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Glad to see there's another trigger happy user around

Like he said , dust is not an issue .. Once in a while just pop open the cover and blow some compressed air over.

I need to clean my cooler's fan more often than my lappie , that thing is a dust magnet

 

Yeah, but you need a real heart to drill those holes

BTw, I was just looking at it, thought I might just share, supercooling

TEC Cooler Part1
TEC Cooler Part2

 

Hmmm peltier , I think it's better suited for desktop than a notebook.
(GTX480 anyone ?)

I'm curious as how well the 2 little fans dealt with the heat on the otherside.

Dude if you planned on doing it , don't forget us !

 

Hey all

How can we optimize our monitor display. Like how have you all calibrated it.

How have you all optimized our speakers and network settings too?

 

What's the maximum RAM on the 725-212US?

Is it 4GB or can I go for more? I'm getting into photo/video editing and 4GB just isn't enough these days.

 

I really dont think these are grade-A display panels with hidden menus or for which you need to call in some professional $1000 calibrators. These panels are not meant for professional stuff, get a external.

And by professional, I mean if its your job, not a hobby.

As for speakers, its Cata to blame, where is damn tut?

Network setting ?

Unfortunately the max supported ram is 4GB since we only have two slots and a max of 2GB can be put in one slot.

 

Actually we can use 2 sticks of 4gb and they works fine

 

I'm working on it sili, i also have to find frebies so that i don't get the vid ripped off tubeyou.

 

Tested?
Coz I checked Kingston site for MSI GT725 and they report 4GB max (total).
Btw I still use 32bit and even 3GB doesnt get used up, the CPU is the bottleneck

 

Tested You gonna need 64bit though to take advantage of it.

If ur not into photo or video editing , don't waste your money .. Get a Quad instead !

 

Yes please ask me

8 GIG GT 725, running Quad 2.53 Windows 7 64 BIT ))

 

I have the Q9000 that came with the 212US, or is that not fast enough?

 

I think it is the slowest of all mobile quads.(Its performance is pretty much similar to Duo's in games and applications, except in GTA IV and applications that are multi-threaded.
Most people had got their GT725 with Core2Duo's and have upgraded them to better quads, mostly to the Qx9200(It is still not a retail product, only available as ES)

I think diesel runs a QX9300.

 

How do you change them out and where can you get them, anyway?

 

Changing is not a problem, except that you will lose your warranty. And th only place to get Qx9200 is ebay. I believe Qx9300 can be bought elsewhere too, like at amazon.

But I still wonder the price difference between qx9200 and qx9300 ?

 

Q9000 is fine, but the price to perf ratio isnt worth it i dont think for qx9300 and q9200.

 

On ebay the Qx9200 was just under £200, whereas the cheapest I could find a Qx9300 for was around £500, and considering I have my Qx9200 running at 2.8Ghz most of the time, it just wasnt worth paying an extra £300 for 130Mhz of clock speed and the same sized (12mb) L2 cache.

Blazin

 

The good news , I will receive my pc on Tuesday Theanad , they don't want to sell me some bottom covers. So the best option for you guys are RKcomp or any other barebone sellers.

 

hello. I have not been on this thread for months but i was just wondering if anyone is using the drivers ATI catalyist(10.4) from the official website and not from DNA ATI.

I just notice that the website now supports Mobility Radeon now and I havn't updated my video drivers for so long.

 

Yep they started it with 10.3 drivers. DNA and Mobility Modder are dead
Most of us, if not all are using 10.4, at least I see improvement.
And the best thing is no inf , simple easy download.

 

Why would you need backcovers? Wanna try new drilling patterns?

 

They weren't for me , but for those who wanted to try my mental cooling solution I'm very happy with mine

 

I have a brilliant idea Dead! You could just send me your 'holed' cover, then I use that, then you don't need a cover because your cooling will increase even more! (and then I have a drilled cover, while still maintaining the integrity of my original one)

Perfect!

 

Haha, he can't do that,

He'd be in breach of OUR contract in trying to get us both one .


Maybe if we complain to MSI that ours have cracked under erm leg pressure?

 

Yeah, bt then you'll need to return the 'cracked' covers back.

 

And you will have to RMA the whole thing as they don't and won't ship parts to customers.

Gentech and RK are the best option out there ..

@ Blazin , I posted it this morning .. You should receive it very very shortly

 

They say that, we just need to get in touch with a proper rep and use some persuasive techniques? lol,

Its notlike were trying to buy 4850s lol.

 

Can I get a link to 10.4 drivers?

 

Sweet! I look forward to its arrival

..oh wait.. I didn't give you my address..

 

Why dont you pay amd website a visit, its easy to navigate.

I would have provided a link, but you need to choose your OS and I dont know which one you're using.

