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    np8662, want to buy Witcher 2, any thoughts?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by greenfish, May 11, 2011.

  1. greenfish

    greenfish Notebook Geek

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    Hi!

    I'm eagerly awaiting the sequel to one of the best PC rpg's out there!

    Alas my only gaming platform is my sager np8662 (almost given up on gaming in general thanks to "console" ports (dumbed down).

    Anyways i'm just curious on which settings I can look forward to?

    My system:

    np8662
    Q9200 2.4Ghz stock
    GeForce GTX260M 1024mb
    4GB DD3 Ram

    I'm hoping to play the game at least on medium settings??

    Any regulars willing to share a more realistic approach to my system?

    Shame there's no demo...
     
    greenfish, May 11, 2011
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  2. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    The GTX 260M is a 9800 GT, so that leaves you right above the minimum GPU requirement.

    It'll do medium, the question is: at what resolution?
     
    Kevin, May 11, 2011
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    greenfish Notebook Geek

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    Hi! Thanks for the help.

    Well i'm hoping to play the game at least in 1280x800 or 1680x1050 (native).

    Cheers!
     
    greenfish, May 12, 2011
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    greenfish Notebook Geek

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    i'm running it at 1680x1050, game detects my setup as medium.

    But... running it at medium gives me an fps with about 20-28fps, setting it to low gives the same results. I've also set all shadow options to low and etc, no vertical sync. But still my FPS never goes past 28.

    I'm just in the begining of the game (prologue) but i'm very worried if the fps should drop any further the game is unplayable for me :/
     
    greenfish, May 16, 2011
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    Does lowering the resolution give you higher framerates?
     
    Kevin, May 17, 2011
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    greenfish Notebook Geek

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    Yeah

    1680x1050 20-28fps (intro, outdoors)
    1280x800 28-36fps (intro outdoors)

    Right now i'm in a dungeon getting 40fps with 1680x1050 and 60fps with 1280x800

    I'm pretty sure at the time i'll arrive in the first city the fps will take a major beating, i'm hoping that won't happen but yeah.
     
    greenfish, May 17, 2011
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    Overclocking your Q9200 to 3Ghz will give you a boost. TW2 will use all of the CPU you give it.
     
    Kevin, May 19, 2011
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    Care to elaborate? I know the game is designed for multi-core systems but most of the advanced settings are to do with the GPU. Unless of course the designers bothered making unique models for every single villager in populated areas...
     
    Harleyquin07, May 19, 2011
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    I took your advice and went from 2.4Ghz to 3Ghz, I noticed an increase of MAX 3-5fps in heavy areas.

    At 3.2Ghz (overheating) I saw no difference besides temperatures rising very fast.

    This is on the 1280x800 resolution. Cranking up the resolution to my native one 1680x1050 even with the cpu at 3Ghz I saw no increase in fps what so ever.

    Seems like this is the best I can do with my system.


    Thanks!
     
    greenfish, May 20, 2011
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