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    T400 Orange Box

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ozymandias, Sep 16, 2008.

  1. ozymandias

    ozymandias Notebook Consultant

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    Has anyone formally tried this?
     
    ozymandias, Sep 16, 2008
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  2. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Mine came in a brown cardboard box—works just fine ;) .
     
    BinkNR, Sep 16, 2008
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  3. jeffjose

    jeffjose Notebook Guru

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    :worship:

    jeff
     
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    rxblitzrx Notebook Evangelist

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    what's orange box?
     
    rxblitzrx, Sep 16, 2008
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  6. AznRacerNSX

    AznRacerNSX Notebook Evangelist

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    lol that was just classic *applause*


    on a serious note, i haven't tried it... but... just look at the specs man... it'll run for sure.. if you want more proof, check this site out: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
     
    AznRacerNSX, Sep 16, 2008
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  7. Lew

    Lew Notebook Deity

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    Don't know about the other parts but Portal works great.
     
    Lew, Sep 16, 2008
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  8. wowy

    wowy Notebook Enthusiast

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    TF2 works just fine at native res, 2x AA, 2x aniso and all other settings as detected with ATI graphics. From what I recall, Episode 2 was more graphically intensive than TF2 so you may have to turn down the settings. Then again, I haven't really toyed with the settings so maybe you can go way higher!
     
    wowy, Sep 17, 2008
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    Hmm... I think there is something wrong with the way I installed the drivers. When I go to the site http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest and test my system for TF2 with the ATI card on and not the integrated one, it says I fail.
    Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card Video RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 764 MB
    Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - No
    Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 1.1 , You have - 0.0
    When I switch to the integrated and try the test, the 3D Acceleration is Yes and the Pixel Shader Ver. is 4.0. This is really odd, it seems as though the two graphic options are switched?
    What settings is it at specifically wowy? I'm trying to run TF2 at native res with medium settings and I'm getting 20-40 FPS.

    UPDATE: I went into BIOS and set the display to discrete and then it shows up properly, there is also the option to make the display internal or PCI Express, what setting should it be set to? PCI Express or Internal? and should the thing be set to Switchable Graphics and OS Detectable?
     
    jsyt, Sep 17, 2008
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  10. wowy

    wowy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, I turned on the fps display and now I'm getting 30-50 fps (with occasional dips below 30 with lots of explosions, but still seems very playable) with the following settings.
    Model Details: High
    Texture Details: High
    Shader Details: High
    Reflections: Reflect World
    Shadow detail: Medium
    Color Correction: Enabled
    AA: Off
    Filtering: 2x aniso
    Motion Blur: Off
    High Dynamic Range: Off


    For BIOS settings I have the internal display set and switchable graphics (the latter required if you want to switch graphics in windows). My reasoning being that I wanted to default to the lower power Intel graphics and switch to ATI when needed (video games).

    The drivers I'm using are from here:
    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-70417

    Hope this helps.

    Wowy
     
    wowy, Sep 17, 2008
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  11. hgl

    hgl Notebook Guru

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    Did some of you tried to run BF2? (Project Reality maybe?)

    And what FPS did you get and @ what setting?

    Thanks!
     
    hgl, Sep 17, 2008
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  12. tropolis

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    Thinkpad in Orange. Yummy!
     
    tropolis, Sep 18, 2008
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