Posts by octop8

You can overclock your graphics cards (with the Coolbits tweak), unless it has been locked out by AW...I think my Aurora was locked and I couldn't overclock the graphics cards even after the Coolbits...upgrade to newer drivers (but this...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dukefrukem are you going to run any benchmarks with the FX-60? Im considering upgrading from a 4400 and want to know the difference in scores between the two. It's in my original...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hammerhead Great to hear. If you want to give your 7700 away since it's ancient, I'd be more than happy to take it off your hands to save you from the costs of getting rid of...

Ah well, it's been a long time since I posted here. The Aurora is still working fine with no problems but I spend a little less time on this nowadays. I decided to build my own rig - miss the tinkering and overclocking you can do on...

Are you on mobile power settings with power saves and system suspend and all that? That could be a reason. Also, playing Oblivion at 1920x1200 will seriously stress the system. Also for graphics drivers, are you using the latest ones? If...

See this link for the higher end models.... http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2...icing_1023.png The one in my previous post are for the lower-end and mobile models.

A price war is coming! AMD announced severe price cuts to their CPUs. Check out the link below for AMD's response to Intel's new Conroe chips. Intel's new chips are supposedly available from system builders from 27 July and retail from 8...

The price cuts are not so surprising seeing as the recent announcement of the new Conroe "Core 2 Duo" chips from Intel have essentially made all their Netburst based (essentially most of their P4) chips obsolete. The new mobile...

Quote: Originally Posted by PRDA is there anyone on the forums that have had a good time with AW, from order to ship to first problem with comp. ....but i don't want to drop the cash on a !@#$ rig and even !@#$er...

You should also take a look in the AW utility CDs that should have come with the laptop. There should be a wireless driver in there. In fact, if you read the manual, you should reinstall all the drivers on the utility CDs - the manual...