 

your best bet guys is to check ebay, and see if you can scrounge one off of there, I snagged one for like $20 about two months back, and now its my backup cooler incase I dont like my little cooler mod I did, I'd love to post a guide up here but I find that I don't have nearly enough time as of late. And as for cooling the verdict is still out on weither or not this diamond thermal paste is all its worked up to be or not.

as the GX740s slowly creep out into the market owning one starts to look more and more appealing, especially since I can almost afford one now that I sold my gt725, and that 4850!

 

Get the 740 man! you know you want to.

 

I was tempted to go for a GX740, but seeing as its only really a cpu and gpu upgrade (and a screen downgrade for me) it wouldnt be worth it, especially as the i7 would not perform noticeably better than my Qx9200 @2.8Ghz. I just really want to be able to max out the settings (with DX11) on Metro 2033. Guess it would be more cost effective to just buy a desktop

Edit: Also, after looking at some benchmarks of the 5870, it really isnt as powerful as I had expected. It would be so much more cost effective to get a low end desktop i7 and a 5850 (yes I know, desktop vs. notebook debate is years old, but i'm just pointing out how big the gap has become)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/avadirect-clevo-w860cu-mobility-radeon-hd-5870,2615-9.html

Blazin

 

Still'd bake our 4850's though, i mean them things rock overclocked too haha, 10k in vantage rofl insane??

The let down is the restricted bus they used .

 

I would actually like to stick GDDR5 on my 4850, bus I guess is 256-bit like the desktop, and enlarging the bus is always more expensive than using faster memory.

As far is baking is concerned, even though the 5xxx series is supposed to run cooler, they are turning out much hotter, so 5xxx series owners will be baking their cards before us. And the second thing is somehow the 10.3 and 10.4 drivers have been more kind to the 4xxx series rather than 5xxx series.

And for the first time I would side with what nVidia had said that Dx11 is nt that important, and truly the difference between dx10 and dx11 isnt great as most games are built intentionally(except Crysis ) for consoles and those consoles are leagues behind us in Gfx so they dont end up making games depending heavily on dx11 hardware, maybe in Future......things will change.

 

Anyone know the best place to buy PC2-6400 or PC2-5300 (What our laptops support) 4GB sticks? Everywhere I see they're still >$150.

 

the main thing that i'm looking at is that I am at somewhat of a crossroads for my machine, it performs well, but I'd like something with a little more power, being that my alienware 4850 refuses to overclock, I guess its a firmware thing, I am somewhat SOL when it comes to boosting that badboy higher, as for processors, I'm not sure if I wanna spend $300 on a new processor, or just get a new laptop, yes I know theres a difference in price. But i'm also taking into consideration that my machine cannot supply enough power as it is right now to keep both my cpu and gpu running under max load. Whereas with an i7 and 5850 I should be able to at least keep the machine stable. I am tempted to try and flash my card to an msi VBIOS but that can bring untold complications, incase dell has put anything on their cards to prevent such an act.

 

The AW 4850 should overclock like a mad man?! the 5 series cards are 128 bus, if you somehow found a way to gddr5 up the 4850 then your insane, although then the GPU core would bottleneck i think hehe, try use TechGPUTool 1

I'd say your processor is still solid for the day, i mean we haven't really seen technology move to much, its just the GPU which seems to have picked up nicely with 5 series.

 

thats the thing cat, ive tried that tool and itll go up progessively and then when I hit stop, it drops down to zero for the available clock range and then nothing.

But if I enter the utility without doing anythig it will stay at stock reference speeds.

As for cooling at stock speeds i'm already breaking the 90 barrier in most cases, so oc isnt much of an option unless i wanna fry my card.

 

Hmm, thats really strange auto, i know people were modifying their clock speeds with the powerplay entrys (They were lowering them atleast) i wonder if you can push the clocks up too?

Epic fail...mass undervolt/clock/perform didnt quite work out lol.

 

NewEgg has Mushkin 8GB (2 x 4GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit (Timings 5-5-5-15) for $279.99 & free shipping.

That's the best deal I could find.

Edit: For another $20 you can get their DDR2 800 (PC2 6400), But the timings are 6-6-6-18 (if that matters to you).

 

I consider myself a computer enthusiast but honestly I don't know what the timings even mean.

I found this site has sticks for $140 each and a coupon for 5% off, but I'm not sure if I can trust their RAM entirely.

 

techPowerUp! :: Memory Timings Explained

 

Hey Dead, I managed to break the 3Ghz barrier with my Qx9200.
I got it to 3.1Ghz, but as I pressed print screen and went to paste it, the computer froze

My ram was at about 1010Mhz!



Blazin

 

Ahh nice one blazin,

Theres ram out there, or a way to get the fsb going 1400mhz, but i've no response from that guy that did it, (At least i think it was 1400, or 12...)

 

Mine froze over 3ghz as well .. Would like to pin mod mine

 

Theres gota be something easier lol.

 

Yep , setfsb

 

Haha, ill keep trying to contact chris to get how he bypassed the limits, im sure its something easy.

Whos up for an overclock challange tonight, i have an untested registry modification which supposedly lets the computer hold on alittle longer.

 

Well why don't you test it first and tell us how it goes