Posts by Crazy Larry

Gaming is awesome! Running 8600m gt at 635/535 (standard clock is 470/400). Running WoW at 1680x1050 4xAA 16xAF averaging 55fps.

The 1520 uses the same adapter (PA-10 Family) as previous Dell notebooks (M1210, 9400/E1705)

Correction to mine: Recently purchased Razer earbuds from Woot, which arrived today. Tried them out on my 1520 & I heard the noise. Seems to only happen if I use the earbuds. I tried 2 sets of headsets and couldn't reproduce the...

No problems like that on my 1520...I wonder if it's a Vista issue (I wiped VIsta and installed XP Pro)

3dmark 05 & 06 also test out cpu performace - they run some of the graphics test using cpu rendering

A dell hard drive module - bought it off ebay a while ago

Found these drivers just now: http://techiedownloads.com/downloads...XP_English.exe States they support the 8600m gt

The 8600m gt has gddr3 while the slower 8600m gs has ddr2 (I believe)

My 1520 finally arrived - YAY! Will do a full review shortly... Short snippet - it's a little bigger than my m1210 (basically my m1210 can fit inside the 1520) Ran the Windows Experience Index - got a 4.6

Idea: Have you tried using XP drivers from another manufacturer that uses the same video card in their laptops? Here are some laptops that use the 8600M GT: Asus G1S & G2S Acer Aspire 5920G Sony VAIO AR Series