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    M11X-R2 and SC2 Marine arena: slow as h3ll!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Raine1984, Jul 31, 2011.

  1. Raine1984

    Raine1984 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any suggestion of tweaks or stuff like that? I really love Marine Arena, but it's just soooo laggy.
     
    Raine1984, Jul 31, 2011
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  2. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    the game is out already?

    EDIT: sorry, was thinking of Warhammer 40k space marine :p
     
    thegh0sts, Jul 31, 2011
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  3. vertigodragon

    vertigodragon Newbie

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    you will have to increase your cpu speed so overclocking will help
     
    vertigodragon, Aug 1, 2011
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  4. Noah14

    Noah14 Notebook Evangelist

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    OCing won't help.
    The M11x series aren't designed with very powerful CPU's, and accordingly suffer when dealing with RTS games like SC2. Normal SC2 games are fine as most battles don't involve 100's of units. Marine Arena however...is the exact opposite. I'm afraid there is no solution to my knowledge. If anyone does have a fix, do post. I too would like to know if there is a fix.
     
    Noah14, Aug 1, 2011
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  5. ajslay

    ajslay Overclocker, PC Builder

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    ummm are you mental? overclocking always helps. overclocking the R2 and using ThrottleStop make a HUGE DIFFERENCE. somesomes even a 50% speed increase.
     
    ajslay, Aug 1, 2011
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  6. Noah14

    Noah14 Notebook Evangelist

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    Say what!? I'll need to test it again then.
     
    Noah14, Aug 1, 2011
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  7. Mazdaspeed_6

    Mazdaspeed_6 Notebook Evangelist

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    even with overclocked CPU and throttle stop, minigames like marine arena and special forces in SC2 will lag like it's running on intel graphics.
     
    Mazdaspeed_6, Aug 1, 2011
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  8. ajslay

    ajslay Overclocker, PC Builder

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    lol yeah, TS and a good overclock always help. especially in cpu bound games.

    also there is a voltage mod that i helped with to increase the voltage on the GT335. to achieve higher overclocks.

    with the cpu overclocked high, and TS, with a really good gpu overclock, users have gotten about 9.3k on 3dmark06. from in the 6900 range stock..
     
    ajslay, Aug 2, 2011
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  9. unclewebb

    unclewebb ThrottleStop Author

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    unclewebb, Aug 2, 2011
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