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    Payday: The Heist

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by try2catchmike, Oct 22, 2011.

  1. try2catchmike

    try2catchmike Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone playing this on their M11x? It keeps crashing as soon as I launch it. Game is very fun on my desktop however.

    Thanks,
    -Mike
     
    try2catchmike, Oct 22, 2011
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    first_leviathan Notebook Consultant

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    It's fun, and I'm playing it really well. The game plays at a min of 40, average of 50 and max of 60 fps at native.

    I think I'm using the 285.33 drivers or something about as recent. You also have to whitelist the game since it's a new app and Optimus doesn't activate the GPU for it automatically.

    I think it plays at such a high frame rate because you can't pick game settings except for resolution. The game probably picks settings that best suit your computer.

    EDIT: If anyone's wondering about graphics, they're not that great. It's comparable to playing Modern Warfare 2 at Normal settings (not High or Extra) without Anti-Aliasing. But the game is smooth, so I won't complain.
     
    first_leviathan, Oct 23, 2011
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