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post #61 of 106
9/11/06 at 8:25pm
What drivers do you use usapatriot?
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post #62 of 106
9/11/06 at 8:57pm
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Originally Posted by birdman829
What drivers do you use usapatriot?

As of right now, Mobility Catalyst 6.8's.
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post #63 of 106
9/11/06 at 8:58pm
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Originally Posted by usapatriot
As of right now, Mobility Catalyst 6.8's.


Also after further evaluation I have chosen not to OC my X1600 256mb anymore, as for the current games I play it causes no improvment.

Only Underclock it to save battery.
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post #64 of 106
9/14/06 at 2:33pm
Wow! That wallpaper of Hong Kong is really nice. Can you send it over?

Hong Kong #1!

dL
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post #65 of 106
9/15/06 at 4:18pm
congrats! good review!
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post #66 of 106
9/15/06 at 8:29pm
usapatriot please help me out!
Or even Gentechpc!


I am going to order my notebook from Gentech computers as well, or gentechpc.com

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Intel VBI Asus S96J Core Duo Barebone 15.4 Inch WXGA/ATI X1600 256MB/Built-in Webcam/Combo

Windows XP Professional CD

CPU: Merom Core 2 Duo T7400 2.16GHz 64Bit 4M 667 FSB ES

RAM: Corsair 1GB DDR-2 667 SODIMM (1X1024)

HD: Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 80GB 7200rpm S-ATA

Internal Wireless Card: Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 Tri-mode 802.11a/b/g

Warranty: 3rd Year GenTech Limited Warranty

Display: 15.4" WXGA 1280 x 800 Color Shine (Glare)

VGA: ATI Mobility X1600 256MB PCI Express

Camera: Built-in Camera


But my questions are:
Will this play Battlefield 2 on med-high settings you think?
is the x1600 a fairly fast video card? Im new to Ati.

I think it should be a fairly fast notebook but need some advice from experienced ppl.


sorry its kinda but its still the same notebook almost.
And ive been wanting to get a notebook a while but this other bf2 forum i was on isnt a whole lot of help but 2 ppl did say it would run bf2 on med. settings.
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post #67 of 106
9/25/06 at 7:07pm
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post #68 of 106
9/26/06 at 5:47pm
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I just upgraded to 2gb of RAM.

Now I have 2gb 667mhz Dual Channel goodness.
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post #69 of 106
9/29/06 at 3:30pm
change your sig, it says 633 instead of 667
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post #70 of 106
9/29/06 at 4:51pm
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oops, thanks
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post #71 of 106
10/28/06 at 12:57pm
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NFS: Carbon Demo Pics, everything maxed with 2xAA @ 1024 x 768



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post #72 of 106
11/6/06 at 3:20am
So you can play NFS: Carbon? may I ask what ATI driver are you using? I got BSOD of ATI driver error when try to play the demo.
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post #73 of 106
11/6/06 at 5:43pm
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Im using Catalysts 6.8, I find them more stable and better than 6.9 and 6.10.
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post #74 of 106
11/7/06 at 4:01am
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Originally Posted by usapatriot
Im using Catalysts 6.8, I find them more stable and better than 6.9 and 6.10.
Thanks, no more BSOD , I can now finally play NFS Carbon. Also I found "motion blur" kind of annoying so I turn it off.
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post #75 of 106
11/7/06 at 10:07am
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Yeah, motion blur kinda sucks, it makes me crash lol
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post #76 of 106
11/7/06 at 10:23pm
Looks great, been loooking at an ASUS laptop but still broke here
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post #77 of 106
11/8/06 at 7:29pm
Can someone fill me in on the heat emanating from the keyboard, palm rest? Hot? Warm? etc. I am primarily interested when it is idle, browsing the internet etc.

I ordered a laptop from another company which was a dual 2 core (CPU # T5500?) with a 7600 video card and the keyboard and the spot next to the touchpad became uncomfortably hot even while simply sitting on the desk!

The 7600 was showing 75+C and it was located under and to the right of the touchpad.

Thanks,
Bob
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post #78 of 106
11/8/06 at 11:34pm
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The palmrest st warm, but not uncomfortable at all.

The keyboard stays cool.

CPU never really goes above 67c.
HDD never goes above 45c.

No temp sensor for GPU, but I think the S96J and Z96J are rather cool.
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post #79 of 106
11/9/06 at 4:44am
How hot does your laptop get when your playing NFSC
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post #80 of 106
11/9/06 at 7:06pm
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About as hot as normal is when I play games.

Not hot, and not very warm either, its not bad.
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