Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
Yeah I know....it's bottlenecking an external HD4670 (that's also a hub system with the HDMI connector). My guess is the reason the AFO is downclocking the HD3200 is to make the external GPU look better.
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NVIDIA Ion 2 coming in early 2010, compatible with Pine Trail. Switchable graphics?
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Lenovo looks nice, but still only single core Neo. How hard is it to get a dual core CULV and dedicated GPU? The Eee 1201N looks decent, but it's an Atom CPU =
I like the XGP idea, but I'd prefer the dedicated GPU on the go. It's nice because it gives you much more GPU power, but for on the go gaming, it still sucks. I'd rather get a 13" then. -
The problem with the GMA 4500 is that a lot of things just plain won't run or will have a lot of problems due to drivers.
I agree that an Ion with a CULV would be optimal, but I don't see it happening. Intel doesn't want such a device to cut into their high margin parts.
I'm still contemplating the HD 3200/Neo combination, I'm just waiting for one to be released that has a sensible price. The x100e can be ordered for $449, but if I'm going to have to wait for delivery anyway, I might as well wait until I can actually buy one and see if something better comes along while I'm doing that waiting
That Alienware one looks awesome, but I think it's going to end up being heavy enough that it defeats the purpose of an "ultra-portable". I already have 3 laptops that weigh a ton, I want one that is in the neighborhood of 3-3.5 lbs or less. -
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I just got my 1201N yesterday and installed TF2 and Halo: Combat Evolved. Other Steam games are currently downloading and will be tested later.
Halo runs absolutely flawlessly on this thing at the native 720p with all settings maxed. Single player never lagged at all, even in really busy battles with lots of 'splosions and particles. Multiplayer had some slight lag, but of the network variety rather than graphical. Granted, the game came out on PC in 2003, but still, I've seen it running on "standard" netbooks (i.e. single core Atom and GMA 950), and it struggles to push 20 fps at 800x600. And here I've got it working at 1366x768 with all effects at their highest, with easily a steady 60+ fps.
I tested Team Fortress 2 first at the native resolution with all settings minimized and multicore rendering enabled. I joined my clan's 2fort server and got between 20-30 fps, according to cl_showfps 1. Playable, but a bit skippy for my tastes. I lowered the resolution to 740x480, which looks slightly fuzzy, but still not bad at all, and now it seems to hold a pretty steady 30-35, occasionally dipping into the high 20's when multiple players and exploding rockets and flames were on screen. Significantly better, although not ideal. It might be a little choppy for the more twitchy classes like Scout and Sniper, but I did just fine as Pyro and Heavy. It probably has more to do with the Atom CPU, as the Source engine is generally more CPU-bound than GPU-bound. Perhaps overclocking to 2.0GHz might help. I think today I might try the -dxlevel 80 parameter to force the game to run in DirectX 8 mode (default is 9) and see if that helps.
Currently I'm downloading Unreal Tournament 2004, Half-Life 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and I think I'll install Medal of Honor: Allied Assault from the disk as well. I'll update with some numbers for those.
Initial impressions: not exactly a gaming powerhouse machine, but it beats the hell out of just about anything else in the 12" range (and no, the M11X doesn't count) Older games seem to run pretty much perfectly. Newer, more demanding stuff like TF2 are pretty decent, but could be better.
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anyone know when the m11x will be out?
if its true if its under 1000$ i might get it
sense its problee gona have a decent cpu
and aready have a decent gpu.
other than that im happy with my asus 1201n for now
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for the 1201n? ya i was pretty much the first one that overclocked the 1201n
have it at at 2ghzs and ion overclocked to 600core and 1180 for the ion processor.
gona buy better memory next month too see if i could get any higher but i mainly want more performance from the ion sense the ram im running in it now is 533mhzs oc too 667 and the ion is performing a bit lower because of that sense it uses the ram as shard memory..
wow the m11x is coming out in feb aready? if that's the case i better start saving up
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no i use OCTuner tuner pretty much the ony software that works on the 1201n
i also post more instructions on here as i did in the asus 1201 forum.
download octuner and just put the attachment file i uploaded in the octuner folder.
oh renamed the txt too ini i had to make it a txt sense the forum wouldn't let me upload a ini
for more info visit http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=424636&page=14 my post started with overclocking from post 134# on that page.
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Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by luffytubby, Dec 16, 2008.
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