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post #21 of 62
7/23/06 at 2:46am
Well, its still there, but i did some settings on my HD-TV moved up the picture show it dosent show... i should of thought of it sooner, i evened looked at the option, *duh*
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post #22 of 62
7/23/06 at 3:56pm
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Originally Posted by BlueTimber
I heard there is screen tearing on PDZ alot. I wouldn't know, I use my 360 on a SDTV, when I get unbanned from IGN, I can ask at the 360 boards, because alot of people complain about it.

how did you get banned???
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post #23 of 62
7/23/06 at 5:12pm
This guy asked how much everyone got paid per hour, and when he got the responses, pretty much called everyone poor, even though everyone there is pretty much 22 and lower.

So I said "Holy ****, you're an ***hole", and I'm banned for a month, that runs out on 8/4. It's fine though, I spend too much time there.
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post #24 of 62
7/23/06 at 6:15pm
Its ok. No one likes the International Gaming Nazis anyways.
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post #25 of 62
7/23/06 at 6:37pm
haha :P i had actually never heard that one... thats great. I really need to stop reading these reviews about the m9700, its making me want mine NOW!!! lol great machine, and glad to hear you're lovin it :P
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post #26 of 62
7/24/06 at 12:21pm
um willy could u do me a favor and make a wee little move about 30seconds long that shows how good it runs playing playing doom3 or oblivion(preffered) and tell my the mb for the graphics card(s)
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post #27 of 62
7/24/06 at 12:50pm
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Originally Posted by big will
um willy could u do me a favor and make a wee little move about 30seconds long that shows how good it runs playing playing doom3 or oblivion(preffered) and tell my the mb for the graphics card(s)

sure, give me today,and I will try to get it posted by tonight... My camera sucks, but I will try to get it going... The picture may be a little fuzzy, but you can at least see the fps performance...
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post #28 of 62
7/24/06 at 1:20pm
great is it a 256mb or dual 256 mp and i dont care all i need to see is if i skips frames or lags.
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post #29 of 62
7/24/06 at 7:06pm
Willy does oblvion really plat that well? Always heard how oblvion is a tough game to play
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post #30 of 62
7/24/06 at 7:29pm
he is posting a movie to show me how it runs oblion k so watch it and all your dreams will come true ooooo ahhhhhh
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post #31 of 62
7/24/06 at 9:58pm
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Ok, big will and reanimated - my opinion and experience with oblivion on the m9700 has been great. I do have a slight problem with the occasional stutter and frame dropping. When I installed it suggested I go with the uber-high settings and I did. Since then I have been turning things down (like vision distance, grass, shadows) The strange thing is that none of these setting changes have had any effect. Whether everything is maxed or not, I am still getting the occasional stutter. But honestly, it doesn't effect game play at all.

Ok - here is my disclaimer about the video. My camera is a p.o.s. I took two vids, one (that is here for download) and another that froze up my camera and I can't get it off. I am going to reset the camera and update this post with a second vid out in the wilderness somewhere.

The focus is not good and it appears a tad pixilated. That is ALL THE CAMERA. The game play is beautiful. The stutter actually occurs during this first vid in a couple of spots. I notice it when I play, but watching the vid, you really can't see it...

right click Here and do a save as to view the file...

Let me know if you have any suggestions as to anything I could do to improve gameplay...
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post #32 of 62
7/24/06 at 10:08pm
when i clicked on it it said forbiden so i cant watch it.
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post #33 of 62
7/24/06 at 10:16pm
my advice is that u have screen tearing its not hardware problems so no need to worry it just means your FPS is too high in other words your computer sends out data faster then the monitor can diplay it just lower the fps in the BIOS.
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post #34 of 62
7/24/06 at 10:22pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by big will
when i clicked on it it said forbiden so i cant watch it.

well that sucks, it let me DL it... what is another file hosting site I could use???
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post #35 of 62
7/24/06 at 11:18pm
Good stuff, thanks for all of these questions and for all of the answers there its making me want to order my m9700 now and not later tonight or tomorrow...
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post #36 of 62
7/25/06 at 12:00am
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Heck yes, I am excited now...

After spending basically the last couple weeks trying to get my m9700 back to full "optimal" operating condition after the re-install. I have finally gotten my drivers working, everything seems to be running good.

My 3dmark05 score, from the factory was in the 9700's. The most I have ever been able to get out of it was in the high 9800's Usually it has been coming in around 9600 though - very disappointing...

But this evening I realized that I had ran a benchmark test since I got all my driver problems fixed.

I overclocked my ML-44 Turion to 2.43 ghz (that is about all mine will go) and run 3dmark again.

This time I finally got an awesome score of 10081. I noticed my games have been running a lot smoother since I got my cpu drivers fixed.

Overall, if you haven't figured it out by now the Aurora m9700 is THE BEST gaming lappy you can get for the money.
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post #37 of 62
7/25/06 at 2:04pm
Holy Testicle Tuesday!!! That's awesome that Oblivion will run that well with all the settings on max!!!

Two questions though: Do those settings include max resolution?
The 2.4 ghz processor runs slower than 2.4????
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post #38 of 62
7/25/06 at 2:33pm
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But this evening I realized that I had ran a benchmark test since I got all my driver problems fixed.

Willy could you give us a list of driver problems and fixes for those of us who are about to get our 9700's like me

The link works for vid only if you right click and save as.

In the vid what resolution is screen at?It runs smooth.I cant wait im in phase 8
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post #39 of 62
7/25/06 at 7:14pm
??? willy mabe minipic.com
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post #40 of 62
7/25/06 at 7:39pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reanimated
Willy does oblvion really plat that well? Always heard how oblvion is a tough game to play

It is mainly because it's not resource efficient
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