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    2860QM wei rating bouncing

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Heihachi88, Apr 10, 2012.

  1. Heihachi88

    Heihachi88 Notebook Deity

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    Sometimes it show 7.6 and sometimes 7.5 whats wrong with it?
     
    Heihachi88, Apr 10, 2012
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    qohelet Senior Member

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    don't get too bothered with inaccurate wei rating.
     
    qohelet, Apr 11, 2012
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  3. Heihachi88

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    problem solved. I installing INTEL HD GRAPHICS separately from dell ati drivers... that was a mistake because dell ati drivers already has IGP driver... so now i got back 7.6. Thanks for answers
     
    Heihachi88, Apr 11, 2012
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  4. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    As it's been stated, WEI is very unreliable, you can run it 3 different times in a row and it will spit out 3 different values.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 11, 2012
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    ya, don't get too hung up on wei...run some CPU benches that are more meaningful

    I mean, if you wanted 7.9 on wei, you could just edit them by hand lol

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    SlickDude80, Apr 11, 2012
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