Posts by Tebore

That bandwidth is known as the unbuffered bandwidth. It's the RAWEST of the RAW bandwidths. A google search on it will give you a better idea of what it means.

I'd say do it anyway if there ever was a problem just pop your old card back in.

Based on your temps, it looks like HP is over working the fan to keep the temps down. You should try what the tech said and downgrade the BIOS to an older version.

I've had an Asus and notice that their main source of fresh air intake is through the keyboard itself so closing it will make it hot and steamy(in a bad way). What you should do is set a spin down time on your HDD so when you DL it...

Quote: Originally Posted by thefrankbaum Supa: What is "right around the corner"? I'm not that up-to-date on laptop news - are you expecting this in the next month or two? Also...any idea on what...

You might get a tad better performance but not really worth the mod. The Mobilty ATI drivers have the Drivers for it. Just install the latest and enjoy your games. There isn't as big as a difference between drivers for Radeon and FireGL...

The video card makes a difference on battery life. My T60P which has a FireGL V5200 goes through my 9Cell in the time it takes a T60 with a X1400 with a 6 cell does. I notice my Seagate 100gig 7200 drive runs much hotter than a 160gig...

I can't be 100% sure without looking at the machine but the manual seems to imply they are SATA. Was Windows installed when you first got the machine? If it was then you might have to use the recovery discs to reimage the drives. No BIOS...

It's normal it's called Speed step.

Quote: Originally Posted by jns2001 Dude, buy whatever you want. It is your money, no need to bash other people's choice. Exactly! Something for the OP to think about tho. Careful about bashing TPs for...