ApeAsylum

Hey guys I have an Alienware M14X Laptop which can play battlefield on Medium/high settings, but it seems that i cant play the DayZ Mod at all. The frames are hitting 5-10 fps (estimated) with very low graphics settings. Have you guys got any idea on how i can get the frames upto 60 fps? it baffles me why i can play every other game on high but not this one. cheers Sam Here is my spec Alienware M14X - Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish Intel Core i7 2670QM 2.2GHz (2.9GHz Turbo Mode, 6M cache) 6GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz 14.0 High Def+ (900p/1600x900) 3.0GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus technology 750GB 7200RPM SATA 3GB/s

i had a go on it last night and it seems my FPS was fine running at very high. my laptop battery was having some issues charging and when i got in from work last night the battery was fully charged (which hasn't been the case for the last week) i did override the power management with my own whilst it was plugged in but it seems that it may have been my battery. Also the server i was in it was not raining. i haven't tested this fully but it may be the rain that makes the frame drop. But before i ran Dayz i ran Arma2 in single player and the FPS was fine. Then i opened combined operations and went onto Dayz and it was running smoothly. Its a mystry, but i had a good session last night so that me happy :D

so does this only happen with Nvidia cards?

Does this only seem to happen with Nvidia cards?

So any ideas? i do have the latest drivers.

its consistently shit, but does tend to get worse when im in a town

Yeah the frame rate does not improve at all if i knock the settings down to very low, so it leads me to believe its not the graphics.