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Dread458
 Post subject: Dell XPS not working like it should?
PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 12:59 pm 
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Ok my friend got an XPS comp for christmas and its not been running like it should. We play as a group on alot of games like borderlands and payday the heist. And seeing as he has an i7 and a nice integrated card he should be running these things no problem. Yet they lag alot and he has to play on all low sometimes. I built my comp not to long ago and it was a cheap 300 dollar build and im running some of these games better than him. and he needs help seeing as his parents wont get it checked out because they say he is being selfish and spoiled. So if you know anything that will help or have had this happen before please help.
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 Post subject: Re: Dell XPS not working like it should?
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:26 am 
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Scan for viruses, kill all the crap Dell preinstalls with CCleaner, and get a good discrete GPU. Integrated graphics have come a long way, but they're still bad for gaming.
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 Post subject: Re: Dell XPS not working like it should?
PostPosted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:58 pm 
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Integrated video uses your system ram, not DDR5 like a video card uses. If you have very little system ram, this is why your video can only run at low resolutions and it still runs slow.

Nothing like a home build for sure... :wink:

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