Posts by j19

hyperthreading creates that effect

hp's final response to me: We would wish to inform you that, the display panels used in the HP notebooks models especially this model;ie ,nw8240 can produce image that may appear to be less bright than the same panel size and type on...

i decided to try the undervolting, so far (still working on 15x) i'm working at 1.084Volts with no errors, running at 58 (from 67) degrees. I'm going slowly, running a few prime 95s for about an hour every 4 steps or so. I'll update this...

ddr2 533 is ddr2 4200. i also noticed something strange about the nw8240. the USB ports, or at least my usb port on the left side, is not constructed in such a way to prevent the usb plug from being inserted incorrectly. with my desktop...

i did lock the white color balance. the picture is located at http://demo.endlessgraphics.com/images/colors6e.jpg (just used to show a spectrum of colors)

i was able to force install catalyst drivers as a mobility x700 gpu. my 3dmark score increased by about 125 points. download regular catalyst drivers from ati's site (5.6), then use patje's tool (http://www.driverheaven.net/patje/) and...

that's one issue...no catalyst (i would doubt omega as well, but I haven't tried) drivers will work because though its technically an x700, ati's driver software detects it as a V5000 and refuses to install. its possible though, because...

I've been playing at 1280x1024 with everything set to medium, anti aliasing at 2x. I'm using the FireGL drivers from hp's website.

I overclocked just like any ATI card - powerstrip, atitool, anything that deals with gpu overclocking.

i'm showing just what iorx was showing, some issues with the wuxga screen colors. however, i can say that I don't notice the issue with horizontal viewing angles, mine seem fine. I wouldn't hold back getting this laptop because of this...