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    VGA Questions & problem with E1505

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Gruber, Dec 31, 2006.

  1. Gruber

    Gruber Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello.

    I would like to ask owners of E1505 or any other series of Dell with the X1400 video card :

    what kind is your card ? Is it 128bit (as advertised on ATI's web page) or its 6t4bit ? Because according to ATI's site the X1400 series are _128bit_ with choices of DDR2 or GDDR3,which is quite important for the video cards.

    But the main problem is this one :
    when i am running on batteries the video card's speeds are as follow :
    ATI Core 209Mhz
    ATI Memory 135Mhz
    Standart speeds ( when running on AC power ) are 400Mhz for the core and ~260 for the memory. I.e. I am using power saving options when i am running on batteries for the CPU speed and video acceleration.

    But the problem is that when i play videos,it doesn't matter if its Windows Media player,Media player classics or VLC player,the speeds go up to AC line's. It doesn't count the "running on batteries" profile and still uses the AC profile speeds.
    And this,as you can guess is drawing the battery faster than its supposed to.
    I dont have any idea what might cause this problem.

    I am using Notebook Hardware control for CPU and HDD power options and ATI's control center for the video card.
    Windows XP Pro SP2.
    T7200,2GB RAM, X1400

    Any help will be appreciated.
    Thanks.
     
    Gruber, Dec 31, 2006
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  2. Golluk

    Golluk Notebook Guru

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    might not be of much help, but using an alternate driver like omega, then underclocking the card might be a solution. the clock speeds can be changed without rebooting. haven't tried it myself so its just a thought.
     
    Golluk, Jan 2, 2007
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  3. gridtalker

    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    There is a thread on how to do it somewhere on this forum. Just do a search then follow the instructions
     
    gridtalker, Jan 2, 2007
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