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    m14x r2 dota 2 issue

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by borkrav, Jan 15, 2013.

  1. borkrav

    borkrav Newbie

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    I'm having an issue with anti-aliasing in Dota 2, wondering if anyone else has the same issue. The anti-aliasing option in the menu doesn't do anything. Same amount of jaggies enabled and disabled. Works fine on my desktop with a GTX570, but doesn't work on my m14x...



    My setup is:

    Windows 8 Pro x64
    650m running 310.90 (yes, I've tried reinstalling)
    Alienware m14x r2
     
    borkrav, Jan 15, 2013
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    abec Notebook Guru

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    For me, that issue only happen when nvidia did not activated.
    Sometimes nvidia did not active when I power on the laptop.
    After restart several times it will become normal.
     
    abec, Jan 16, 2013
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    Perhaps try using the "Let the 3d application decide" setting in your nvidia control panel?
     
    idiotpilot, Jan 21, 2013
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    Check your nvidia control panel for any option regarding automatic AA settings, maybe the Nvidia control panel is overriding the in-game Anti-aliasing settings.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Jan 24, 2013
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    If anyone else is having this problem make sure that if you've added the dota2.exe to the Nvidia control panel then do not use the global setting for the preferred graphics processor even if that's marked as the Nvidia processor, instead just use the normal "High-performance NVIDIA Processor" option.
    That's what solved the problem for me, hope this helps!
     
    Tyranoman, Apr 1, 2013
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