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    Easy boost to Skyrim performance

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Jaafa10, Nov 26, 2011.

  1. Jaafa10

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    Jaafa10, Nov 26, 2011
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    Did not help my FPS at all. I still get low 20's in Riften
     
    darkdomino, Nov 26, 2011
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    It baffles me how skyrim runs on nearly maxed out setting for me, but TDU2 looks like crap and gets 25+ fps only when overclocked... Just poor optimization i guess... really disappointing that.
     
    un4tural, Nov 26, 2011
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    How much ram in your M11x?
     
    Jaafa10, Nov 26, 2011
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    Well, from the sound of it, it just increases the RAM used by the skyrim, i got 4gb, but it runs fine then way i like it, so ill pass. Only use would be for high end rigs to run it completely maxed out with distances etc. as that probably would need more than 2gb RAM thus making it use pagefile/load everything off HDD which would be slow.
     
    un4tural, Nov 26, 2011
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    When I try this directx9 .dll mod Skyrim stops using nvidia card and uses intel instead which results in ~5 fps. The game is still whitelisted in nvidia profile, but I guess it might be bugged profile issue. Can't remove it from nvidia control panel, can't find a way to remove it manually, any idea?

    edit: Just checked skyrim graphics options and now it shows Graphics Adapter: Nvidia Geforce 8800 GS instead of 335m. What the hell?

    When skyrim is up, GPU notification area shows nothings
     
    Kacy, Nov 26, 2011
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  7. darkdomino

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    I have 8GB of DDR3

    I cannot seem to get the framerate not to dip to the low 20's in some outdoor areas.

    Indoors, I frequently get 60 FPS... even with AA/AF + FXAA

    I believe this game is poorly optimized for PC.
     
    darkdomino, Nov 27, 2011
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  8. un4tural

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    It runs like a dream on my R3...
     
    un4tural, Nov 27, 2011
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    That dll doesnt work for m11x yet, it doesnt uses the nvidia gpu, i hope someone update that dll soon u.u
     
    Makubexs, Nov 27, 2011
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    what are you overclocked at?
     
    darkdomino, Nov 27, 2011
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    You could lock the nvidia card to discreate in the BIOS and give it a shot
     
    deadboy90, Nov 27, 2011
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    Sorry guys I really thought this would help some of you out.
     
    Jaafa10, Nov 27, 2011
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    Thanks for the post, this will help on my new laptop with 12GB DDR3 Gaming RAM.
     
    Fenom96, Nov 27, 2011
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    Smooth as butter on my r3 :)
     
    wrathofdeath, Nov 28, 2011
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