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    i6000D Performance

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by TheGiants, Apr 3, 2005.

  1. TheGiants

    TheGiants Newbie

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    Hi guys,

    I've just got my i6000D. It looks solid; however, it only scored 690 on 3DMark2005. It's way lower than I expected. I noticed that 3DMark2005 reported that my system FSB was 133. I have a M750 processor with a 533MHz FSB. I also ran a hardware test on www.pcpitstop.com. It reported that my system's Nominal Clock Frequency was 1860MHz, but the Measured Clock Frequency was only 800MHz, and the External Clock Frequency was only 133MHz. Is there something wrong with my system or configurations?

    Specs:
    Pentium M750(1.86GHz) with 533MHz FSB
    One 512MB 400MHz DDR2 SDRAM
    WUXGA Panel Display
    60GB 4200rpm Hard Drive

    Any insights would be appreciated.
     
    TheGiants, Apr 3, 2005
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  2. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    run tests on a/c instead of battery
     
    drumfu, Apr 3, 2005
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  3. TheGiants

    TheGiants Newbie

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    It was running on A/C
     
    TheGiants, Apr 3, 2005
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  4. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    interesting, clock freq of 800 sounds like battery speed

    sorry, dunno what to tell you
     
    drumfu, Apr 4, 2005
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  5. winian

    winian Notebook Enthusiast

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    I scored 1004 on 3DMark2005. I stopped my anti-virus, turned off zonealarm and tried to shut down as much stuff as I could.

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    Inspiron 6000d
    PM 750(1.86GHz)
    15.4" WSXGA+
    1 GB RAM
    128MB ATI X300
    60GB 7,200 RPM
    DVD burner
    Bluetooth...yada yada
     
    winian, Apr 4, 2005
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  6. inspire

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    TheGiants,
    Do you know what BIOS you are running? I had A04 and flashed it to A05 and the machine seems to be running more stable, not to mention the core frequency is solid at 1860 instead of 800.
     
    inspire, Apr 7, 2005
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