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    Will a 680m be able to run borderlands 2 with physx on?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Voelger, Sep 14, 2012.

  1. Voelger

    Voelger Notebook Enthusiast

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    Topic?
    680m
    I have a clevo p150em
    CPU 3720 i7
    16 gb ram
     
    Voelger, Sep 14, 2012
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  2. Quagmire LXIX

    Quagmire LXIX Have Laptop, Will Travel!

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    Yes.


    /end topic ;)
     
    Quagmire LXIX, Sep 14, 2012
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  3. RainMan_

    RainMan_ Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't know why and even if it's not true, I want to say NO IT WILL NOT BE ABLE !
     
    RainMan_, Sep 14, 2012
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  4. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    I guess it all depends on how much Borderlands use PhysX.
    Probably wont use it myself as i would rather get high performance at 60fps.
     
    DEagleson, Sep 15, 2012
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  5. Zymphad

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    My guess, everything maxxed with PhysX on 680M @ 60 FPS easy.
     
    Zymphad, Sep 15, 2012
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  6. Silithas

    Silithas Newbie

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    http://i.imgur.com/2qZ2p.jpg

    You can run it mostly maxed out mate ;)

    (pic is from when i played on my MSI GT70 ONE wit i7 3610wm and 680m)

    BAnd btw, you can't get more than 30 fps (dont kow how to get more (have fps settings on unlimited)
     
    Silithas, Sep 19, 2012
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  7. Vergeofinsanity81

    Vergeofinsanity81 Notebook Consultant

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    Did you try OC'ing? Looks like your using stock clocks.
     
    Vergeofinsanity81, Sep 19, 2012
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  8. Eldaren

    Eldaren Notebook Evangelist

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    You can get more than 60 fps. There is a setting in the game launcher.
    Also I get 40-60 fps everything maxed at 1920x1200 with my m17x connected to my Dell monitor. The 680m is beast.
     
    Eldaren, Sep 19, 2012
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  9. amirfoox

    amirfoox Notebook Evangelist

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    That screenshot is taken when you look at your menu, look at your GPU usage percentage. I'm also capped at 30 when I'm looking in Skyrim's menus, for example.

    Can you please take another screenshot when you actually play the game?
     
    amirfoox, Sep 19, 2012
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  10. AlphaMagnum

    AlphaMagnum Notebook Consultant

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    Uh, you have PhysX set to "Low," which means no GPU PhysX whatsoever. You'd have to set that to Medium or High to actually enable GPU PhysX.

    EDIT:

    With PhysX on "High," 8x AF, and everything else maxed (frames set to 26-62 smoothed or whatever), I've found my GPU usage to vary between 60 and 85% in gameplay scenarios. FPS is comfortably sitting around 60 except at certain points where there are literally 10 dudes firing, a Siren Phaselocking, crazy sand and waterfall effects everywhere, etc etc. Even then it only goes to mid-20's, which while irritating, doesn't make the game unplayable since it's a rare thing.

    I see fps drops to 35-45 in some situations as well, however, but my GPU usage does not even break 90% in these cases, leading me to believe that it's an issue of optimization, or potentially my setting to "smoothed" rather than one of the other options.

    I am going to play for a few hours tonight with PhysX set to "Medium" and maybe different settings on the framerate selection. I'll report back with my results.
     
    AlphaMagnum, Sep 20, 2012
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  11. Prasad

    Prasad NBR Reviewer 1337 NBR Reviewer

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    This topic is a joke, right??
     
    Prasad, Sep 20, 2012
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  12. AlphaMagnum

    AlphaMagnum Notebook Consultant

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    What do you mean?
     
    AlphaMagnum, Sep 20, 2012
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