ASUS C90s drivers, low 3dMark scores

Just ran 3dMark06 on my Asus C90s, got a score of 3800+ Thats kinda disappointing, based on other scores from lower end rigs. I've ran through most of the threads here on the Asus C90s, and have updated my BIOS to 801. My C90's specs include a E6700, Geforce 8600 256 DDR3 and a 200GB Hitachi 7200rpm Harddrive. Running through the threads here, i realised that the two main causes for the crappy score is due to the laptop overheating, or driver issues. I've got a coolermaster laptop cooler, as well as a standing fan blowing right at my laptop, so temperatures should be OK. So maybe its my graphic card drivers. Far as i know, seems that the DDR3 has no driver support, read about people having to reformat their comp over driver issues. Just want to know, are there ANY drivers out there for the DDR3, besides the ones shipped with the comp, and if so, would these drivers improve my 3dMark score?

Any other suggestions to improve my 3dMark score would help also. Live in Singapore, no radioshack or Wal-Marts nearby to buy all tt DIY stuff, so i guess modding my comp is out of the question. Thanks all

Using Vista Home Premium

 

there are TONS of drivers available for the 8600m gt

go to laptopvideo2go.com for all of the latest releases (i believe 169.09 is the latest)

however - dont have too many high expectations for the 8600m gt - at 3800, you seem to be right where you should be in terms of 3dmark06 scores - i mean, you could try overclocking - but keep in mind that that could be a risky proposition

are there some games youre having difficulty with?

EDIT - you can also check asus' website for their latest stock drivers - but those will definitely be a little older than what youll find on laptopvideo2go...

 

Strange I get about 2500, with my setup: E6600, 3Gig, 8600GT GDDR 256( Driver 169.09) and a 7200rpm 160gb seagate.

 

^ try the 169.04 driver

on my g1s, which is a t7300 (2.0GHz), 2GB Ram, 8600M GT (256mb), 160GB HD (5400) - i get 3700 with the stock drivers

with 169.04, i get 3900 - i actually saw my numbers decrease with 169.09 - so i went back to 169.04...

EDIT - i actually increased the system ram to 3gb - and my numbers went down to 3800 - so i think im gonna return the 2gig dimm and stick with the 2gb of dual channel ram...

 

As far as I know the stock drivers are still the only ones working properly for the 256mb GDDR3 card.

 

I'm just curious how you got the C90s in Singapore. I thought it wasn't released there?

 

Lobo, that's what you're gonna get if you use anything but the stock drivers with the gddr3 card. That's why I don't use. We are all sweaty palmed waiting on a new driver for US, the gddr3 peeps. OP....you are right where you should be with stock drivers. you can get them up almost another 1000 if you OC with Riva tuner....try the 500/800 Core/memory combo and tell us what you get

 

Wish I had the driver disk that came with the laptop... Anyone know where I can download it from?

 

I got 3709 points in 3DMark 06 yesterday with the 169.09 driver.

My specs:
E6600 2.4GhZ
8600GT 512mb
160gb 5400rpm
2gb ram

 

Should be on the support.asus.com website.

 

Shipped it over from the US with ExcaliberPC. Great customer service

 

Yeah tts wad i thought so too, so whats with the 169.04 drivers? Are they better than the stock drivers?

 

Only for the 512mb DDR2 card, not the 256mb GDDR3 one.

 

Ok, ddr2, standard 1280x1024 3dmark06 settings, standard turbo gear mode, no riva tuner OC'ing, Vista? is this correct?

 

I finally broke 4k with 167.26, and 169.04 are my current drivers of choice, some weird graphics bugs with 169.09.

 

kk thx, all i needed to noe x)

 

If Vestlia has the ddr2 card and ran everything stock/standard, he's been feeding his GPU Wheaties for breakfast or something

 

I'm considering the c90s cause it's so much cheaper for the stuff you get, and I'm a gamer, so I'd want the 8600gt gddr3. Are there any disadvantages to using the stock drivers? How soon would you bank on new drivers/cards being released? and, basically, is it a good machine for a poor gamer ?

 

I know bumps are frowned upon, but what the hay

*bump*

 

I'm a gamer, and happened to order right after the gddr3 card came. I have no gaming problems with Stock Drivers, but I'm limited to playing HL2, GalCivII and Supreme Commander at the moment. I haven't even installed Heroes IV on this new machine yet. Yes, I certainly recommend it. It's nice to be able to get at the insides so easily in a laptop. In the 15in realm, I can't think of another I personally would trade it for. Yes, us gddr3 folk are waiting on an official driver update...that's my only gripe...but its' not been a problem so far.

 

So, there aren't any games that are incompatible with the drivers that come stock with the 8600gt ddr3? Call me stupid but why would you need new drivers then?

 

The only reason I NEED new drivers right now is because i LIKE new drivers Gamers like to upgrade vid drivers, it's in our blood lol

 

Haha, for me it's like a worst nightmare!