M14x Battlefield 3 Perfomance & Discussion Thread

[thewooddogg]

I just reinstalled it and allowed it to do a clean install. It definitely helped it a bit.. hard to explain, but it still has the title bar with the 3 buttons at the top right and the start bar at the bottom is still on top. Really strange. Can't seem to get it go fullscreen. Any other suggestions?


Edit: Solved it thanks! I had to manually uninstall all the drivers. Then reinstall them. Working perfect the first time. Awesome!

[Jon vMagic]

Believe it or not, Metro 64 Conquest is the worst punish you can put your laptop through. 20 nades exploding everywhere, RPG's flying in all direction, not to mention the multiple grenade launcher noobs.

I also forgot to mention that 90 deg C is peak temp. Between rounds, the laptop gets a chance to cool down while stats are shown. Furthermore, Intel CPU has thermal limit of 105 deg C, so I believe it's ok. I understand if you don't want to push your comp that much, though.

oi, I'm a grenade launcher noob! ;-)

[BigBattle89]

hey magic i got a question for ya! erm when im playing my GPU % usage keeps sometimes jumping from like 76 to 60 then to 82 n then to 99. its kinda weird and annoying and its affecting my FPS in ma game. any idea how i can fix that? any suggestions appreciated! thnx bud

[BigBattle89]

its reallly weird and annoying, it goes down to like maybe 60 n then boost up to 75 and then 99, it stays there for a while and everything is fine n then again!

[zephir]

oi, I'm a grenade launcher noob! ;-)

Me too, but I'm trying to quit :P

[BaboonbOY]

Hi

My old advent laptop died recently so its time for me to upgrade and get a new toy.

I'm thinking of getting (as this is in my budget)...

ALIENWARE m14x
Processor - Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2670QM (2.20Ghz, 6MB, 4C)
Graphics card - 1.5GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT555M
Memory - 4gb
Hard Drive- 500GB (7,200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
lcd 14.0" (36 cm) Widescreen High Definition + (1600x900) WLED
Wireless - European Dell Wireless 1000

..now is this going to run BF3 well? ...what sort of specs and options?

I've got the game on my xbox 360 but want to know really if the above set up will look much better than my xbox version and if its worth me spending out on this machine? I was wow'ed by the videos for the pc graphics for bf3, the 64 players online, biggger maps etc so I'm hoping the above set up will serve me well ?

Is the processor I've picked ok or is it not much different to the i5? Will my memory be ok at 4gb or is it worth me getting the above 6gb (or should i save the money to get the better 3gb gfx card instead)?

Any help appreciated as I've not had a pc for gaming for many, many years so I'm pretty new to all of this!!

Thanks in advance

[dragonx254]

Hi

My old advent laptop died recently so its time for me to upgrade and get a new toy.

I'm thinking of getting (as this is in my budget)...

ALIENWARE m14x
Processor - Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2670QM (2.20Ghz, 6MB, 4C)
Graphics card - 1.5GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT555M
Memory - 4gb
Hard Drive- 500GB (7,200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
lcd 14.0" (36 cm) Widescreen High Definition + (1600x900) WLED
Wireless - European Dell Wireless 1000

..now is this going to run BF3 well? ...what sort of specs and options?

I've got the game on my xbox 360 but want to know really if the above set up will look much better than my xbox version and if its worth me spending out on this machine? I was wow'ed by the videos for the pc graphics for bf3, the 64 players online, biggger maps etc so I'm hoping the above set up will serve me well ?

Is the processor I've picked ok or is it not much different to the i5? Will my memory be ok at 4gb or is it worth me getting the above 6gb (or should i save the money to get the better 3gb gfx card instead)?

Any help appreciated as I've not had a pc for gaming for many, many years so I'm pretty new to all of this!!

Thanks in advance

You should be able to run at med-high.

The 3GB graphics is no better than the 1.5. If you can, put more power in the processor, that's a big one.

Anything medium and higher is 10x better than console graphics

[BaboonbOY]

Thanks for the reply.

Well the stanrdard spec is the i5. I thought upgrading for a £100 more for the i7 (2.20Ghz, 6MB, 4C) for £100 wasn't bad but I don't think I can stretch that more for either an additional £260 or £490 for the other options?

Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2430M (2.40Ghz, 3MB, 2C) [Included in Price]
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2760QM (2.40Ghz, 6MB, 4C) [add £260.00]
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2670QM (2.20Ghz, 6MB, 4C) [add £100.00]
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2860QM (2.50 Ghz, 8MB, 4C) [add £490.00]

Also is the 4mb memory (4096MB 2x2GB 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel)good enough for battlefield 3?

and is the wirless connectivity much different and worth investing?
European Dell Wireless 1000 [Included in Price]
Intel® Wireless LAN 6205 2x2 (802.11a/b/g/n) Card - European [add £20.00]
Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 - EUR [add £30.00]
Smarter. Faster. Wireless. For online gaming

Ah the joys of wanting to play Battlefield 3 on an alienware but with a limited budget! lol

Sorry for all the questions!!!!

[nicholaslimck]

Thanks for the reply.
Also is the 4mb memory (4096MB 2x2GB 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel)good enough for battlefield 3?

Lol, I think you mean 4GB, which should be enough for BF3. I'm not completely sure, as I got 8GB, but many users have claimed that 4GB RAM was enough for them to run games without noticeable differences compared to 8GB users.

Anyways, the i7 should give you a boost with the CPU-intensive apps and games, and I'm pretty sure BF3 is one of those. The Killer-N wireless card has been said to be amazing compared to the lower options, with lower latency, higher transfer rates, etc. If you're planning to be playing multiplayer a lot, the Killer-N will be the best choice for you to make.

[BaboonbOY]

Again thanks v much for the replys. I think I might stretch my budget to slightly upgrade to the i7 Processor 2760QM (2.40Ghz, 6MB, 4C) for the extra £260.00 then (seeing as you reckon its worth it) and probably keep the memory at 4gb seeing as you think that BF3 will play fine with it.

I probably won't be able to get my machine for about a month (I'm still frantically saving and selling things on ebay to fund my battlefield addiction lol) so I'm hoping I'll find some money off vouchers online to bring the costs down.

Exciting times!!!!