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I am new to you forum and will greatly appreciate some assistance in resolving my computer issue.
I have been attempting to use a Gateway M405 (specs below) to watch t.v. shows from the internet. I come up against the common issue of the picture pausing, more downloading, and then the show continues. Or, the picture can't keep up with the voice. It seems the commercials preceding the shows don't display these problems.
ISP is Comcast. Hard wired into my network.
I ran a test using PerformanceTest 7.0 Evaluation Version ( PassMark Software - PC Benchmark and Test Software) and download speed tests
Can anyone advise me on changing settings or upgrading a component if necessary to use this laptop for internet t.v watching.
Thanks,
dmend
Gateway Gateway M405
Processor
1.50 gigahertz Intel Pentium M
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Hard Drive
40.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
28.25 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
Buss Clock 400 megahertz
Memory module
1016 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM 1' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM 2' has 512 MB
Display Adapter
Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller [Display adapter] (2x)
Download Speed Test Results fom Consecutive Multiple Tests
13.33 Mbps, 13.10 Mbps Chicago Location; 7.19 Mbps Washington D.C. Location Speakeasy.com
4.1 Mbps, 6.7 Mps Bandwidthplace.com
8.29 mb/s Speedtest.org
19.4 Mbps Speedtest.net
5607 kbps http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/
PassMark(TM) PerformanceTest 7.0 Evaluation Version ( PassMark Software - PC Benchmark and Test Software)
Results generated on: Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Benchmark Results
Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 50.2
CPU - Floating Point Math: 172.7
CPU - Find Prime Numbers: 160.4
CPU - Multimedia Instructions: 1.1
CPU - Compression: 560.6
CPU - Encryption: 2.1
CPU - Physics: 32.1
CPU - String Sorting: 491.6
Graphics 2D - Solid Vectors: 5.0
Graphics 2D - Transparent Vectors: 1.9
Graphics 2D - Complex Vectors: 86.7
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 53.9
Graphics 2D - Windows Interface: 89.8
Graphics 2D - Image Filters: 157.8
Graphics 2D - Image Rendering: 141.8
Graphics 3D - Simple: 89.4
Graphics 3D - Medium: 21.0
Graphics 3D - Complex: 3.5
Memory - Allocate Small Block: 1097.5
Memory - Read Cached: 1038.3
Memory - Read Uncached: 987.7
Memory - Write: 503.4
Memory - Large RAM: 130.4
Disk - Sequential Read: 26.0
Disk - Sequential Write: 19.8
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 1.7
CPU Mark: 412.5
2D Graphics Mark: 344.1
Memory Mark: 257.4
Disk Mark: 171.9
3D Graphics Mark: 58.7
PassMark Rating: 257.6
System information: This Computer
CPU Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
Number of CPU: 1
Cores per CPU: 1
CPU Type: Intel Pentium M 1.50GHz
CPU Speed: 1498.7 MHz
Cache size: Unknown
O/S: Windows XP (32-bit)
Total RAM: 1014.4 MB.
Available RAM: 594.8 MB.
Video settings: 1024x768x32
Video driver:
DESCRIPTION: Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller
MANUFACTURER: Intel Corporation
BIOS: Intel Video BIOS
DATE: 2-7-2006
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 37.3 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4.0 KBytes
File system: NTFS
Gateway M405 for on-line t.v.
Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by dmend, Aug 1, 2012.
