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    Help, only 4596 3dmarks with M860TU

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by diabolical, Aug 25, 2008.

  1. diabolical

    diabolical Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, heres my config.

    P9500,
    9800 GT
    320 GB 5400
    4 GB DDR3 RAM

    Ill post any other tests you want me to run.

    Everything on 3dmarks 06 was default, i didn change anything. Running vista x64, with some processes i guess... altho, i don't think that those processes can bring it down by.... 5k points.

    im stuck i dunno wat to do!!!!!!!!!!!

    a thing to note... on the submitted 3dmark website thing, it says that the GPU is generic VGA///

    help plz

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    diabolical, Aug 25, 2008
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  2. MastaMarek

    MastaMarek Notebook Evangelist

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    You re probably running it in power savings mode, you should be getting 2x that score
     
    MastaMarek, Aug 25, 2008
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  3. diabolical

    diabolical Notebook Consultant

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    checked that twice... not in silent mode
     
    diabolical, Aug 25, 2008
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  4. Jstn7477

    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    Try getting a new set of NVIDIA drivers from Laptopvideo2go.com. It sounds like a driver problem since you said that Windows reports your 9800m GT as a "Standard VGA graphics adapter."

    -J.B.
     
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  5. diabolical

    diabolical Notebook Consultant

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    i will try that out.
    windows (through display settings) reports it a a 9800 gt, but 3dmarks deosn't
     
    diabolical, Aug 25, 2008
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  6. Jstn7477

    Jstn7477 Sam I Am

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    The system must be using a basic Windows/NVIDIA driver or something. Just go to Laptopvideo2go.com and look near the top right corner of the page to find the latest driver available for your version of Windows Vista. Good luck!

    -J.B.
     
    Jstn7477, Aug 25, 2008
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  7. vestibule1443

    vestibule1443 Notebook Evangelist

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    make sure the power cable is plugged in tight. when i ran 3dmark with the notebook unplugged, even with high performance mode, i got a very similar score.
     
    vestibule1443, Aug 25, 2008
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  8. blade445

    blade445 Notebook Consultant

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    I got the same score after I had played around with silent mode and even when I turned silent mode off it still showed a low score. I had to reboot to get back to a normal 9400 score. This might need a bios update or something cause it seems that silent mode once active does not go away till reboot?
     
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  9. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    9400? I only get 9200 something.
     
    steveninspokane, Aug 25, 2008
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  10. blade445

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    blade445, Aug 25, 2008
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  11. steveoccc

    steveoccc Notebook Geek

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    9330 for me, running XP.
     
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  12. diabolical

    diabolical Notebook Consultant

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    It might be what you said blade. I updated my drivers, and rebooted, everything seems fine now.. is it jus me, or is the GPU temp a lil bit high.

    3dmark sill reports it as standard vga, so im pretty sure it wasn't teh drivers.


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    diabolical, Aug 25, 2008
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  13. metromike

    metromike Notebook Consultant

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    GPU is okay, and, w00t, your HDD is under 60 deg. C!
     
    metromike, Aug 25, 2008
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    Great that you got that fixed.
     
    ARom, Aug 25, 2008
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