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    malibal Lotus P151HM1 not living to expectations

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Frankdur, Sep 29, 2011.

  1. Frankdur

    Frankdur Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,
    So I have a Malibal Lotus P151HM1 and I don't think its perform as well as it should
    I noticed when playing games (TF2, starcraft II CS:S to name a few) it wouldn't play as well as it should
    I performed a bunch mark test with futuremark, and got a score of 10600. Futuremark stated that these scores were low compared to others with similar systems
    this laptop is only about a month old, why you no work right! what should I do?
    here are my specs
    Nvidia 560M
    Intel i7 2630m
    8gigs of ram
    500gig 7200 rpm harddrive
     
  2. daryldeal

    daryldeal Notebook Evangelist

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    ask your reseller if you can return it.
     
  3. Frankdur

    Frankdur Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just completed some updates and restarted my comp, got scores to around 13000
    I doubt i can return it to malibal its been over a month :(, and i hope there is a less drastic move than to have to RMA hopefully?
     
  4. weipim

    weipim Notebook Guru

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    hmmm i dunno what an okay score should be for a p150hm1, but I am pretty sure you can return your system to malibal since they are so awesome.

    And they were even more awesome to me on the first place by refusing to sell me a system.
     
  5. Ryan

    Ryan NBR Moderator

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    Which video drivers are you using?
     
  6. weipim

    weipim Notebook Guru

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    can you tell us more details on how the system did not live up to your expectations? what were your expectations and how it actually performed? lag in hd reso? low quality? etc
     
  7. Frankdur

    Frankdur Notebook Enthusiast

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    My video driver is the most update one, i just updated it
    as for expectations, being able to play games like tf2 at like at least medium at like 50-60 fps (was hoping for that)
    what made me realise that it wasn't performing as it should be was when I did the benchmark score and noticed it scored a bit low, i am about 1000-1500 below the average
     
  8. Trewhela

    Trewhela Notebook Consultant

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    i play with the same laptop bfbc2 at 60fps in 1080, lfd2 at 100fps, bf3 beta at 1600x900 at 78fps so you can expect much from a 1300
     
  9. Frankdur

    Frankdur Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would love that, but i was playing tf2, which isn't the demanding, and it wasn't running to well
     
  10. ac0720

    ac0720 Notebook Geek

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    i got the same problem as you !! and i also got it like 2 months ago...
    for bfbc2, i got 60fps only in 1280x800 but with medium settings....
     
  11. Frankdur

    Frankdur Notebook Enthusiast

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    SO i just ran cs, it ran fine avg 55-60 on highish settings, when i went to tf2, on medium, it ran at 20ish fps, thats not really acceptable for a laptop with these specs :(
     
  12. Ryan

    Ryan NBR Moderator

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    Maybe it is on power saver mode?
     
  13. Frankdur

    Frankdur Notebook Enthusiast

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    ...... you sir, might be one of the smartest people in the world, I am in a chemistry major in college hahaha! it was, gonna go test it out :p
     
  14. ac0720

    ac0720 Notebook Geek

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    mine s already in high performance ... :(
     
  15. Ryan

    Ryan NBR Moderator

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    Try high settings in bfbc2 and tell me what fps you get..

    If Vsync is on, the video card only renders at the screen refresh rate, which is 60fps.
     
  16. Frankdur

    Frankdur Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow, it runs great, i feel so dumb, ... ryan, you my best friend <3
     
  17. ac0720

    ac0720 Notebook Geek

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    High settings with 1920x1080 --- around 24-27 fps
    High settings with 1280x800 --- around 50 fps
     
  18. Trewhela

    Trewhela Notebook Consultant

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    take the lighting and shadows off
     
  19. Ryan

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    OK, I dont know how it should normally run, the 560m is not a top-end card..

    Can anybody with bfbc2 and 560m compare to his fps results?
     
  20. Ryan

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    Haha, enjoy!
     
  21. ac0720

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    cant find those settings in game.. only resolution and overall quality are shown ...
     
  22. Trewhela

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    go to advance in the settings remember that gtx560m its a gtx 550 so is not a high graphic card so forget about aa and af on modern games
     
  23. Trewhela

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    i play bf3 everything low at 1080p (same as medium) at 44-60 fps even in caspian border !
     
  24. Migrainium

    Migrainium Notebook Consultant

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    This thread made me laugh. Every time I've ever had problems with my laptop running slower than usual, it's always been because it's on power saver mode. I usually default to checking this first now, but occasionally I'll sit there a few minutes wondering " is going on...."
     
  25. tellarion

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    I do the same thing :D Sometime I accidently turn my power strip off, which turns it to battery/power saving mode. Everything starts running SOOO slow and I'm like ?!
     
  26. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    Glad you all got the power saver issues sorted out! I did want to mention one thing from the initial post though. If anyone sees that red stop sign icon on the futuremark page when checking scores that says "your scores are low compared to similar systems"- it's an advertisement. I believe it's a clickable link for some system optimization software. This comes up in the forums from time to time :)

    Scores around 10k in 3DMark Vantage are right on the money for the 560m, not low. See benchmarks here:

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M - Notebookcheck.net Tech
     
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    i was wondering what you guys are experiencing with BF3? High or Ultra even possible with this Laptop?
     
  28. Ryan

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    High, maybe.

    Ultra, no.

    As I mentioned, GTX 560m is not a top-end gaming card.

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M - Notebookcheck.net Tech
     
  29. MALIBAL

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    I love these thread titles... please note: all of the issues were easily resolved for this customer. Thanks Ryan. :)
     
  30. Frymore

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    Yes Malibal is not the only brand of laptops that have this super anoying problem... i even got it with my brand Xnotebooks P150hm :mad:

    :exit troll face:
    had the same issue once and it took me a day to realize after manny testings i turned saving on XD
     
  31. TheHansTheDampf

    TheHansTheDampf Notebook Evangelist

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    I lost a major SC2 game due to power saver mode that kicked in at big battle and crashed lagged me to death... good job@myself :)

    "the evil power saver mode"