Posts by Rube

Most games will never peg your CPU as its a dual core and almost all games are written to take advantage of only a single core. Those that do take advantage of 2 cores usually will only use the 2nd one for AI and or other tasks not...

I'll assume you meant a 1720. I guess it would depend on whether your 1705 had the crappy ATI card or a 7900. If it was an ATI, then a 1720 would technically be an upgrade. If it was a 7900, then fight for a replacement 1710.

Its not a screen shield, its for the body of the laptop. The "standard shield" types usually cover the top lid & the wrist rests. But yeah, buy it, review it, and let us know! Guinea Pig ftw!

I think your screen res must be 1440x900. Thats the only way I can see you getting a score that high, even overclocked. 3DMark06 runs at a default of 1280x1024. If you monitor can't support that res (which a 1440x900 can't) then it will...

Quote: Originally Posted by zzpulp ah come on man, keep up. I have to admit that was a good one Man, I feel embarrassed, but I have no fooking clue what you guys are laughing at?

Quote: Originally Posted by darkloki And do what with his body? umm, what?

If thats the case, find a 1705 with a 7900GS on the outlet and then swap the card with your friends. If he has a faster processor, swap that too. lol

Unfortunately, there are a bunch of guys in the Alienware forums who have the new 9750's with the 1440x900 screens getting "too high" 3DMark06 scores, yet refusing to believe its not normal due to their screens.

Quote: Originally Posted by littlefrankus nothing this is what I got when I installed my 3dmark I had nothing else installed on my computer at the time. ALso, my doom 3 score was 156fps see if this matches close to...

Quote: Originally Posted by littlefrankus seems low to me I had 6500 for my 3dmark Wow. Shalamar & Kinder above both get ~5200 with the same specs as you. . . Do you have special magic pixie dust? ...