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    hello fellow m14x users

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by zhengde2, Aug 7, 2011.

  1. zhengde2

    zhengde2 Newbie

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    there seems to be something weird abt games not detecting the nvdia video card with 3.0gb ram in my m14x, how come it seems that m14x can't play pes2011 or warcraft properly? anyone facing the same problem as me?
     
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    smokingjam Notebook Evangelist

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    it should max out pes waw i never played but would of thought it would handle it just fine and i only have 1.5 gpu
    uninstall nvidia bits and reinstall with a new driver.
     
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    soulhacker Notebook Consultant

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    i play hours and hours of of Starcraft2 and Warcraft on mine without any problems. I have the 1.5GB card and have the 275.27 driver installed. I believe in this driver, there is a feature for the card that pops up in the task bar or the hidden icons arrow that shows what programs are currently running off of the card. if you start your warcraft and then alt+tab out to the desktop and check this tab, it should have warcraft actively listed. So try updating your driver. Also try whitelisting your games on the NVIDIA control panel...
     
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    how do i update my drivers?
     
    zhengde2, Aug 7, 2011
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    this is the method I used. As i understand, nvidia still has to send out an updater patch or something so we have to use this type of manual method untll then.
     
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    soulhacker, Aug 7, 2011
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