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Problems tweaking XPS m1710

post #1 of 11
5/19/07 at 1:26pm
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Hey all,

I've read a ton of information on how to get the best bang for my buck on my system. I want to start off with easy stuff, though, and that isn't even going so well.

I ran 3dmark, on 1920x1080 res, and got a 4200 using 101.09 driver. I upgraded to XTreme-G Mobile Force 101.70 driver and there is no improved performance (3dmark still 4200ish) and I little black dots on the menu screen (artifacting?). I tried the 165 driver from laptopvideo2go.com, and Battlefield crashes when trying to run B2142.

So the smallest thing I could think to do, install good drivers, has failed miserably. Anyone have a step-by-step guide on what I can do that is easy to improve performance?

I see ppl with 9000-10000 3dmark scores...I don't get it.

System specs: Core Duo 2 2.16GHz, 7900 GTX, 2 GB ram, Windows Vista
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post #2 of 11
5/19/07 at 2:08pm
did you do a format for removing the dell bloatware? i have read that it makes a difference so people do a re-install of the OS. or if you dont want simply remove the unwanted software that was installed.
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post #3 of 11
5/19/07 at 2:18pm
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Yeah, I've uninstalled and reinstalled XP/Vista about 5 times each, haha. The Vista disk doesn't install any bloatware and I've only installed the upgraded drivers from the website. Very little extra stuff, I think.
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post #4 of 11
5/19/07 at 2:23pm
you are talking about 3dmark05 right?
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post #5 of 11
5/19/07 at 2:27pm
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Originally Posted by corkyt
I see ppl with 9000-10000 3dmark scores...I don't get it.

Those scores are with DEFAULT settings, which is 1024x768 for 05, 1280x1024 for 06.
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post #6 of 11
5/19/07 at 2:27pm
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No, 3dmark06.
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post #7 of 11
5/19/07 at 2:32pm
if it is 3dmark06 and the 1920x1080 resolution, then looking at other scores i think your scores are good. but i am not sure because i havent tried yet.

Maybe you should try default settings and then see the score.
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post #8 of 11
5/19/07 at 2:45pm
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I got around 5300 @ 1280x1024. That seems real low...
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post #9 of 11
5/19/07 at 3:21pm
i think your score is normal. i was looking around other people scores and your look normal considering you have not overclocked or anything. I saw some scores around 6-6200 but they had C2D T7600G overclockable and 7950 overclocked.

but if some1 with actual knowledge or better score reply i guess it would be more helpful to you. i am going to get my m1710 tomm so will try 3dmark then.
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post #10 of 11
5/19/07 at 3:52pm
T2600 2GB Ram 7900gtx 512mb
Win Vista
Stock Clocks (500/600)
3dmark06 (Default 1280x1024)
Nvidia 158.18

Score: 4696

So corky u got 5300 with the same settings as me but with the T7400 processor?
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post #11 of 11
5/19/07 at 5:39pm
Normal score. Tweaking Vistas processes can give you about 100 more poionts, but you can lose functions of other softwares if you don't know what your doing.
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