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    getting the most out of my not-so-great graphics card

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by heshanj, Jun 17, 2008.

  1. heshanj

    heshanj Notebook Evangelist

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    hey guys...
    i have a sony vaio SZ with a NVIDIA® GeForceM Go 8400GS graphics card built in. i know its not a great card, and i know i cant expect much more on a smallish lightweight laptop. but i'd like to know how to get the best out of it...
    im quite new to this, and not sure at all how to configure the settings n all that, so i thought i'd get some tips. the only game i have running is NFS Prostreet...
    it doesnt look that great at all at the moment...how can i make it look better? can i, at all? please let me know ;) thanks a lot
     
    heshanj, Jun 17, 2008
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    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    ok thanks...
     
    heshanj, Jun 19, 2008
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    i tried overclocking my GUP, first using EVGA Precision and then Riva Tuner...but both didnt let me save my clock settings to a profile i.e. it always went back to the original clock settings (400 and 600 on my GPU). ive heard that some computers dont allow overclocking..is that wats wrong on mine? thanks!
     
    heshanj, Jun 21, 2008
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    Install 169.04 drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com and make sure you follow the instructions with the modded inf. See the website for more details.
     
    Harper2.0, Jun 21, 2008
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