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    Skyrim, and the Sager NP7280 with 560m GTX SLI Mode

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by GandalftheWhite, Jan 14, 2012.

  1. GandalftheWhite

    GandalftheWhite Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright, so I have this laptop which I recently went through the trouble of getting fixed from sager, etc. From here, everything works fine now as they fixed it and all, but I just had a question. In skyrim, should I not have 60 fps most of the time on ultra with two GTX560's in sli mode?
     
    GandalftheWhite, Jan 14, 2012
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    You should be able to, depending on game support for SLI. It runs great on most other single cards that are a little less powerful than 560's in SLI. If SLI support isn't great though, it may not run that well at high settings.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Jan 14, 2012
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    Install skyboost to see if that helps too.
     
    LaptopNut, Jan 14, 2012
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    Alright I will try Skyboost, but I really did think two GTX 560's in sli mode were overkill for a game like skyrim. Anyone else?
     
    GandalftheWhite, Jan 15, 2012
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    60fps steady is not possible on a single gtx580m (oced) let alone two gtx560m.
    Not at ultra at least.
    Try to set shadows to high and draw distant object to high,see if that helps.
     
    Kingpinzero, Jan 15, 2012
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    SKyboost helped a bit, I guess I just overestimated what graphics cards can do.
     
    GandalftheWhite, Jan 16, 2012
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    Within any game not everything will be at a steady FPS rate. Some animations will cause you to dip below X number and some animations will never go above Y number. That's why most benchmarks are calculated in average FPS.
     
    NovaH, Jan 16, 2012
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    You could also try acceleration layer too although you can't use both at the same time. Some people get better performance one or the other.
     
    LaptopNut, Jan 17, 2012
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    Yea its quite a bit better now after messing around with Skyboost. Like it is running everything close to 60 fps usually now, cept for the cities where its like 50 fps, but yea, this clevo is a monster. My only complaint with this thing is the speakers.
     
    GandalftheWhite, Jan 17, 2012
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    Looks like your next purchase is a rockin' set of headphones. :)
     
    jclausius, Jan 18, 2012
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