3DMark2005 2580 points? suckydriver updates ? W2v

Hey guys,

I got a W2v with 2 gig of ram in it and i did the whole 3dmark3005 thing and i got a score of 2580 any 1 here that has the same laptop ever did that ?? if so whats your score?

Also whats better using the asus stock install cd's ?? or use my own copy of win xp pro cause after installing the laptop with the asus cd's i have like 63 active programs thats nutts.

Also whats up with theese sucky software/Driver updates i cant update anything wurth ****. When i update my lan with the intel software i get a crit error with something of the keyboard software from asus or something.

Owell

Have a good 1 people

Misq2k

 

What GPU is in the W2v? If its the X700/6600 then thats a normal score.

 

It's a 128mb X700...... if you want better drivers that'll let you overclock -- or really even normal clock (as asus typically underclocks they notebook gpus for a better balance of battery life) - then download the omega drivers and omegadrivers.org

 

Thats the score my w2v gets and i have 2 gigs or ram.

 

and as for those active programs. Welcome to MCE it runs alot more things in the background than just xp pro.

 

I have the euro version of the W2v so it comes with win xp corp on the asus recovery disks wich after installation put on like a million active processes.

Thanks pro i ll have a look c how to mess with the clock speed and stuff

 

Thats exactly the score you should expect from the w2v. Why dont you like it?

 

BTW how do i c if my card is underclocked ?? and what wil be the normal clockspeed ?? idont want to overclock anything but if its under i wanne get it to normal.

Thanks

 

Its not underclocked if you see those scores. If you use an aftermarket driver aside from the one included on the cd then those are slightly overclocked. Use them at your own risk. There never has been a decisive test that said they were 100% safe

 

If you have that many things running at startup just go to msconfig and shut that **** down.

 

Well i know that but it all comes with the asus recovery disk so how to find out what to keep active and what not. ASUS installs 2much things from the install its stupid on my normal pc i only have like 28 orso when i do a new install. I had the same prob when i bought a compact pc thoose things comes with so much **** after u do the recovery thing.


BTW can u stick a new vid card in a laptop ?? like buy a new card ?? and replace the old 1 ? i know i know newbie stuff lol never owned a laptop yet so

 

Asus is actually known to put less **** on their notebook than anyone else. really most things are just drivers and a couple services. how much ram are those processes taking up at startup? And no you cannot put a new video card in a laptop. I always hear they were supposed to come out with upgradable ones but really havent come to market. even if you could you cant really find the video cards themselves and they would be like 300-400 for the card.

 

I did a compleet reinstall and its using up 416MB atm.

 

thats alot i have mce and it uses like 330 megs but doesnt bother me much since i have 2 gigs. but i shut down alot the processes in msconfig. you can get rid of whatever if taking that memory up just shut down the services a reinstalls isnt needed.