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    8400M GS / HP dv9820ea

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by elemen7al, Aug 9, 2008.

  1. elemen7al

    elemen7al Newbie

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    Card: 8400M GS - 256MB
    CPU: TL60 2Ghz
    MEM: 3Gb DDR
    Vista 32x

    Ok so ive tried some drivers here with Vista themes disabled:

    3dmark06 best:

    177.73 = 1703 score

    I have tried other drivers no lower than the 175.xx and i get around 1624 score.

    Now this is all not overclocked or anything standard out of the box as i only bought it last week. I read a post at another forum saying:

    " Before any clocking at all i'm getting over 1500 in 3Dmark06 which i think is pretty respectable but have seen people claiming well into 1800's."

    His setup was:

    HP Pavilion DV9500
    AMD Turion X2 - TL 58 - 1900mhz
    nVidia Geforce 8400M GS - 128mb
    2GB 667mhz RAM

    Now im i wrong in thinking i am getting really bad perforamce out of this machine?

    Should i try the very old drivers hes using or what drivers are the best here? Im thinkin of overclocking but if he has got these marks shouldnt i be getting these on default?

    Any if i run XP how much in game performance will i gain by dioing this?

    Thanks guys in advance.
     
    elemen7al, Aug 9, 2008
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  2. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    But you got 1703 marks :confused: THAT'S BETTER....

    Performance looks about right, xp won't bring any performance benefits as long as you have vista sp1.
     
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  3. elemen7al

    elemen7al Newbie

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    Sorry im stupid i was supose to add:

    "Achieved total average of after this 30min run of 2017 3D Marks"

    Should i drop drivers to be able to overclock and would i get better mark than this if i overclock?

    I understand about heat etc etc. Done loads of O/C with pc's but never laptops.
     
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  4. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    A quick reminder that its a 8400GS, and 1700marks is plenty...
     
    Johnny T, Aug 9, 2008
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  5. elemen7al

    elemen7al Newbie

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    yes agreed but, if i could overclock abiut more would be better ;)

    Playing UT3 800x600 low everything its playable but abit jerky i average 30 - 50fps flickering all the time. An extra 5-10fps would be great to stableise this.
     
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  6. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    Different drivers would be the first thing to try! 174.74 and 169.09 will give you a good idea whether you can get better performance out of your card. The best advice i can give you is to ignore 3Dmark scores, it can be usefull to gauge the effectiveness of an overclock or just to see how a new driver benchmarks but that's really all.
    Be sure to monitor temps with a program like HWmonitor if you want to oc your card.
     
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  7. elemen7al

    elemen7al Newbie

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    ok i will give them drivers a test see if my 3dmark goes up/down and also see how my performance in ut3 goes. Am still yet to tweak the actual game ini files i just want o be able toplay ut3 at good frame rate 30-50 isnt bad but i still get jerky bits here and there. Ad rather get a constant 45FPS than a flicker from 30 - 50 somtimes i hit 60.
     
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  8. elemen7al

    elemen7al Newbie

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    177.73 is only drivers that give me anywhere close to 1700 3d marks. Shame i cant overclock with these drivers :(
     
    elemen7al, Aug 9, 2008
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  9. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    169.04 is the last OC'able drivers for HP's

    1700pts is fine.
     
    flipfire, Aug 9, 2008
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  10. elemen7al

    elemen7al Newbie

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    fine as in average? does that mean i could get extra 10fps in ut by overclocking ? :D
     
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  11. Shadowfate

    Shadowfate Wala pa rin ako maisip e.

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    No I think he meant it as it is already very good.
     
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  12. elemen7al

    elemen7al Newbie

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    ok :(
    lol flawlese these drivers

    score in 063dmark do you get shadow
     
    elemen7al, Aug 10, 2008
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