lestatdark said: Euphoria14 said: Slimebeast said: Euphoria14 said: I wonder what the minimum specs are for this. I hope I can at least handle it on low settings. A classic quote from people who do their gaming on a laptop. Well, I can play Battlefield 3 on High-Ultra setting. Your laptop is a bit better than mine (i'm running a i7-2630QM 2.0/2.9, 6770M 2gb GDDR5, 8 GB Ram DDR3 800 MHz), so you can probably run it on Ultra at a stable 30 FPS.  Did your laptop come with any kind of throttling program so your i7 is at a constant turbo-boost multiplier (so you can get a constant 3.0 - 3.3 Ghz)?. If it didn't, get Throttlestop 5.0, trust me it makes all the difference when playing CPU intensive games.

No idea, but the box says i7-3610QM w/Turbo Boost.

Euphoria14 said: lestatdark said: Euphoria14 said: Slimebeast said: Euphoria14 said: I wonder what the minimum specs are for this. I hope I can at least handle it on low settings. A classic quote from people who do their gaming on a laptop. Well, I can play Battlefield 3 on High-Ultra setting. Your laptop is a bit better than mine (i'm running a i7-2630QM 2.0/2.9, 6770M 2gb GDDR5, 8 GB Ram DDR3 800 MHz), so you can probably run it on Ultra at a stable 30 FPS.  Did your laptop come with any kind of throttling program so your i7 is at a constant turbo-boost multiplier (so you can get a constant 3.0 - 3.3 Ghz)?. If it didn't, get Throttlestop 5.0, trust me it makes all the difference when playing CPU intensive games. No idea, but the box says i7-3610QM w/Turbo Boost.

It's the same as mine, an Ivy bridge i7. That Turbo Boost technology is unreliable when it comes to heavy gaming, since the processor is always throttling and slowing down, giving you inconstant FPSs. Throttlestop keeps your processor at a constant clock frequency by adjusting the clock multiplier (for example, I keep mine at a constant 2,8 Ghz while gaming).

Of course, keeping the processor at constant speeds will increase it's temperature rapidly, so it's pretty advisable to have a refrigerating base to avoid overheating.

That looked next gen otherwise the difference is just like between Killzone 2 and 3 on PC at least.

lestatdark said: Euphoria14 said: lestatdark said: Euphoria14 said: Slimebeast said: Euphoria14 said: I wonder what the minimum specs are for this. I hope I can at least handle it on low settings. A classic quote from people who do their gaming on a laptop. Well, I can play Battlefield 3 on High-Ultra setting. Your laptop is a bit better than mine (i'm running a i7-2630QM 2.0/2.9, 6770M 2gb GDDR5, 8 GB Ram DDR3 800 MHz), so you can probably run it on Ultra at a stable 30 FPS.  Did your laptop come with any kind of throttling program so your i7 is at a constant turbo-boost multiplier (so you can get a constant 3.0 - 3.3 Ghz)?. If it didn't, get Throttlestop 5.0, trust me it makes all the difference when playing CPU intensive games. No idea, but the box says i7-3610QM w/Turbo Boost. It's the same as mine, an Ivy bridge i7. That Turbo Boost technology is unreliable when it comes to heavy gaming, since the processor is always throttling and slowing down, giving you inconstant FPSs. Throttlestop keeps your processor at a constant clock frequency by adjusting the clock multiplier (for example, I keep mine at a constant 2,8 Ghz while gaming). Of course, keeping the processor at constant speeds will increase it's temperature rapidly, so it's pretty advisable to have a refrigerating base to avoid overheating.

Would that cause vanilla Skyrim on Ultra gain in fps? I currently stand ~30-40 at times and drop into the mid 20's when in caves or stuff is going on.

I also hear I can OC my GPU to get 660M performance, but not sure how safe that is.

