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    Troubles with FPS

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Defended, May 12, 2012.

  1. Defended

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    I just recently bought this M14x off of someone used. He had it for 2 months and it still has 10 months of on-site warranty. The specs are i7-2670QM @ 2.2Ghz, 6 GB of 1600 DDR3 Ram, Geforce GT 555M, and it has a 256 SSD.

    When I run Skyrim on medium I am getting 30 FPS and lower. To me this just doesn't seem right.
     
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    you done driver updates etc? think there was a specific release that runs skyrim the best oh and turn turbo off the processor not worth the heat issue for a few extra fps
     
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    How do you turn turbo off the processor?
     
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    I turned off the turbo on the processor but that isn't the issue. Its something greater like a driver thats missing or something.
     
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    Mozin321, May 13, 2012
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    have u white listed ther game in the nvidia control panel? otherwise it will be running off the intgrated
     
    smokeydogsmokey, May 13, 2012
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    Got it to work thanks for all the info!
     
    Defended, May 15, 2012
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