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    M1730 and avp2

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bazer, May 21, 2008.

  1. bazer

    bazer Newbie

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    Hi all,

    Just picked up this lappy with 8800m sli and testing the performance. ATM Ive run 3dmark06 and get 10700 approx so seems in line with others with 2.4ghz processors. I recently installend aliens vs predar 2 however and get appaling frame rates , fron 20fps to 60(looking at the floor) avg 30 at resolution of 1280/1024. Ive tried bisohock and that gets me higer fps (70 avg)!!

    Ive used stoch drivers, l2vgo drivers enabled sli, used the different modes eg single alt frames ect but no luck.

    Just wanted to know if someones tried the game out on theirs or if someone could try the demo as im not sure if it is simply my settings or the game simply doesnt work well with these laptops.

    Cheers
     
    bazer, May 21, 2008
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  2. ryan27406

    ryan27406 Notebook Consultant

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    Its more or less Vista, b/c i have a m1530 and AVP2 only gets 5fps but yet Crysis gets 17
     
    ryan27406, May 21, 2008
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    bazer Newbie

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    Thanks for replying, suppose should try dual boot xp.
     
    bazer, May 22, 2008
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    GalaxyWolf Notebook Consultant

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    this might sound silly, but have you tried playing it with SLi disabled?

    older games don't seem to play well with it, and in many cases having SLi on will reduce performance.
     
    GalaxyWolf, May 22, 2008
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    Just installed xp and yes, I get excellent framerates and no trouble in other games so seems vista is gonna go. vISTA IS OVERRATED.
     
    bazer, May 26, 2008
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