My Alienware M15X Arrived

So it came yesterday and i love it btw i got it with windows xp bcos i dislike vista very much and all of it is great apart from the quality of the screen i have it on max resolution 1920*1200 and it still seems not that good. wen the pc starts up it says vga mode performance wtf is that lol and the blu ray isnt as good quality as it is on my 42"

Please help im installing the new powerpack to see wat it is like

 

also are there any ways of improving the speed btw i am running the

2.8ghz
2gb ram edition

 

did you order the WUXGA screen? becuase WUXGA on a WXGA+ screen will naturally look bad... also, what resolution did you set it to?

this means that your laptop is using your dedicated GPU (8800m-gtx, i hope) and not the IGP. you can switch between these to increase battery life with Fn+F7.

naturally it won't, on a 15.4" screen. although this also depends on which screen you have.

 

i just installed the pwoerpack but half way in the setup its says this setup program cannot locate any drivers combatible with hard ware

8600m gt i am runnin

 

I edited your quote above

 

also whizzo how do i update the drivers for the graphic card they seem abit dated

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=285134

that thread should help. the drivers are the same for all GPUs, so they will work for your 8600m-gt as well.

 

i would have thought the 1200p screen would be better quality ?
Also i have got the 177.79 xp 32bit drivers but i get the same error

 

well, you need to download the modded .inf and add it into the folder before you install.

to what res have you set your display?

 

Can you link me to a modded .inf please mate

1920*1200

 

Use my SLi guide for help installing drivers

 

what's your OS? and 32bit or 64bit?

 

I have windows xp 32bit on 1920*1200 and 8600m gt

 

So are u gonna build me a .inf or something mate

 

out of interest, why only the 8600m-gt?


for the driver: go to http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19699&st=0&start=0 and download the driver and the modded .inf file. after you've unpacked the driver, drag&drop the modded .inf into the driver's folder to replace the old .inf. then, run the installer as you would any other program. the rest should run on it's own.

 

Im not a gamer mate im a computer programmer

 

btw is 177.72 the latest

 

and that 177.72 is for vista

 

no, but many people here say it's one of the best. i proposed it because it dynamically downclocks, unlike v177.79. if you want a newer one, the procedure is exactly the same for all of them.

EDIT: course it's for Vista, that's why i asked what OS and version you had...

 

Thanks Alot Mate i got it updated

 

One More Question mate How can i install nivida performance control panel

Kind Regards

 

nice to hear. what kind of stuff do you program?

 

what's that? if you mean the normal nvidia control panel, right click on your desktop and select it

 

I know that but u can get performance nvidia control panel. and i program anything i am asked to

 

haven't got a clue what you mean. what is this "performance panel" good for?

 

overclocking i have it on my main picture here is a pic

 

oh, right. not available for mobile GPUs as far as i know.

 

Ok Well thanks alot for your help hit me up on msn if u want

[email protected]

Just pm me or ask on msn if u want a program making free of charge

 

i was glad to help. that's what we're all here for, after all.