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    Just order i9300/what to do

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by reefdrag, Dec 21, 2005.

  1. reefdrag

    reefdrag Newbie

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    Hey i made the decision and i ordered my insprion 9300! stoked
    so far here are the specs




    Inspiron 9300 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)

    Display 17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™

    Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 2 Dimm

    Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 6800

    Hard Drive 60GB 7200rpm Hard Drive

    It should arrive tommorow and what should to it, to make sure it runs at its best? Im using this laptop for gaming and i read on here i should install a new driver for the graphics card-Few questions. should i do this, how do i do it, is it safe for computer, and what else should i do to the laptop to make it runs its best for gaming? i appreciate you for reading my thread! all help is greatly appreciated!
     
    reefdrag, Dec 21, 2005
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  2. tehguardian

    tehguardian Notebook Geek

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    as someone who has had a dell 9300 for 2 weeks , here are my suggestions :

    1. either uninstall the useless unwanted loads of software already installed or simply reformat(IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!).

    2. i have the same graphic card, the drivers that come are not very good imo. go to http://www.TweaksRUs.com and get XTreme-G MobileForce(a must have if you are gaming). then comes the idea of overclocking your graphic card. I ran it non-OC for a week and first time i OC-ed too much and i got blue screen of death :p. i had to reboot and use the "Auto Overclock" from the drivers settings thing. make sure to have "use this settings when start up" from the same pannel if you are OCing so you dont have to go there every single time.

    OC will give you a really nice boost in games, I play Battlefield 2 and FEAR. they both looks increadibly great. especially after installing those drivers. OCing lets you play smoother at higher resolutions

    besides these 2 steps i havent done anything to it. so far im extremely pleases with my laptop, this is the first one i ever had. it is perfect for games :) very powerful
     
    tehguardian, Dec 21, 2005
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  3. JustJimDelany

    JustJimDelany Notebook Consultant

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    Burn the backup disk first if you are going to junk the sonic stuff because after that you can't
     
    JustJimDelany, Dec 21, 2005
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  4. Amber

    Amber Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    like guardian stated, if you feel comfortable doing it, make sure to reformat. I have a sticky at the top that gives you hints and suggestions if you aren't sure about any of it.

    We also have an "how to optimize" your laptop thread located here http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=5787

    This will give you tips on what programs you can download, XP services you can turn off, etc that will help your laptop run better.

    SG
     
    Amber, Dec 21, 2005
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