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    Any Star Wars The Old Republic beta testers?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Maca0716, Nov 19, 2011.

  1. Maca0716

    Maca0716 Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone here get to test the game on the m11x models? if so how did the game run?

    I have a M11X R2 i7/4gig.

    Tell us your experiences.
     
    Maca0716, Nov 19, 2011
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  2. el_pitaya

    el_pitaya Notebook Consultant

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    Im going to be testing it out this weekend I think, I have a beta key to giveaway also, so.. who wants it?
     
    el_pitaya, Nov 19, 2011
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  3. Maca0716

    Maca0716 Notebook Consultant

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    send it me lol :)
     
    Maca0716, Nov 19, 2011
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  4. el_pitaya

    el_pitaya Notebook Consultant

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    done :D

    10char
     
    el_pitaya, Nov 19, 2011
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    zenstrata Notebook Geek

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    if there are any here they are not allowed to talk about it due to the non-disclosure agreement.
     
    zenstrata, Nov 19, 2011
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  6. el_pitaya

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    yeap, we cant talk, thats another thing to keep in mind
     
    el_pitaya, Nov 19, 2011
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  7. Maca0716

    Maca0716 Notebook Consultant

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    You can the NDA has been lifted check the official website :)

    Sent from my TITAN X310e using Board Express
     
    Maca0716, Nov 19, 2011
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  8. deadboy90

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    Can you at least tell us how it runs? as in framerates?
     
    deadboy90, Nov 19, 2011
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    If anybody have a key , i'd be glad to have one :D
     
    Catzoo, Nov 19, 2011
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  10. Jedispooner

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    I've been beta testing it for 2 months now,signed up at Eurogamer to get my beta key! It runs like a dream on my R3! Can't wait for it to be released on the 20th December, COME ON :D
     
    Jedispooner, Nov 19, 2011
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  11. DivineAura

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    I got selected as beta tester....YES!
    Will test it for R2 users :D
     
    DivineAura, Nov 22, 2011
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    Iv been playing the beta, the M11x R3 can max the graphics on it :D, should run on high with all the M11x's
     
    ErmCallum, Nov 22, 2011
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    I wasn't really afraid , MMO are most of the time designed to run on every PC
     
    Catzoo, Nov 22, 2011
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    I have it installed. I will be uploading footage ASAP. (R3)
     
    DeeVu, Nov 22, 2011
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  15. Jedispooner

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    Word of advice for R1 owners, you can play mostly high graphics settings but you need to set shadows to half quality (off is better) and the shader complexity to low. I was playing happily on these settings until I got my R3.
     
    Jedispooner, Nov 22, 2011
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  16. ErmCallum

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    haha, look at RIFT ;]
     
    ErmCallum, Nov 22, 2011
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    I love you
     
    deadboy90, Nov 22, 2011
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    Any idea on R2 owners? i have the i7 version/4gig ram.

    It's nice to read that the R1 owners can play on high so i'm not too worried now can't wait to try the better this weekend.
     
    Maca0716, Nov 22, 2011
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  19. Intangble

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    It runs fine for m11xR2 owners - high no problem - roommate (with same pc) been playing since sept.
     
    Intangble, Nov 22, 2011
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    blaaah you lucky full time testers. I have been signed up for that beta for over 3 years now and am stuck with the stupid 'weekend tester' thing. I know testers were chosen randomly, but that really sucks that random people who sign up months to even years later get in before people who signed up on the first day signups were open.

    (and ya the previous person was right about the nda being lifted. so now I can express my endless frustration about that publicly)
     
    zenstrata, Nov 23, 2011
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    The game runs fine on old systems, the 540ms and 335ms will have no issues whatsoever. My friend is playing the game on high with an Intel HD 3000, if I am not mistaken.
     
    FahrenheitGTI, Nov 23, 2011
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  22. Jedispooner

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    Well my previous M11x R1 BIOS o/c 1.6 had a real struggle on the 355m even overclocked. It's mostly fluid on medium / high settings until you introduce lighting and shadow effects which turns it into a slide show. Also I noticed a real delay on texture loading which could be down to the mechanical hard drive, SSD owners will improve this problem.

    Your friend must have a super Intel HD 3000 because on my R1 it was like 5-10 fps on integrated graphics! :D

    Having said all that it's still a beta so optimization in the final release will probably account for such issues.
     
    Jedispooner, Nov 23, 2011
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    He was maybe talking about the InteHD that comes with Sandy Bridge CPU , wich are not the same as the one in our M11X ... no ?
     
    Catzoo, Nov 23, 2011
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    I'm running the Sandy Bridge i5 2467m with in chip GPU Intel HD 3000 and SWTOR runs like a snail on it.
     
    Jedispooner, Nov 23, 2011
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    i have problems... i have an m11xR2 i7/8gb of ram and i got a lot of Frame drops... sometimes i had to play it with 7 FPS.

    i have all the settings to the minimum except the textures and shader and the screen is at 720p

    i have it overclocked at 160mhz (by the bios) and i have a base with a vent for cooling and still have a lot of problems to get more FPS, what can i do??
     
    Budske, Nov 29, 2011
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  27. Budske

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    i think the M11x R3 have no problems running SWTOR but the R2 have some issues with the processor,

    you tested it with the R2?
     
    Budske, Dec 2, 2011
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    What drivers are you guys using for SWTOR?

    I found swtor terrible inside pvp reaching 5-12 fps on low settings.
    I made sure it registered the nvidia and not intel.
     
    DHELL101, Dec 2, 2011
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  29. bigtonyman

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    if you have the r2 or r3 make sure you whitelist the game .exe as well as the launcher ;)
     
    bigtonyman, Dec 2, 2011
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  30. DHELL101

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    i had swtor.exe white listed, was that not enough?

    my optimus test viewer said it was ON for the game
     
    DHELL101, Dec 2, 2011
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