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    Problem w/ Toshiba x205 s7483 Please Help!!!

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by layne81, Nov 24, 2009.

  1. layne81

    layne81 Newbie

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    Hello all,
    I am having some performance issues with my Toshiba x205 s7483.

    Here is what I have on board:
    T9300 Processor
    4gb ram
    8700m Gt video card
    186.81 Nvidia Drivers


    I am getting slow frame rates... I upgraded recently from a t5450 to the t9300 and I have gained no fps at all?

    That doesn't seem to make sense to go from 1.66ghz dual to 2.50 dual and see no difference?

    Please if anyone can help or direct me in a direction to help?
     
    layne81, Nov 24, 2009
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  2. Ingvarr

    Ingvarr Notebook Deity

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    This depends on how you testing your "FPS".
    It will make sense if you were bottlenecked by graphics card performance - therefore upgrading processor will not help, since CPU was not the bottleneck.
     
    Ingvarr, Nov 24, 2009
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  3. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Check your temps.
    There could be thermal throttling.

    Also make sure you keep the 8700m cool. It has the known faulty core.
    It has a very high chance of failing.
     
    moral hazard, Nov 26, 2009
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  4. Ingvarr

    Ingvarr Notebook Deity

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    Huh? I did use overclocked 8700M GT on my X200 for 1.5 years and never ever had problems with it.
    Where did you get this information about it being "known faulty core" (except forum rumor mill)?
     
    Ingvarr, Nov 27, 2009
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  5. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Just because you didn't have any problems yet doesn't mean you wont.
    Your 8700m has the known faulty G84 core.

    Here:
    http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1028703/nvidia-g84-g86-bad
    http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/burning_question_are_all_nvidia_g84_and_g86_parts_bad
    http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-notebook-chips-overheating,5815.html
    http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile...Graphics_Chips_Are_Inside_Vaio_Notebooks.html
    http://apcmag.com/nvidia_disaster_thousands_of_gpus_faulty.htm
    http://theappleblog.com/2008/10/10/apple-officially-admits-to-faulty-nvidia-gpus/
    http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/08/11/sony.admits.graphics.fault/

    I dont know where you have been all this time, maybe under a rock?
     
    moral hazard, Nov 27, 2009
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  6. Ingvarr

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    Maybe I was lucky and got non-faulty chip ;)
    Either that or X200 has quite good cooling actually - never seen temps go high and I kept cooling systems dust-free.
     
    Ingvarr, Nov 27, 2009
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  7. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yep, keeping the temps down would stop the problem.

    And maybe since your GPU is more highly binned, you may have gotten a good one.

    Good luck to both of you :)
     
    moral hazard, Nov 27, 2009
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