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    Batman Arkham City on m11x R1

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by plantoche, Nov 28, 2011.

  1. plantoche

    plantoche Newbie

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    Hi,
    Sorry i do a mistake in the batman title.
    I want to know how to run on Batman Arkham City m11x r1 with C2D 7300.

    Thank you
     
    plantoche, Nov 28, 2011
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    amd098 Notebook Consultant

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    im curious to know that too, as i was going to get the pc version but went for the 360 one as it was on sale for $28
     
    amd098, Nov 28, 2011
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    try2catchmike Notebook Consultant

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    You can download this on EA's Digital Download service "Origin" for $24.99 at the moment. I don't know if it will run on the R1 but its Unreal 3 engine I believe and those games usually run well on all the M11x.
     
    try2catchmike, Nov 28, 2011
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  4. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    the first game ran well not sure about arkham city.
     
    thegh0sts, Nov 30, 2011
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  5. leo6love

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    this game is awesome, cant complain, it runs really well on my moded-r1, there is a benchmark and I get 45fps on average, really surprise how quality this game is and how it is optimised.

    settings: with the exception of AA, ambient occlusion and Physx, everything maxed out, native resolution
     
    leo6love, Nov 30, 2011
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    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    heard it runs better without physx enabled but i can't get a hold of a copy to try.
     
    thegh0sts, Dec 1, 2011
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  7. leo6love

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    i tried it out. Unfortunately, the fps went down significantly at normal. However, it's totally natural.
     
    leo6love, Dec 1, 2011
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  8. plantoche

    plantoche Newbie

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    thank you
    @leo6love : what is a moded R1?
    and can you seed a gameplay video please?
    Sorry for my english i'm french.
     
    plantoche, Dec 1, 2011
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    gooface Notebook Evangelist

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    could mean he overclocked the cpu by modifying the pin on the motherboard (pin mod) and overclocking it past 1.6ghz.

    I did the pinmod on mine and its running at 1.9ghz.(vs stock 1.6ghz overclock)
     
    gooface, Dec 1, 2011
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  10. plantoche

    plantoche Newbie

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    And do you think that batman batman arkham city run on m11x r1 no moded?
     
    plantoche, Dec 1, 2011
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  11. gooface

    gooface Notebook Evangelist

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    I havent tested it myself, maybe he could try it for you, I dont have batman installed on mine yet.
     
    gooface, Dec 1, 2011
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  12. thegh0sts

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    still no one has tried it or put any footage up on YT?
     
    thegh0sts, Dec 9, 2011
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  13. leo6love

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    haha, I forgot this topic, just finished the game few days ago, I will make a video soon, really soon :D

    ps: it runs fine with 1.7 ghz cpu, just pick it up and try yourself guys, u couldnt miss the game of the year :D
     
    leo6love, Dec 9, 2011
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    i bought it from game tap for $40 USD....beats the price on steam in Australia ($99.95 USD = NO THANKS!) in the middle of downloading the files now.
     
    thegh0sts, Dec 9, 2011
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    god even steam games are ridiculously expensive in Australia
     
    deadboy90, Dec 11, 2011
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  16. plantoche

    plantoche Newbie

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    I bought Batman arkham city this week end and he work fine on m11x r1 without AA sync and no physx.
     
    plantoche, Dec 12, 2011
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    Define "Fine", FPS please?
     
    deadboy90, Dec 12, 2011
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    like batman AA
     
    plantoche, Dec 12, 2011
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    I pre-ordered on Steam pretty much the hour it came up, at that time it was $50, but on top of that I got a 20% discount for already owning Arkham Asylum on Steam, so got my Steam pre-order for $40 :D

    I don't have my R1 any more so I can't help you sorry OP, but it's running beautifully on my R3.
     
    martinroshak, Dec 13, 2011
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    I wonder if there's any way to tweak it?!
     
    thegh0sts, Dec 14, 2011
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    i did the benchmark in the game, i have got :
    fps min = 7
    fps max = 57
    average = 34

    with my m11x R1 SU 7300 1,73 Ghz 4 gb ram and no overclock on the 335m gt
     
    plantoche, Dec 14, 2011
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  22. joncolbert

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    How come the game runs horribly even at low on my R1? In fact, the machine force shutdown after may be a hour of play.
    I also have the SU7300 and 4gb ram and I have disabled the graphic switch and installed the latest driver. Am I missing something here?
     
    joncolbert, Jan 1, 2012
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    either you might be running the intel graphics and don't know it...or check the Nvidia control panel and see what settings are forced through there. You might find AA is forced on amongst other stuff.
     
    apslao, Jan 1, 2012
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    I have disabled the switch and installed the latest driver from Nvidia, so I am running on the graphic card. I also set the game to low and disabled all effects.

    The problem is the game only gets sluggish after a dark bat logo appears on the bottom right of the game, and the sound begins to "break" as well.
     
    joncolbert, Jan 1, 2012
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