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    For the Gamers in you!

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Pete Light, Jan 14, 2017.

  1. Pete Light

    Pete Light Notebook Deity

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    It must be said, I am SUPER chuffed with this Laptop. It chews through absolutely anything I can throw at it at the moment. I have a nice 55" OLED LG C6 TV running at true 4K (4096x2160) with DOOM maxed to beyond Ultra settings (Antisopicx16 and Nightmare settings beyond Ultra where possible), Vsync on and using the Vulcan Codec this laptop absolutely smashes everything the game can throw at it in 4K at 60+FPS all the time, incredible!

    I've done a LM repaste with Conductonaut, lapped heatsinks, Fujipoly 14w/mk pads and I bent the CPU heatsink arm. I'm running the system currently at 4.2GHz +5mV offset with GPU at +190 Core and +300mem and these are my temps after an hour of hardcore gameplay.:

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    Simply astounding Dell, great work, so happy!

    Also, the game is brilliant too by the way...
     
  2. DeeX

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    Awesome!
    But question...
    Why vSync? Mucho input lag. GSync + VSync set to "FAST" are the ideal settings for your config. :)
    Im not sure why you chose not to use G-Sync over Vsync but there is a lot of misinformation floating around forums and online.
    Many people run into troubles simply because they do not know the proper settings for G-Sync.
    G-Sync's reduced input lag is very nice. :)
     
  3. Pete Light

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    Thanks! Honest answer is because I didn't know that however when I connect my TV I lose all options for g sync in manage 3d options of Nvidia control panel anyway. I'll try setting v sync to fast next time so thanks for that

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  4. DeeX

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    Oh yes, if you are connecting to a non Gsync monitor the best setting for Vsync is "Fast".
    Fast has less additional input lag then the regular "on" setting for vsync.
    This is especially important because TVs already have high input lag so adding more input lag is "no bueno" :p
     
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    Thanks mate

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    nice.

    but now i feel a little sad with my 965m :(
     
  7. Pete Light

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    Then buy a new one! :D

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    if it were that easy
     
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