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    Any SC2 benchmarks?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by altecX, May 24, 2011.

  1. altecX

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    Can the 14 play SC2 on full high or does it need to be turned down a bit?
     
    altecX, May 24, 2011
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    Can play 1v1 mid 30 to mid 40 fps. Starts at mid 40s.

    I don't know 2v2 or 3v3, but there's a video that plays 4v4 and it held a mid to higher 30 during a rush.

    RagingAzn's Starcraft 2 4v4 vid

    Let me know if this helps.
     
    Arklight, May 24, 2011
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    I tried it and maintained roughly 50-60 FPS
    Goes down to 40s later in-game.

    That's Ultra settings. With the GPU over locked to 750
     
    asgiov, May 24, 2011
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    does overclocking your gpu void the warranty?
     
    TypeMoon, May 25, 2011
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    I believe that overclocking does not void Alienware warranties.
     
    chris3145, May 25, 2011
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    i play great with it on extreme on 1600 x 900 no oc or anything gets on avg 62 fps in 2v2
     
    MikeeDinh, May 25, 2011
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    How are you getting that? i cant seem to get ultra to run smooth...
     
    Boby b, May 25, 2011
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    my config is different than yours xD
     
    MikeeDinh, May 25, 2011
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    but does the better processor really make that much difference for fps? And from what I've read the 3gb card improves next to nothing for gaming compared to the 1.5....
     
    Boby b, May 25, 2011
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    Well, SC2 needs CPU :p And lots of it :) His turbo boost goes some 400MHz higher than yours, I dunno if that makes much of a difference.

    I'd guess he also might have less stuff in the background? I dunno.
     
    jeremyshaw, May 25, 2011
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    Whoa...I have the 2720 CPU upgrade as well with the 900p screen, and I get like 30-40 FPS on high. I highly doubt the 3GB GPU ram is making that big of a difference...
     
    SonRK, May 25, 2011
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    I am running on 900p with ultra settings, smooth as egg. 555M OC though. to 700mhz.
     
    InSidiousGG, May 25, 2011
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    I guess it could be the new video drivers that is improving performance.

    Mine def doesn't run "smooth" on Ultra though (but if it does, then making this my desktop replacement would finally come true)
     
    SonRK, May 25, 2011
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    well, the 275 beta drivers did (according to the driver info) improve dual core game performance (dunno how), which would anecdotally improve performance of dual core optimized games, like Starcraft 2 :D
     
    jeremyshaw, May 25, 2011
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    This would be good news.. Any of you guys stuck on high settings like to update drivers and report back? :)
     
    hizzaah, May 26, 2011
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    You guys should list your m14x's specs. ^^
    Oh Topic starter, you're awesome. I was about to make a thread of the same thing.
    Edit: I just noticed that some of you guys have the specs in your sig.
     
    FadedSomething, May 26, 2011
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    didn't update anything besides windows update, and specs are in sig
     
    MikeeDinh, May 26, 2011
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