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    Running Games on my m1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by fluffboy, Feb 1, 2009.

  1. fluffboy

    fluffboy Notebook Evangelist

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    well a friend of mine cant get 2 games on his lappy so he's giving them to me. The games are GTA IV and Mirror's Edge. I was wondering how my m1530 would put up against these games.im not looking to max them out but what fps would i get if i installed them?

    specs are in signature.

    BTW im not running vista, i have windows 7 installed.
     
    fluffboy, Feb 1, 2009
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  2. joeytav

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    You have pretty much the same system as me, except for windows 7.

    GTA IV runs fine, as long as you're realistic about what you want out of the game - I run it in 800x600 with a draw distance of about 20, and its smooth and easily playable.

    No idea about Mirror's Edge :]
     
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    actually he is far crippled compared to you as he has an 8400m GS
     
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  4. fluffboy

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    anyone else wanna tell me what i can expect??
     
    fluffboy, Feb 1, 2009
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    I tried Mirror's Edge on my m1330. Its at very low quality with average framerates. Your gpu is better though, so you should manage it at low/medium.

    Get a high framerate on that game though, the smoothness goes well with the gameplay.
     
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  6. fluffboy

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    im assuming you have the nvidia gpu on your m1330...how would i manage to get better fps?
     
    fluffboy, Feb 1, 2009
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    Totally didn't see that! Stupid hangover.
     
    joeytav, Feb 1, 2009
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    well best way to show you the performance on my PC (I have a 8600m GT) is by pictures :)

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    all settings on high 1440x900

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    The fps drops outside but still its good enough :)

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    mostly 20 fps in the morning

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    jumps to mostly 29 fps at night :)

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    the fps drops sometimes when there is many things on the screen but it comes back up :)

    Benchmark :
    Statistics
    Average FPS: 19.57
    Duration: 38.28 sec
    CPU Usage: 66%
    System memory usage: 71%
    Video memory usage: 98%

    Graphics Settings
    Video Mode: 1280 x 800 (60 Hz)
    Texture Quality: Low
    Render Quality: High
    Reflection Resolution: Low
    Water Quality: Low
    Shadow Quality: Medium
    View Distance: 10
    Detail Distance: 10
    Definition: Off
    VSync: On

    Hardware
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
    Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
    Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
    Video Driver version: 179.28
    Audio Adapter: Speakers / Headphones (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9500 @ 2.60GHz

    edit: if you want to see other pictures of games I ran on my system you can go here : http://www.xfire.com/screenshots/darkfnh/
    all the pictures have the fps mark on them :)
     
    DarkFnh, Feb 1, 2009
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  9. fluffboy

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    ahh!! if youre barely nudging 30 fps with an 8600gt i have no hope with my 8400gs D:
     
    fluffboy, Feb 1, 2009
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    I'm sure you can get an acceptable fps in Mirror's Edge. Its not that demanding.
     
    Sephye, Feb 1, 2009
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    I hope so too since tomorrow after school im gonna go pick the games up. I just hope my t8300 can hold up.

    also maybe i can oc my 8400 to around 670 core (ive managed to hit 685 but it freezes after an hour of playing), even though it will do close to nothing every frame counts :D.
     
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    GTA IV is ridiculously demanding. Most other games should run a lot better than GTA does.
     
    Nition, Feb 1, 2009
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  13. fluffboy

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    is it because that GTA needs to be optimized? didnt rockstar have to come out with patches for the previous GTA's to make them run better?
     
    fluffboy, Feb 1, 2009
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