Dell Precision M90 Gaming Benchmarks

[reds2k]

got my dell precision m90 the other day :)
specs
2.16 dual core
2gb 667mhz ram
100gb 7200rpm hd
512meg quadro 2500m video
wireless
1900x1200 17in screen
winxp pro

all these benchmarks are on the machine stock/unmodified no windows tweaking at all , with whatever crap dell has got running from bootup. these are the results on the 1st and only run

3dmark 2001
27652 mark

3dmark 2003
18113 mark
cpu 1004

3dmark 2005
8549 mark
cpu5654

3dmark 2006
4747 mark
sm2.0 1951
hdr/sm3.0 1903
cpu 1751

aquamark
gfx 16647
cpu 9759
total=89848

sisoft pro personal 2007.5.10.98
dhrystone 14745 mips
whetstone 10872 mflops

counterstrike source video stress test @ 1900x1200,model detail-high, texture detail-high, shader-high,water-reflect all,shadow-high,color correction on,antialising-2x,filtering mode 4x, vertical sync disbaled, HDR-full
=85.60fps

all above settings but 1680x1050
=102.5fps

super pi 1.4mod
1M = 28.484s
2M = 1m 12.172s
4M = 2m 44.641s
8M = 5m 37.750s
16m = 12m 34.172s
32m = 27m 34.078s

bloody awesome !

screen: some light leakage at the bottum

build quality: top notch ,sturdier than my 8600

keyboard:feels the same as the 8600

battery:havent tested fully yet

wireless: 54g with wep =transfer rate about 38% via a netgear dg834g router to desktop

weight: obviously heavier than the 8600 but not too bad to lug around so far

overall very happy with the machine, but is there a colour calibration software for the laptop screen cos side by side with my dell 2405fpw, it looks a bit off ???

[Masou Kishin]

NICE, How much did you pay for your rig? Did you get any discounts?

[reds2k]

i'm in australia. coupons r rare around here :(
so very expensive :(

but heck it was worth it :thumbup:

[Masou Kishin]

Hey as long as you are happy with it, that is all that matters. Have fun with it, i am sure it will last a long time.

[notebook_ftw]

Yeah, mine performed the same in SuperPi. I was about 2000 behind in 3dmark05 and only about 700 in 3dmark06. I'm hoping with 2 gigs of ram and a little overclocking I can get up close to those numbers. I love this machine. F.E.A.R. is still a hardware beast...

[JimBob]

I'm running FEAR at 1600x1200 with high or max settings and it is running very smoothly. Mind you, I also have 2GB ram

[notebook_ftw]

The culprit for F.E.A.R. seems to be sound. If I turn sound quality to minimum, things shoot up a lot. I'm still averaging 45-60fps at max (4xAA/16xAF) at 1024 res. I'm happy.

[ChrisLilley]

I was going to say "would a PCCard audio card help" but of course the M90 doesn't have one. It has an Expresscard slot instead:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard

These currently seem to be under-supported
http://laptopmag.com/Features/Ports-FAQ.htm?Page=3
http://www.echoaudio.com/Support/FAQ.php#3

[notebook_ftw]

Actually, now I'm running it in widescreen at native res (1440x900) with no AA and sound back at max and it runs fantastically. I could probably turn AA up to 2x and make it look amazing with a little hit in performance, but I like these framerates, so I think I'll just leave it as it is.