m860tu with a 9800 gts....help

hello, ive just bought this laptop with the same specs as the one used in the benchmarks on http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsId=4591

the only difference is that I have a GTS instead of a GT and my 3d mark 06 is 9077. I just tried running FRAPS with the same settings as the benchmark linked above and for COD4 im getting 20 FPS less than the GT. What am I doing wrong? Im definately not on silent mode and I am using stock clevo drivers from the website. whats going on?

Thanks

 

You can try to use the same drivers used in the review and see what the difference is.
Here's a copy-paste:
For benchmarking, I used Nvidia 177.92 drivers downloaded from www.laptopvideo2go.com.

 

im going to try that now but seriously could it really be 20 frames per second better?

 

Well, you'd be amazed what drivers can do for a computer. Also make sure you use the same settings for COD and the same version this might influence your results too.

 

thanks, so I take it thats the best diver out then, how bout 177.98.
is there a thread here discussing drivers for this laptop? I cant seem to find it. Thanks for the info!

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=298000

And do a nice benchmark test, i'm getting the same system as you soon with the GTS so I'm interested to see how it holds out .

 

Yeah, I'm interested to find out how the GTS performs as well.

 

hey guys just got those drivers and Woah ! I get pretty much identical performance to what chaz got in the link above... awesome thanks a lot. If there is anything specific you guys want tested just ask but COD4 maxed out at 1650 and aax4 im getting over 50 fps in heavy levels and every thing else is on max setting aswell like water detail model detail etc

 

re-run 3dmark with new drivers and i'm happy

 

just did I got 8833 which makes no sense? !

shall I re run again? so i lost 200 3d marks but gained 20 fps ....what is going on 17792 is some strange driver...any ideas anyone? I dont really trust 3d mark though I guess fps is what counts

 

I wouldn't worry too much about the scores, I was curious to see how they compare to the GT though . Usually if you run it a few times you get variations in score so you could try and see what you get. Also when you do it you can try to make sure you don't have any unneeded stuff in the background that take some of the resources, most of the scores we see are out of the box with no anti-virus, start-up processes etc.

 

hey I ran it again and got 8866 but with 17792 driver that you recommended Im getting really really good frames like the one in the link i provided earlier... I am shocked at how much better this is than the stock driver!

 

8833 not bad,but I think that you must worry about real life performance.

 

Real game performance is what counts. Notebookcheck was showing a 1fps difference in games like Crysis, I'd bet their right:

 

Do you own the retail copy of Crysis?

 

hey arom sorry I dont actually have that game. My previous laptop was a Vaio with 2.4 pentium 4 proc, 35GB HDD and 512mb ram and with a really old school ati gpu so i dont own many games... im getting crysis warhead soon though

btw the finish on this laptop is really, really nice ! pictures just cant show the texture well!

 

awesome, enjoy it.

keep me posted on the gts & crysis, im very curious

 

did you buy this laptop for gaming or for 3dmark?

 

This coming from someone that has a sig the size of my posts and compares OC'ed cpus and gpus with 3dmark'06 sounds strange .

@5777
Anyway, you can try to download the demos of some new games and check your fps in there, I'm sure you'll run anything with very good fps.

 

@nirvana

I was checing 3d mark because if you read this thread I was confused as to how using the stock clevo driver from the website and using 177.92 laptop video 2 go drivers gave very similar 3d marks but there was an increase of 20 FPS in the laptopvideo to go drivers.... how can you explain that! but yeah it doesnt bother me too much I was just messing around with 3d mark cause ioaniro asked me to rerun it.

 

9800m gt didn't exist by the time they released 175.75, that's how I explain it.

 

You don't have to wait till you get a retail copy, just download the demo and post benchmarks.

BTW...were your scores in 3dmark06 at 1280x1024 or 1280x800?

 

@kobe I used the standard 1280 x 1024 its the only option in 3d mark 06 free edition

 

It would be good to get some comparisons with the GT on different settings going, hopefully with a similar spec'd M860TU. 3DMark seems unreliable if you're reporting a performance increase in-game and I wouldn't worry about it in any case either.