FPS problem

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Sounds about right for the way it is configured. The slower clock rates and 128bit bus are holding it back. My GTX 670MX is about 2 years or so older, but runs 192-bit and the clocks are about double yours, so it scores about 2/3 higher on the same benchmarks. By turning off some of the eye candy, I can run right up to 60 FPS most anywhere unless it is extremely crowded, in which case it can dip down into the 40's, occasionally just under 40--but, that could be due to differences in our CPU and system ram as well (swapped in low CAS DDR3 1600 Hyper-X chips--think they were CAS9 if I remember right).

Dell may have choked the clocks down to avoid thermal issues, not that unusual to see in laptops. You may be able to tweak them with the proper tools, but be aware of the risks involved before doing so. Otherwise, you may be able to help improve frame rates by turning off/reducing some of the more intensive features that could be straining things a bit. Run it as lean as you can without making it look "ugly" (even with the lowest detail settings it doesn't look too bad, but the jaggies and pop-ins of distant objects can get to you sometimes). Just depends on how much you can live with I guess.