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    M14x 3d vision benchmarks? Any out there?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by spencer.spinach, May 22, 2012.

  1. spencer.spinach

    spencer.spinach Notebook Guru

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    Hello, I'm considering buying a 3d monitor for my m14x r1. I'd like to know if there are any benchmarks for games in 3d. Anything will do.
    Thanks.
     
    spencer.spinach, May 22, 2012
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  2. Vizzaka

    Vizzaka Newbie

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    Hey Spencer,
    In my personal experience you normally see your FPS halve when using Nvidia 3D vision. I had the Dell XPS 17 with the GT555m GPU and I was able to play Battlefield 3 on Medium at 1600x900 resolution in 3D at about 25 FPS.

    If you get an external 3d monitor you will need to play in 1600x900 or less in order to get decent framerates, the Gt555m cant handle 1080p 3d gaming at decent framerates with the latest games.
     
    Vizzaka, May 23, 2012
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  3. MakakiloMoke

    MakakiloMoke Notebook Enthusiast

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    I haven't done a 3D benchmark test yet, but here's a screen shot of my Heaven benchmark test for my new R2. Anyone got any tweaking tips for my 2gb GT-650M GPU besides over clocking?

     
    MakakiloMoke, May 23, 2012
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  4. spencer.spinach

    spencer.spinach Notebook Guru

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    Thanks for your feedback. MakakiloMoke, set your Nvidia control pannel to performance over quality if you really need extra fps. I'm not sure if it really works all that well, but it's worth a try. (You can do it with the little preview image.) If you're overclocking, try the newest drivers from nvidia and the newest bios from dell. I'm pretty sure you can overclock the memory all the way (at least for gt555m you can.)
     
    spencer.spinach, May 23, 2012
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  5. Blair287

    Blair287 Notebook Geek

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    You cant increase the memory all the way on the gt650m i increased it 500mhz and it make the gpu throttle down to idle speeds for some reason when gaming.

    You can overclock the core all the way that gives me a 16% increase in fps in most games, only reason the gpu will throttl down is if the cpu and gpu are both loaded high.

    but even on stock if you run gpu at 100% AND CPU AT 100% the gpu will throttle to 137Mhz which is stupid its done it a few times when playing crysis and the bloody thing was only at 65C and you cant stop it from doing it.
     
    Blair287, May 24, 2012
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    khumprp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm confused why your benchmark report says your GPU is an 'Unknown GPU 256mb'... Is that normal?
     
    khumprp, May 24, 2012
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  7. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    how big is the PSU that ships with the m14x? Could it be a power throttle or something?
     
    bigtonyman, May 24, 2012
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    3" x 6" , not too big not too small.
     
    iPhantomhives, May 24, 2012
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    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    I meant voltage, but that's not a bad size PSU. :p
     
    bigtonyman, May 25, 2012
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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    It's a 150W PSU with the output of 19.5V as state my M14xR1's PSU.
     
    CGSDR, May 25, 2012
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