Alienware M17x - Diablo 3 Discussion

[darkdomino]

Looks like a day or so ago Blizzard did a huge round of beta invites for Diablo 3. I just now got mine set up, and so far it's running VERY well on my M17x R3. (See my sig for specs) - My framerates were a solid 80 at 1920x1080, all max settings, and indoors the framerate becomes almost TOO high and the screen tearing becomes very bad. Enabling vertical sync fixes all these issues.

I am, however, getting some pretty consistent stuttering... especially when new areas load. I also get lag when attacking monsters, which really sucks because that's kind of the focus of this whole game. It's playable but the stuttering gets really annoying. I realize this is only a beta, and I'm sure they will continue to optimize the game before release.

Is anyone else having annoying stuttering issues with Diablo 3 on their m17x? I wanna see if it's just me, or if everyone else is having similar problems.

[zoolian982]

Did you let the game download completely? If you stopped the download before 100% finished, you will get consistent stuttering.

Also, your first few runs through the game will be met with lag. Especially after immediate logins. Blizz is still optimizing battlenet for D3.

[darkdomino]

Yes! In my eagerness I did try playing the game mid-way through the download. The stuttering was very bad, to say the least.

I went back and let the game finish downloading, and my stuttering has been reduced... but it's still there. It gets really bad when I attack things.

[zoolian982]

Yeah it'll do that. There's still alot of lag in the last 2 days due to the flood of people. Give it a bit of time and it'll be fine.

[maxheap]

first time I opened the game there was a 1 second lag, then everything went alright, now I don't get any stuttering or lag, I didn't check the FPS but I am sure it was not 80 anyway.. good performance though

[darkdomino]

So you don't get any stuttering? I just played through the quest where you need to kill the Wretched Mother... I had stuttering as I attacked the zombies, and then stuttering when I leveled up.

and when I attacked one zombie, it was like had I network lag... I just stood there swinging but nothing was happening. After about 5 seconds, the game "caught up" and all the monsters shifted around.

This game needs serious optimization, that's all I can say

[Ryan]

Wow. I really wanted to try out Diablo 3 but I didn't get in again....

Shame..

[Greywolf22]

I've been running the Diablo 3 beta for a few months now...and I think the stuttering is related to the battlenet servers more then anything. I consistently get frame rates in the 90s+ but still get stuttering.

I will say that the stuttering is worse when more people are online and not bad during less peak times. Unfortunately since it requires online to play, I don't know that there is any way to rule it out completely.

It is Beta though, so I imagine a lot of this will disappear the closer we get to GA. I have noticed that the stuttering has gotten better (and in some cases worse) depending on the version, so hang in there.

Also since the game isn't released yet, I'm certain that there will be driver optimization for the game as we get closer as well.

[darkdomino]

I hope so. I like the gameplay but the stuttering and lag is annoying. I like the physics and art style, even if the graphics are pretty dated.

[maxheap]

just tried, no lag or stuttering, maybe you are hitting throttle mate? or too many users in your region?