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    NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by KING19, Aug 31, 2011.

  1. KING19

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    I am getting a new Toshiba Laptop with a NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M GPU
    (Specs in my sig) I got a good deal for this laptop at toshibadirect for only $781 and i want to know how good is this GPU for games like GTAIV, BC2, BF3, Mafia II, Crysis 2 since i couldnt find any info for this card on these forums. I dealt with running these games on low close to medium settings on my HD4570 and i want to know how good is this laptop for these games and overall?
     
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    lol sorry :p
     
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  5. KurtH

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    Go check out the alienware m11x forums my M11xR3 has the same card
     
    KurtH, Aug 31, 2011
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    its a solid card. will run just about every game on high settings on your laptop, and i even get solid performance when gaming on my 1920x1080 23" monitor.

    right now playing borderlands and get 35-40 fps in the game at 1920x1080 on high with shaders turned off.

    its not the biggest stick on the block by any means, but it packs decent punch for a mobile package
     
    air_max, Aug 31, 2011
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  7. KING19

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    Oh cool thanks for the info guys ;)

    Its been a long while since i had a laptop with a Nvidia GPU, and it be here sometime next week before i go back to school.

    Btw have anyone ever played GTAIV with this card? I might str
     
    KING19, Aug 31, 2011
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  8. KING19

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    Oh cool thanks for the info guys ;)

    Its been a long while since i had a laptop with a Nvidia GPU, and it'll be here sometime next week just before i go back to school.

    Btw have anyone ever played GTAIV with this card? I might start playing it again
     
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    you can run games on low/medium with acceptable fps. dont count running new games on high.

    the acer 3830tg im using on has one and i can play sc2 on medium with acceptable frames unless its a huge battle. it cant run deus ex even on medium without laggin to death.
     
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    I think those games are CPU dependent, i seen low end laptops run them on medium to high settings.

    The only newest game i am looking forward to play is BF3, and my other games i listed can run on my HD4570 laptop low to medium settings
     
    KING19, Sep 1, 2011
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    I have a laptop almost exactly like that. Check my Sig. It runs pretty nice for a mid range laptop. Check this page for reviews (they are mostly if not all 5/5 star reviews)

    Newegg.com - ASUS A53 Series A53SV-XN1 Notebook Intel Core i5 2410M(2.30GHz) 15.6" 6GB Memory DDR3 1333 750GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M

    EDIT: Actually this laptop might even be better for a better price than your Toshiba. Maybe think about getting this one? I'm absolutely loving mine. 5 stars from me.
     
    408Cali, Sep 1, 2011
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  12. KING19

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    I already ordered my laptop a few days ago its coming sometime next week

    That Asus laptop looks cool but its sold out and i can see why :D
     
    KING19, Sep 2, 2011
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    they must have really low fps expections because even with oc on 540m (800/1000) i still dotn find sc2 fps on lowest acceptable for laddering.

    sc2 is very cpu heavy but at res like 19*12 the gpu should matter more
     
    aintz, Sep 2, 2011
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    Im playing SC2 on ultra without a problem with well over 30 frames/sec
     
    KurtH, Sep 3, 2011
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    SC2 can sc on these 2 balls? wait what?


    when.



    Hey don't talk crap i was talking about computers...
     
    408Cali, Sep 3, 2011
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  16. KurtH

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    Where is my statment talking crap???? Another comment was this card wont play this game well at all and All I did was reply that it does. So what beef do you have with me Schwanz Kopf?
     
    KurtH, Sep 3, 2011
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    LOL dude calm down I was drunk.
     
    408Cali, Sep 4, 2011
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    SimoxTa's Channel - YouTube

    Here there are some videos of my GT420m Ocked @ GT540m just to see the performance in games :) (FPS and graphics details are shown)
     
    SimoxTav, Sep 4, 2011
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    drinking + forums = angry responses and me LOL
     
    mightymax86, Sep 9, 2011
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    Well i got my laptop yesterday and i tested GTAIV and Crysis without the patches and it runs them beautifully On high resolution and high settings :cool:
     
    KING19, Sep 9, 2011
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    I've yet to try the first Crysis and GTA IV on my laptop (and make a video on the channel as well). How about the performances on GTA4?
     
    SimoxTav, Sep 9, 2011
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    i guess if you're cool with playing at sub 30fps it would be fine. just like another guy playing crysis 2 on 15fps and calling it super smooth
     
    aintz, Sep 9, 2011
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    Not bad it was mostly at 25-35 fps with high textures and medium shadows but lowering the textures to medium and turning off shadows will help you gain performance

    Its still not bad for a mid range card handing the 2 most demanding games on the market at near high settings at 25-35fps after messing with the settings. Its still very playable unless you expect it to do the same job as a quad core cpu with a high end gpu
     
    KING19, Sep 9, 2011
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    its a good card.
    Not close to the best.
    but its good.
    Medium low for most games, mostly medium
    hope a good cpu is going along with it
     
    joshanator, Sep 9, 2011
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