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    VERY low marks with the nvidia 8400m gs

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by daphne_n, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. daphne_n

    daphne_n Notebook Guru

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    hey i have the xps m1330 with the nvidia geforce 8400m gs. i have the latest nvidia driver, have xp system, 3gb of ram, T8300 processor. and i get a low score! the laptop is brand new 2 months old, he get 384 at the 3dmark06. can someone tell me what the hack is wrong?
     

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    Tusin Notebook Evangelist

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    Are you on "Power Saver"?
     
    Tusin, Jul 3, 2008
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    daphne_n Notebook Guru

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    i was told when i do the 3dmark06 test i need to plug in the laptop, after i plugged it in i got i think 1684.
    so the prob is resolved :)
     
    daphne_n, Jul 3, 2008
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    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    1684 on stock is quite good... (1280x800, i.e.)
     
    sesshomaru, Jul 3, 2008
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    The GPU core and mem speeds run at 400 MHz and 600 MHz normally, but on battery power they get bumped down to 169 MHz and 100 MHz. I know of no way to prevent against this, it seems to be built into the BIOS.
     
    Ranma13, Jul 4, 2008
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    bAsem Notebook Consultant

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    actually search this forum for powermizer .. my friend xsmile made a powermizer disabling tool which will give u 400mhz all the time plugged or unplugged
     
    bAsem, Jul 16, 2008
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    probably the overheating problem.... dell forcing the cores to run slower to prevent overheat :(
     
    paper_wastage, Jul 16, 2008
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