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    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Distortion1979, Jun 15, 2011.

  1. Distortion1979

    Distortion1979 Newbie

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    Hi All,

    Got my M14 yesterday, anyway I have been out of PC gaming for years. Due to this I'm a little rusty with the latest technology and overclocking etc which I used to do about 5 years ago.
    Whats the best overclocking software for the GPU these days ? Also I downloaded a demo of Empire Total War and the auto select settions was defaulting it to Low. I wasnt expecting that at all, having read the forum the past week or so I have checked in the Nvidia control panel and put in that it should use the GT 555 and not the intergrated GPU. Any ideas how I can improve this, surely this machine is better than that, and I'm just being an idiot.

    Cheers All, look forward to getting to know you guys

    Dist
     
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  2. takeabyte

    takeabyte Notebook Evangelist

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    Try putting the settings to high and see how the computer handles it. If the fan kicks in and the graphics look awesome, it's working :p My settings in Crysis didn't default to high, but I set them all to high and it worked without a problem.
     
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    Distortion1979 Newbie

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    Yeah, it defaults use auto settings and it wont let me take the settings higher than medium.
     
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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    takeabyte Notebook Evangelist

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    l-a-m-e.

    i'm guessing you already re-ran the auto settings after whitelisting the game? how does the fan sound when you start up the game?
     
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    Distortion1979 Newbie

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    The fan wasn't going crazy to be honest. I ramped up all the settings on medium, and it ran perfectly fine. To be honest I can live with it as its a strategy. I just tried Divinity 2 and that looks great with all the settings on high.
    I was just surprised as its a 2009 game.
    Cheers both for your help, appreciated.

    Dist
     
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    takeabyte Notebook Evangelist

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    Ah you can try updating the drivers as well...that has helped a few people on here with different games that have been causing problems.
     
    takeabyte, Jun 15, 2011
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