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    Wow, My Inspiron Fails on 3DMark05

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tissle, Aug 11, 2008.

  1. tissle

    tissle Notebook Enthusiast

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    I honestly thought Dell uses like the same hardware on XPS and inspiron.
    But...Apperently not.

    I ran 3Dmark05 today, I scored around 2642
    But when I check FutureMark's ORB site, XPS with similar configs as mines...and even config's much less than mines...score like 3000 easy.

    So what gives, why does Dell handicap the inspiron like this?

    Specs:
    C2D 2.0ghz
    4GB Ram
    120GB HD.
    Vista Ultimate 64bit Sp1
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    Changed to TweakForce drivers, and now score is 3432
    Still, It's two low, imo.

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    To use the drivers I'm using now..the ones that increasedmy scores.
    go to: http://tweakforce.com/
    go to : downloads
    go to: Xtreme-G Mobile nVidia Drivers
    go to: XP 32/64 or Vista 32/64.


    Make sure to uninstall your current drivers, then boot to safe mode, run Driver Sweeper to clear those extra files.
    Then reboot and install.
     
    tissle, Aug 11, 2008
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Video? That's a huge part of it.
     
    Hep!, Aug 11, 2008
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    what gpu and drivers?
     
    flipfire, Aug 11, 2008
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  4. tissle

    tissle Notebook Enthusiast

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    8400GS, and Drivers are 169.04, from LaptopVideo2Go.

    I'm using 169.04 because, the generic microsoft one, and the latest ones from LaptopVideo2Go, causes my gpu temp to idle in the middle 60's while the 169.04 ones...makes it idle in the low 50's.
     
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    The 3000pts must be overclocked. You should really use 3dmark06, 05 is outdated.
     
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  6. tissle

    tissle Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just changed Drivers to TweakForce Drivers, and now my score is 3432.
    Interesting eh?

    See, man, I would upgrade to 06, but Orb doesnt have any systems similar to mines for 06. So I cannot compare my scores to anything.
     
    tissle, Aug 11, 2008
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  7. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Actually, 3432 looks pretty good for an 8400M GS. If you take a look at NBR reviews for Dell machines with the same GPU (Inspiron 1420, Vostro 1400, XPS m1300, etc), they're all hovering around the 3000 mark. Hell, the Inspiron 1420 with a T7500 only got 2800...

    And while we're looking at NBR reviews, there's plenty of 8400M GS 3DMark06 scores to compare; there are still quite a few 8400M GS machines being reviewed, all using 3DMark06...
     
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  8. tissle

    tissle Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow, dude, I did not know that.
    but, I'm kind of confused though.

    Check out these scores, and look at the specs.
    Confounds me.
     
    tissle, Aug 11, 2008
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  9. Hep!

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    Post a link to those drivers! I want to try them out, will post a 3dmark06 before and after score :)
     
    Hep!, Aug 11, 2008
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  10. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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  11. tissle

    tissle Notebook Enthusiast

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    @Hep,
    I edited my first post with the instructions

    @Commander Wold
    Awesome man, thanks for the links.
     
    tissle, Aug 11, 2008
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  12. tissle

    tissle Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry for double post.
    But, Commander Wolf was spot on.
    I overclocked my 8400 just by 75mhz.

    Now, my score is 4026
     
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  13. Hep!

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    Did you bump up core and memory or just core?
     
    Hep!, Aug 11, 2008
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  14. tissle

    tissle Notebook Enthusiast

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    I increased both by 75mhz.
    Right now without my notebook cooler, It's idling at 64 degrees celcius.

    With the cooler, it stays around 55
     
    tissle, Aug 12, 2008
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  15. Hep!

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    3dmark05 scores
    Laptopvideo2go drivers (didn't remember which I had installed and couldn't figure it out) - 3422
    latest xtreme- g 3702
     
    Hep!, Aug 14, 2008
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