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    My Alienware 18

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by DAWOOAD, Dec 12, 2014.

  1. DAWOOAD

    DAWOOAD Newbie

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    Hi all

    i jest buy m18x

    i7-4900mq

    gpu - r290x2 ( hd8970m )

    16gb ram

    256gb ssd

    1tb hd

    bios a09 06/23/2014

    win 8.1 64bit


    all my games are slow i dont know wy

    i download dell drivers and amd drivers and it still slow

    so plz i need help on this
     
    DAWOOAD, Dec 12, 2014
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  2. nickhite

    nickhite Notebook Enthusiast

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    No expert here but some things I would check are..
    High Performance on ?
    Are your cards showing in device manager?
    Are fans blocked causing overheating?
     
    nickhite, Dec 12, 2014
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  3. TBoneSan

    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    Are you running off battery or is it plugged in?
     
    TBoneSan, Dec 12, 2014
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    DAWOOAD Newbie

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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Its Windows 8, remove that junk and install Windows 7
     
    Spartan@HIDevolution, Dec 12, 2014
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    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    I fixed the title of the thread. You have an Alienware 18, not an M18x.
     
    Mr. Fox, Dec 12, 2014
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Use programs like GPU-Z and intel XTU to look at graphs of CPU/GPU temperatures and see what is going on, post screenshots/logs up here if you are not sure what you are looking for.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Dec 12, 2014
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    DAWOOAD Newbie

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    i am useing w8.1

    i well chick what is my laptop m18 or m18x
     
    DAWOOAD, Dec 13, 2014
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  10. ssj92

    ssj92 Neutron Star

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    If you have a i7 4900MQ, then you have an 18 not m18x.

    Also are you running integrated graphics or the amd card? I would try the newest OMEGA driver.
     
    ssj92, Dec 13, 2014
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  11. Branzy1987

    Branzy1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    1. Try to go in control pannel, power options and set it to HIGH Performance
    2. Open Nvidia Control pannel and at 3d settings-adjust image settings-Set it-use my preferance-set it to Performance...
    3. at manage 3d choose your program/game and put it to run at high performance graphics card
    4. shood be pluged...not on battery
     
    Branzy1987, Dec 14, 2014
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  12. RaSeven

    RaSeven Notebook Guru

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    He doesn't have Nvidia Control panel. :D
     
    RaSeven, Dec 16, 2014
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