)
    120GB HD
    Vista Home Primium
    3DMark06 Score = 8,689
    ***
     
    Dangaio, Dec 16, 2007
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  7. AndersXPS

    AndersXPS Notebook Guru

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    Mr.bubbles, i've tryed setting down/changeing settings in oblivion, but i always get the 5 sec stutter and its rly anoying, is there no way to fix this? a mod perhaps?

    I have a friend with a somewhat older laptop, and he doesnt get this "stuttering", hes running XP though o_O
     
    AndersXPS, Apr 21, 2008
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