XPS game settings thread

I thought a thread like this would be useful. I was thinking we could post our game settings that we have discovered. Here's a template, featuring my skyrim settings:

System Name: L502x

Specs: Gt 525m (Oc'd to 672 MHz), 6gb Ram, Core i7 2630qm, 1080p screen

Game: TESV Skyrim

Settings:
1366x768
select "Ultra" preset
turn AA off, set AF to 8x
turn shadows to low,
select all water details, and FXAA if you feel like it

alternatively select 1600x900, select ultra, turn off aa, af to 8x, shadows low, and set all the sliders back a few ticks

FPS:
on both settings I get 37-ish average, dip to 25, can go all the way to 60 in low-key areas

Notes:
using patch 1.3, and using the Skyrim acceleration layerr script with sxse (google it, optimizes processor use)
Also using gamebooster


Here's another

Game: Portal 2/ all source games

Settings:
turn all settings as high as they go
turn on Vsync (triple buffered if available)
for Portal 2, TF2, and HL2E2, use 1600x900
for all other games use 1920x1080
you can also use 1080p with lowered AA as well.

FPS: 40+ pretty much all the time oftentimes hitting the vsync limit


And a final one

Game: minecraft!

Settings: Using the "optifine" mod with multicore support
set all options as high as they go (usually "fancy")
any screen resolution is fine
set the fps limiter to "vsysnc", which won't degrade graphics performance but will decrease gpu usage. I used to have it on max fps, but it would go to like 100 fps and make a lot of heat for fps I can't even see.

Note: if using intel gpu, scale back some of the features (your choice which, optifine menu tooltips will tell you which are the biggest resource hogs, usually it's render distance).

to make it use the nvidia gpu, use nvidia control panel and add c/program files/java/javaw.exe (took me a while to find that one)

FPS: 45+ depending on resolution.
Games I'd like to see settings for:
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Batman AA/AC
Crysis 1/2
Battlefield/whatever war sim is in these days

So...go ahead, show us what'ya got

 

There's a similar thread in the works for those with the XPS 17.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/del...fficial-xps-17-gaming-performance-thread.html

 

If i'm not mistaken the l702x comes with more graphical power correct? Unless the l502x has popped up on that thread as well i think they can coexist.