The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    A little help...M17x R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Arctic_Rush, Jul 11, 2011.

  1. Arctic_Rush

    Arctic_Rush Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    68
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hello all,
    i don't think my drivers are as up to date as they could be since some games aren't running as smoothly as they should like i should be able to play most with high settings correct?, my friend said that i needed to update my drivers, but i thought i had the newest ones, but here's what i got from my config... if anyone can help it would be appreciated thanks :)

    Operating System
    Windows 7 Premium Home Edition (x64) (build 7601) Service Pack 1
    Default web client: Mozilla Firefox
    Default e-mail client: Windows Live Mail
    WinSAT
    General score: 5.9 (Processor: 7.1, Memory: 7.3, Graphics: 6.9, Gaming graphics : 6.9, Harddrive: 5.9 )
    Motherboard
    SMBios version 2.6
    Alienware A08
    Bios: Alienware A08 08/24/2010 taille: 2048Kb
    Chipset
    North bridge: Intel DMI Host Bridge
    South bridge: Intel PM55
    Processor
    Intel Core i7 720QM Clarksfield Socket 989 rPGA (@45 nm) 1600 Mhz ( L1I: 4 x 32 Ko, L1D: 4 x 32 Ko, L2: 4 x 256 Ko, L3: 6144 Ko )
    Memory
    Physical memory size: 6144 Mo, Type: DDR3, @526.5MHz, 7.0-7-7-20-1T
    DDR3 Samsung M471B5673FH0-CF8 2048 Mo PC3-8500F (533 Mhz)
    DDR3 Hyundai Electronics HMT351S6AFR8C-G7 4096 Mo PC3-8500F (533 Mhz)
    Graphics card
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
    ATA devices
    WDC WD6400BEVT-75A0RT0 01.01A01 (SATA II, 596.17 Go, Cache: 8 Mo)
    CD-ROM
    Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7640SHD18 (DVD-RAM Recorder)
    Harddrive
    WDC WD6400BEVT-75A0RT0
     
    Arctic_Rush, Jul 11, 2011
    #1
  2. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

    Reputations:
    1,370
    Messages:
    3,110
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    116
    Mechanized Menace, Jul 11, 2011
    #2
  3. Arctic_Rush

    Arctic_Rush Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    6
    Messages:
    68
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    cool thanks! :) so this will help with my pc's performance?
     
    Arctic_Rush, Jul 12, 2011
    #3
  4. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

    Reputations:
    1,370
    Messages:
    3,110
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    116
    Mechanized Menace, Jul 12, 2011
    #4