ul80vt gaming performance Anyone want to take a guess as to whether this laptop will run Dragon Age Origins? 15-20 fps at lowest settings is acceptable to me.Thanks
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It will be able to play TF2 and L4D at 1366x768 native res on low-med settings fine, at least it should be able to... :) I haven't heard of "Dragon Age Origins before... so I don't know, but I doubt that there's any game around today that the 210M can't play at least on low settings... it can even play Crysis just fine on low settings...
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I got my UL80VT and it was able to play Call of Duty: World at War and Batman: Arkham Asylum perfectly at native 1366x768, though you have to turn the settings down to medium to get smooth gameplay in both games.
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You think it will be able to run Diable 3 and Starcraft 2 ok when it comes out?I don't need amazing looks..but I do need smooth.
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I would also like to know if it can play Team Fortress 2 or Left 4 Dead? If so, what settings? (low/med/high)
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There is a review over at anamdtech.com for ul80vt. It got a 3dmark06 score of 3640 with Turbo33 mode on. That is enough graphics power to play any game currently in existence on at least low settings. Games that are 2+ years it can probably run on high settings. It will be able to play all the latest titles on low-med settings at native resolution (probably). Based on that score, it could probably run Crysis at 1366x768 on low, which is really good.
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my friend plays LoL on the highest settings possible, i also have an extra 4 gb's of RAM, but it can definitely play Lol on high. I dont have WoW so i can't say if it can handle it or not. This laptop can also play battlefield 3 on medium and Star Wars the Old Republic on low settings.
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I cannot say as I didn't have the dragon edition. I had the GT70 and GT60. Both of those ended up being duds. I do remember a tech telling me the dragon series had a problem with certain brands of memory. But, that's my only recollection of the dragon edition.
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Don't know about the specific models you mentioned, but when I first got this game I was using a AMD radeon 6870, and the game ran terrible. Cut scenes video and audio were way out of sync. frame-rate was terrible. Since then I purchased a Nvidia GTX 970, and It runs great.
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James, if you are not running any mmorpg games, go with the bare minimum. I built mine with a 3.2 ghz dual core Pentium, 6 gig ddr RAM, 500 Gb hd, and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT video.
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After owning this laptop, BF4 and AC4 would be pushing it! Your fps may drop somewhere between 30-50 (plugged-in) But on high I'm sure you could get a respectable 40-70 fps!
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I play skyrim on high settings minus the anti aliasing or the other option (can't remember it right now), I also give it a gig of video memory if you can spare it. It runs at more than 30 fps at those settings, so overall it's not "good" for those games but if you don't mind a little lower quality than yea its a fine substitute for an enormous card. Also I drop the resolution to 1366x720. I haven't actually looked at what the exact fps is but it's not choppy at all.
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I am not an avid gamer. I use this laptop mostly for rendering video edits an blender scenes. But with the porting of the Steam client to Linux I have tried X3:Albion Prelude. Must say it rocks. One thing, I did find that adding another six Gig of RAM helped tremendously. Overall, no complaints for me, but my gaming sample is very limited. If you are really into heavy gaming, your mileage may vary.
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Some games do like Assassins Creed 4 for example. My friend with a GTX 760 2gb (Which these cards are VERY equivalent you could say they are twins seperated at birth) can run AC 4 on high with a little lag I can run mine on Ultra with a little Anti Aliasing and I can hit 50fps no issue
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We haven't run WoW on it. But it runs Rift, Elder Scrolls Online and other games/MMOs at full settings without issue. It should have no trouble running WoW.
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[LOL!] LoL runs wonderfully! I play all the time. Main jg/fidds and sup/thresh. Hit me up after you buy this bad boy and we'll play a round! I haven't changed any of the default graphics settings, and I'm running with no visible lag. As with all Alienware laptops, expect it to get warm while you play though - you might want to pick up a cheap cooling pad. I got one for ~$15 and it dropped my CPU/GPU temps about 25F each.
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Hi Austin... I just bought this same exact laptop refurbished at Best Buy for $398 (taxes in) and I too play League of Legends. It runs the game very well on low or very low graphics (40-55 fps) and on medium graphics I get about 30-40 fps. The only thing I don't like is how my palm gets super warm when playing from resting on the keyboard :( Sleek design, great speed, and quiet fan. Hope this helps!
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You can control which gpu to use as you set dedicated gpu per program, or let it run default. Normally, 750m gpu won't kick in until games are running by default.Sounds like 4 speakers in really good quality. They can play relatively loud compared to my alienware m18x r1. What games are you playing?
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You don't use this type of laptop for gaming. I doubt it would run perfectly on WoW. Actually with 1 gb of RAM, I am pretty sure it would run terribly.
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I played elder scrolls 4 oblivion on here at fullthrottle in full resolution for very close to 3 hrs b4 it went out. I had it on the Power4Gear Entertainment setting. When i switched it to Power4Gear Battery Saving the game didnt look that much different(screen was a little dimmer), keyboard didnt light up etc, and it played great. I turned the game off afterabout 3hrs 45 min and there was over 30 % of battery life left.All in all it seems to be above average(especially for how beastly this thing is) i still dont know an exact time tho lol im with you guys i almost didnt get this laptop because the battery life wasnt listed but im glad i did. I played elder scrolls 4 oblivion on here at fullthrottle in full resolution for very close to 3 hrs b4 it went out. I had it on the Power4Gear Entertainment setting. When i switched it to Power4Gear Battery Saving the game didnt look that much different(screen was a little dimmer), keyboard didnt light up etc, and it played great. I turned the game off afterabout 3hrs 45 min and there was over 30 % of battery life left.All in all it seems to be above average(especially for how beastly this thing is) i still dont know an exact time tho lol im with you guys i almost didnt get this laptop... » Read More I played elder scrolls 4 oblivion on here at fullthrottle in full resolution for very close to 3 hrs b4 it went out. I had it on the Power4Gear Entertainment setting. When i switched it to Power4Gear Battery Saving the game didnt look that much different(screen was a little dimmer), keyboard didnt light up etc, and it played great. I turned the game off afterabout 3hrs 45 min and there was over 30 % of battery life left.All in all it seems to be above average(especially for how beastly this thing is) i still dont know an exact time tho lol im with you guys i almost didnt get this laptop because the battery life wasnt listed but im glad i did. « Show Less
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That game, in the case of Haswell is CPU dependent. Sad but true. Maybe in the total war forums you could get a more explicit answer.
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Well I have been running Sins of a Solar Empire and Empire Total War at Max settings without a hiccup. If there are any problems consider driver updates or reloads. Good luck.