Posts by Pbeaugrand

Hey all Ive had 3 MBP's in the past a 2.1 15 a 2.2 17 and a 2.4 15 and they all sucked at gaming getting maybe 3500 in 3dmark 2006 I see the new MBP 17 2.6's can get almost 5000-6000 in 3dmark 2006 and thats VERY respectable! with the...

Thanks all I think Ill stick with the M15x as I can get a used loaded one for about $1700 on ebay..great deal..Im just worried its not durable and the built in sound sucks, Does this have 2.1 Built in like allot of laptops do now with a...

i would be very happy if apple stuck an 8700GT or 8800GT into a 17 inch notebook...or dell kept the M1710 chassis and dropped in a better video card.,..im scared about the M15x after reading i see that it get bad battery life. its not...

Hey all Ive owned 16 laptops in the last 8 months trying to find the perfect one for me ranging from apples macbook pro's to dell M1710's and xps's and hp's and voodoo's and acers.. My favorite so far was an E1705 and a Macbook pro...

its no biggie..i just wish i could find a lappy i liked..take the Chasis of the E1705, stick a 8700GT in it, better wifi and cpu and cooling and sound and a way to swap the cd drive for battery and ill go for it. haha The XPS M1710 had...

I took the rom from Juans iso the 791GTXU.rom and stuck it onto the sotrmlifter iso and flashed from that, it worked with speeds of 500/600, then i upped it to 550/580 and i killed my lappy. haha.

i took the hard drive out, its only 2 screws, yeah, and i did use a revision 1 rom just like you all said.. i think going to try out an alienware M15x to replace this..as much as i dont want to..an 8800GTX in a laptop for $2000 and dual...

that card your using trumps my stock speeds on my 7900GS by far. mines set at 375 core and 500 mem..terrible..... Ive tried 14 laptops in the last 6 months and haven't found one i liked yet, from Apple, Dell, HP, alienware, Voodoo, IBM,...

haha it only happened right after i did the GTX flash haha im going to sell this thing and either find an old rev0 laptop or move onto bigger and better things.. lappy must break 5K on 3dmark 06 haha

its not just a no video issue. i have and can blind flash when there is no video, Not when the whole system isnt booting.