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    DV6700tse and the 8400m GS

    Discussion in 'HP' started by DolphinAMD, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. DolphinAMD

    DolphinAMD Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently purchased a dv6700tse laptop with the Geforce 8400m gs video card. Has anyone else with the same graphics card notice that the 2d performance under Vista and XP is lacking. The aero effects are laggy and in xp the windows when dragged are also laggy.

    What can I do to prevent this? I know that the 8400m GS 256mb can do better than that! My geforce 6100 and 7200 laptops do aero much faster.
     
    DolphinAMD, Mar 5, 2008
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  2. nephipower

    nephipower Notebook Consultant

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    How much RAM do you have?
     
    nephipower, Mar 5, 2008
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  3. Envision

    Envision Notebook Deity

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    Do you have the latest drivers for the video card installed? I'm not talking about the ones on HP's website, because they are always outdated, but the ones on Nvidia's website or on http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
     
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  4. DolphinAMD

    DolphinAMD Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have 2GB of ram (2x1GB)

    Yes, I have the latest drivers from laptopvideo2go.com.
     
    DolphinAMD, Mar 5, 2008
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  5. sonyfxa36

    sonyfxa36 Notebook Evangelist

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    Areo Performance is okay for the 8400GS if you use laptopvideo2go drivers the Areo Affects on the Windows Experience score will jumpfrom 3.4 to 3.5 and gaming from 4.2 to 4.4 i know it doesnt mean too much but hope this helps
     
    sonyfxa36, Mar 5, 2008
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    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    I downloaded and installed drivers from Laptopvideo2go, but my score still stays at 3.4, and gaming score is still stuck at 4.2. What could I be doing wrong. I installed the 169.09 version derivers/....
     
    prabhg, Mar 5, 2008
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  7. DolphinAMD

    DolphinAMD Notebook Enthusiast

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    I found that if I force the 3d clocks with rivatuner, everything runs smoothly. The only problem now is the heat that it creates.
     
    DolphinAMD, Mar 5, 2008
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    sonyfxa36 Notebook Evangelist

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    I used Version 163.75 and your specs on your laptop are quite similar to mine try using that driver and see what happens
     
    sonyfxa36, Mar 5, 2008
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  9. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    8400m GS should be able to run aero no problems. Most drivers will give you choppiness though. Do you have Ntune installed? This gave me major choppiness before
     
    flipfire, Mar 5, 2008
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  10. prabhg

    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    I am bit ignorant abt laptop video driver versions.Isn't 169.09 supposed to be more updated and latest driver compared to 163.75, so likewise give better performance???
    Otherwise, is there any visual difference b/w 169.09 and 163.75 other than scores under vista scores??
     
    prabhg, Mar 7, 2008
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  11. flipfire

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    Some drivers are better, some are not, and some are just fixes for specific programs/games. It says this on the lv2go.com website somewhere. So the latest drivers isnt always the best but it might give you better support and compatibility
     
    flipfire, Mar 7, 2008
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    Ive got a XPS m1330 with a 8400GS and my aero performance is good. Im using drivers i got form laptoptogo (accodring to dxdiag they are 7.15.0011.6909)and I get 3dmark score of close to 1600.
     
    jk2007, Mar 7, 2008
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