Euphoria14 said: lestatdark said: Euphoria14 said: lestatdark said: Euphoria14 said: Slimebeast said: Euphoria14 said: I wonder what the minimum specs are for this. I hope I can at least handle it on low settings. A classic quote from people who do their gaming on a laptop. Well, I can play Battlefield 3 on High-Ultra setting. Your laptop is a bit better than mine (i'm running a i7-2630QM 2.0/2.9, 6770M 2gb GDDR5, 8 GB Ram DDR3 800 MHz), so you can probably run it on Ultra at a stable 30 FPS.  Did your laptop come with any kind of throttling program so your i7 is at a constant turbo-boost multiplier (so you can get a constant 3.0 - 3.3 Ghz)?. If it didn't, get Throttlestop 5.0, trust me it makes all the difference when playing CPU intensive games. No idea, but the box says i7-3610QM w/Turbo Boost. It's the same as mine, an Ivy bridge i7. That Turbo Boost technology is unreliable when it comes to heavy gaming, since the processor is always throttling and slowing down, giving you inconstant FPSs. Throttlestop keeps your processor at a constant clock frequency by adjusting the clock multiplier (for example, I keep mine at a constant 2,8 Ghz while gaming). Of course, keeping the processor at constant speeds will increase it's temperature rapidly, so it's pretty advisable to have a refrigerating base to avoid overheating. Would that cause vanilla Skyrim on Ultra gain in fps? I currently stand ~30-40 at times and drop into the mid 20's when in caves or stuff is going on. I also hear I can OC my GPU to get 660M performance, but not sure how safe that is.

Unless you have a laptop cooling pad I wouldn't advise it. They run hot as it is without OC'ing.

The graphics look amazing!

But what about the single player gameplay? I'm not much of a multiplayer kinda guy so i really look to the single player....and this looks like more of the same (uncharted, COD style). Maybe they just wanted to show a more linear level?

On that note im still wondering if we will ever see masterpieces like the original Crysis again? Completely open gameplay with brilliant visuals.

After 10-20 minutes of Skyrim my GPU hovers around 65-70c.

Euphoria14 said: lestatdark said: Euphoria14 said: lestatdark said: Euphoria14 said: Slimebeast said: Euphoria14 said: I wonder what the minimum specs are for this. I hope I can at least handle it on low settings. A classic quote from people who do their gaming on a laptop. Well, I can play Battlefield 3 on High-Ultra setting. Your laptop is a bit better than mine (i'm running a i7-2630QM 2.0/2.9, 6770M 2gb GDDR5, 8 GB Ram DDR3 800 MHz), so you can probably run it on Ultra at a stable 30 FPS.  Did your laptop come with any kind of throttling program so your i7 is at a constant turbo-boost multiplier (so you can get a constant 3.0 - 3.3 Ghz)?. If it didn't, get Throttlestop 5.0, trust me it makes all the difference when playing CPU intensive games. No idea, but the box says i7-3610QM w/Turbo Boost. It's the same as mine, an Ivy bridge i7. That Turbo Boost technology is unreliable when it comes to heavy gaming, since the processor is always throttling and slowing down, giving you inconstant FPSs. Throttlestop keeps your processor at a constant clock frequency by adjusting the clock multiplier (for example, I keep mine at a constant 2,8 Ghz while gaming). Of course, keeping the processor at constant speeds will increase it's temperature rapidly, so it's pretty advisable to have a refrigerating base to avoid overheating. Would that cause vanilla Skyrim on Ultra gain in fps? I currently stand ~30-40 at times and drop into the mid 20's when in caves or stuff is going on. I also hear I can OC my GPU to get 660M performance, but not sure how safe that is.

Unless your laptop comes with an in-house OC software, stay away from laptop GPU OC. Laptop GPUs usually get really hot, really fast, and any kind of OC will just kill your GPU. Even so, I wouldn't recommend OC your GPU in any circumstance, even with a refrigerator board. Throttling your CPU is fine, as well as a bit of OC on it too. 

And yes, you do gain a bit of FPS on Skyrim. With Turbo mode on Throttlestop, I usually get around 30 - 35 FPS on Ultra with ENB and FXAA injectors on Skyrim (biggest drop is on Markarth, it goes down to 25). I recon Vanilla Skyrim would go up to 50 easily, even in caves.

I thought I heard rumors it was coming to next-gen consoles too. It may get a delayed release.
A shame cuz there's no way I would play a game like this on PS3 or 360. This game deserves to be enjoyed on a next-gen console!

Running a little high, but that seems fine. You can always up the GPU core speed and see if it raises the temp.

If you do want to do overclock on your laptop though.. you should really invest in a laptop cooler with a large fan, and set it on high when gaming. Makes a world of difference.