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    How fast is your Dell 1705 on Vista? Post your ratings!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by catennacio, Mar 28, 2007.

  1. catennacio

    catennacio Notebook Consultant

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    OK let's post your laptop's ratings from Vista so that we know how strong Dell is compared to other brand.

    This is my ratings from Vista
    http://catennacio.net/images/rating.jpg

    My specs:
    Duo core 1 T2500 2.00Ghz
    2GB Gskill DDR2 PC5300 667Mhz
    60HDD 7200RPM
    GeforceGo 7900GS 256MB (dedicated) and 256 borrowed from system RAM by Vista
    Wifi 3945abg + bluetooth

    This is the specs from Averatec 12.1" from another forum:
    http://catennacio.net/images/averatec.jpg

    Specs: 12 inches. 1 GB ram, AMD turion 64 X2 dual core 1.6. 100GB hard drive. DVD RW

    I have these concerns:
    - Since my lowest score is the CPU (4.7), which is equivalent to a 1.83 Duo core 2 (I measured on different machine), is everyone getting the same score? The score of 4.6 is from an AMD Turion X2 1.6Ghz!!!
    - My memory is so slow (only 4.9) although I use latest tech that the memory world can offer. However the Averatec one shows they have very high rating on memory (5.1). I dont know why. Maybe their front side bus is 800Mhz?

    Please post your ratings (and your specs, of course) so we can learn how to tweak our system!

    Thanks.

    -Caten
     
    catennacio, Mar 28, 2007
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  2. catennacio

    catennacio Notebook Consultant

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    bump... no one uses dell on vista???
     
    catennacio, Mar 28, 2007
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  3. kegobeer

    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Jeez, give people some time to respond. Don't bump your topic until at least 24 hours have passed.
     
    kegobeer, Mar 28, 2007
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  4. vitog123

    vitog123 Notebook Consultant

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    im running 64bit.. THere are no specifics drivers available so i dont know how accurate my ratings really are...

    processor: 5.0
    memory: 4.7
    graphics: 5.9
    gaming graphics: 5.7
    HD: 5.1

    overall 4.7
     
    vitog123, Mar 28, 2007
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  5. InTheZeroYear

    InTheZeroYear Notebook Evangelist

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    specs and benchmarks for 3d marks 06 in the sig :]
     
    InTheZeroYear, Mar 28, 2007
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  6. catennacio

    catennacio Notebook Consultant

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    can i ask what processor you use?and video card is geforce 7900 go gs
    and the hdd... is it 7200rpm? i suppose ur are running on a desktop with ati x1900..
     
    catennacio, Mar 28, 2007
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  7. Zmanattack

    Zmanattack Notebook Consultant

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    Look at his tag. your questions have been answered.
     
    Zmanattack, Mar 28, 2007
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  8. catennacio

    catennacio Notebook Consultant

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    i dont understand the sentence "THere are no specifics drivers available " thats why i ask. it could mean he has not installed the driver for his laptop yet (maybe he knows what they are), so he's unsure about the accuracy of the ratings.

    i post my concern here in the wish to maximize my performance. if you can answer i appreciate, if not pls let the person who is asked answer.

    thanks
     
    catennacio, Mar 28, 2007
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  9. Iceman0124

    Iceman0124 More news from nowhere

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    Your fine, the performance index is far from perfect, dont worry about it.

    AMD owns intel in memory benchmarks due to the on chip memory controller, A64's will dominate in that catagory everytime until intel follows suit, which they should be doing in the near future, my desktop, A64x2 scores a 5.9 in the memory department with 2 GB DDR 400.
     
    Iceman0124, Mar 28, 2007
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  10. Zmanattack

    Zmanattack Notebook Consultant

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    What i'm saying is his computers specs are in his signature. That's all

    I guess i said it in a confusing way. :p

    sorry

    edit: i guess i still don't quite understand what you're asking but here are his specs

    Dell e1705:
    2.16 T7400 Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
    100GB 7200 SATA HD
    256MB Nvidia 7900 GS
    17" UltraSharp Wide-screen WUXGA
     
    Zmanattack, Mar 29, 2007
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