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    Mass Effect with M1530?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Forte, Jun 9, 2008.

  1. Forte

    Forte NBR's Supreme Angel

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    Anyone play this game on the M1530? How good are the settings? Is it worth buying for it?
     
    Forte, Jun 9, 2008
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    Idk, but I was planning on trying this out this weekend. I hear its quite demanding on the GPU, and not to expect playing with the highest settings. We'll see! Sounds like a great game though.
     
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    I played it 1280x800 with particles medium, textures ultra, anisotropic, motion blur, and I got 25-35 FPS most areas. The DDR3 card, especially if overclocked, should get 10-25% better. (Mine's OC'd to produce near DDR3 stock performance).
     
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    It works excellent on my machine. No hiccups, stutters or anything, and that's with everything turned up max. Except the shadows, I turned them off because I didn't like the way they looked. Film grain off too btw.
     
    iggy097, Jun 9, 2008
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    Everything set to max, not sure what kind of FPS i'm getting but i absolutely love the game.

    off topic, anyone getting the nvlddmkm.sys errors with vista? I fixed it a month ago and it just came back :mad: Nvidia really needs to work on these vista drivers
     
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    Everything on max with me apart from resoution which is 1280res... I do get the odd stutter though, but I'm suspecting a driver issue for this.
     
    Widge, Jul 24, 2008
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    I dont know how it would run on your laptop but I'm sure it would be alright. As for the game, I own it for Xbox 360 and it is AMAZING!!!
     
    Ttime20, Jul 24, 2008
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