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    Why is my nvidia 8400 GT so weak?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by francescario, Feb 2, 2009.

  1. francescario

    francescario Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys.
    As i wrote in the title, i think i'm having problems with this card.
    I know that it is a low-end card...but...only 1632 in 3dmark 06...it looks like a 8400 gs.
    The cpu is a Intel Core 2 Duo T5600. 2GB of Ram.
    With a nvidia 9200gs I achieved 2100 or little more in 3dmark06. (Intel core 2 duo p7350, 3gb of ram).
    Is this normal?
     
    francescario, Feb 2, 2009
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  2. miro_gt

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    that's about it.

    so .. overclock it.

    I did it on mine, and it does over 2400 .. lol. Even with 128MB onboard memory
     
    miro_gt, Feb 2, 2009
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  3. francescario

    francescario Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes, but it's worse than a 9200 gs with standard clock X_x
     
    francescario, Feb 2, 2009
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  4. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    What resolution and drivers did you run both benchmarks with? DDR2 or GDDR3?

    My 8400m GT gets 2500 stock in 3dmark06 @ 1280 x 800, 3200 marks overclocked to 600\1200\800.

    It's a 256mb GDDR3 card though.
     
    WILLY S, Feb 2, 2009
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    Thats actually quite low, have you updated your video driver via LaptopVideo2Go?

    Also, the 8400M and 8600M are known to have a higher chance of failure too, so yours might be.
     
    Manic Penguins, Feb 2, 2009
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    my old 8600m gs ddr2 with intel 1.5ghz c2d and 4gb of ram got. 27??? i dont remember.
     
    dondadah88, Feb 2, 2009
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    try out new driver and seriously dont expect much out of it, its a low end and 2 years old. I had given up hope on my 8400m gs a long time ago
     
    660hpv12, Feb 2, 2009
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  8. miscolobo

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    my 8400 GT scores about 3500+ in 3Dmark06 at 1280x800 (native res) at 600/731.

    dunno why your card is "slower"?
     
    miscolobo, Feb 2, 2009
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  9. hypdotspec

    hypdotspec Notebook Evangelist

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    Geforce 8400m gs/gt are 64bit

    Geforce 9300/9200 are 128bit...

    thats why it blows
     
    hypdotspec, Feb 2, 2009
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  10. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    um. 8400m gt is 128bit. the rest are 64bit.
     
    tianxia, Feb 2, 2009
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    scadsfkasfddsk Notebook Evangelist

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    The 8400GT is actually quite a decent card and as tianxia said it is a 128bit card. It should be able to run just about anything on at least low settings (GTA4 being one of the exceptions)
     
    scadsfkasfddsk, Feb 3, 2009
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    I think is very normal... 8600GT is an actually very poor card nowaday... 64bit maybe much weaker..
     
    Mambate12, Feb 3, 2009
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  13. Mambate12

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    I think it's meaningless that playing GTA4 with the low setting....
     
    Mambate12, Feb 3, 2009
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  14. francescario

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    It's a 128mb GDDR3, with only 64bit....
    Omg, that's why... X_x
     
    francescario, Feb 3, 2009
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    Your card is not powerful by all means but I think it should be performing better than that. Have you updated your drivers yet?

    And when you ran the 3Dmark test was it plugged in?
     
    Manic Penguins, Feb 3, 2009
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  16. scadsfkasfddsk

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    AS SAID EARLIER IT IS NOT A 64-BIT CARD BUT A 128BIT CARD!!!
     
    scadsfkasfddsk, Feb 3, 2009
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  17. francescario

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    I checked with gpu-z
     
    francescario, Feb 3, 2009
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    Wait, what?
    So playng Crysis, Fallout 3 on High* settings with 1280x800 is considered *very poor* "nowdays"? : o
     
    Akuma, Feb 3, 2009
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    direct affect of all those review sites running things @ 2500 resolutions..
     
    gary_hendricks, Feb 3, 2009
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