***ENVY 14 Gaming Lounge***

[MagusDraco]

dunno.

lemme try sc2 windowed (on account of "hell maybe it'll get back to 70-80 in phase 2)

yeah sc2 gets back to 75-80 if you go to windowed in phase 2.

[MagusDraco]

*tries bioshock, watches mouse jump all over the place*

2k Gaaaaaames!! *googles the mouse acceleration fix*

[dookie11]

@Magus,

Don't forget to run PCSX2 and Dolphin for (meEeee)

[Skhope]

ok this laptop runs WoW with no problems..ultra settings except shadows on medium because they are annoying but they do raise fps by about 5. Max GPU temp was 72C and 70C for the cores. Left palmrest is still cool to touch which is really nice since you are using WASD right palmrest is warm but not too bad, I use a mouse anyway. 60+ FPS in 5 man instances and around 35-40 FPS in dalaran with a good amount of ppl in it, so this will play cataclysm no problem. Next in line is Just Cause 2

EDIT: Performance definitely decreases when you switch to battery power with the GPU still on. I was around 20 FPS flying around outside dalaran but it was really choppy. It doesn't matter to me since I would only game if I was plugged in. I was at max charge and in like 5 minutes I was already down to 90% with max brightness.

[p51mustang23]

ok this laptop runs WoW with no problems..ultra settings except shadows on medium because they are annoying but they do raise fps by about 5. Max GPU temp was 72C and 70C for the cores. Left palmrest is still cool to touch which is really nice since you are using WASD right palmrest is warm but not too bad, I use a mouse anyway. 60+ FPS in 5 man instances and around 35-40 FPS in dalaran with a good amount of ppl in it, so this will play cataclysm no problem. Next in line is Just Cause 2

EDIT: Performance definitely decreases when you switch to battery power with the GPU still on. I was around 20 FPS flying around outside dalaran but it was really choppy. It doesn't matter to me since I would only game if I was plugged in. I was at max charge and in like 5 minutes I was already down to 90% with max brightness.

So tempted to play wow again... this computer won't help with that one teeny tiny little bit. God i was addicted to that...

[Skhope]

So tempted to play wow again... this computer won't help with that one teeny tiny little bit. God i was addicted to that...

I hate it now lol I only installed it just to see it on ultra settings I only used to play on all low settings =( Looks pretty nice tho

[IIIM3]

Alright... We need to see some screenshots of these games with some FPS overlays...

And just for some other people that dont know, you can install a program called "FRAPS" which puts the FPS counter in the games. Also, since the E14 has an ATi card, you can use ATi Tray Tools which does overclocking and also shows the FPS... Just an idea.

I would really like to see some Crysis benchmarks from you Magnus since the other two are having two opposite performances. Also, Bad Company 2 would be nice to see... Just some suggestions. Also... Dolphin would be nice to see...

[Autobot]

Anyone in the FF14 Beta wanna tell us about it

[nightmarerec0n]

Can someone test out Fallout 3 and Bioshock 2?

[seth83292]

Doesn't fraps lower the framerate drastically?
For source games I know net_Graph 1 shows a bunch of info along with fps and ping
also cl_showfps 1