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post #1201 of 1272
1/4/06 at 1:36pm
have you run 3dmark on xp64?
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post #1202 of 1272
1/4/06 at 2:13pm
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Originally Posted by synapse46
have you run 3dmark on xp64?
no, i have not.
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post #1203 of 1272
1/4/06 at 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by WLF46WLF
no, i have not.
Can you?
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post #1204 of 1272
1/4/06 at 3:24pm
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Originally Posted by synapse46
Can you?
now I've not video drivers installed. I've found those that snorre has posted. but I wish prefer official drivers or eventually Omega drivers, but there aren't.
have you any advice for me?
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post #1205 of 1272
1/4/06 at 3:49pm
What drivers did snorre post?

Im still debating on installing it, I want to make sure everything will work before I take the time to do it.
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post #1206 of 1272
1/4/06 at 4:02pm
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Originally Posted by synapse46
What drivers did snorre post?

Im still debating on installing it, I want to make sure everything will work before I take the time to do it.
http://www.notebookforums.com/showth...381#post620381
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post #1207 of 1272
1/7/06 at 8:33pm
Almost all the drivers you need is already included in the windows xp64 disc. The only one you need to install separately is the video driver. When i upgraded to xp64, i was suprised on how smooth everything installed and until now i am using it with no problems what so ever.
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post #1208 of 1272
1/8/06 at 4:13am
now I try to installa catalyst 5.13 with dhmodtool3. then I can tell you my 3Dmark score on xp64
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post #1209 of 1272
1/8/06 at 2:12pm
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Originally Posted by Adam@PCTorque
Processor
Mobile AMD Athlon™ 64 processor 2800+
I know most people tie the temp of the laptop to the CPU and though it's not accurate that whatever CPU it has it what temp it runs, it does have an effect on that, it's size and weight, and battery life. It's a very small and light system and to the touch it's about the same as many of the other high end laptops as far as palm temp.

Hard Drive
80GB 4200rpm
This is as high as you will find in a laptop that uses mobile drives. Why they used a 4200rpm hard drive in a laptop they named after a super car I have no idea.

RAM
512MB 333DDR
Acer says it supports 2GB of DDR400, but they bundle it with 512MB of DDR333 with no other options. the difference of 333 to 400DDR is probably only going to be noticed in benchmarks. 512MB of RAM is plenty for most users and Windws XP, the only problem would be with very extreme programs, opening up tons of high res pictures with photoshop, and some of the newer games released since Planetside. Planetside was the first game I noticed having major lag with 512 and needed upgraded in all systems I tried it on. Since then there have been a few others and I noticed EQ2 recommends 1GB+ of RAM to play and a minumum of 512. Not that everyone would be playing EQ2, but just to give an example.

LCD
15" SXGA+ TFT
One of the better SXGA+ LCD I've seen. It's bright and average in angle viewing.

Comes with a matching mini mouse (USB).


The paintjob on the lid is what you would expect on an exotic supercar... beautiful and flawless. The sides are still red, but left with a rough texture.




The slot load CD drive is one of my fav features as I've always preferred the slot over the tray.






The system is over all very solid and light. It weighed in under 7 lbs.


The keyboard like most of the high end Acer's I've seen has the curved keys which I get mixed opinions on.


The default desktop scene here. During boot up you will hear a loud "vrrrrroooommmmm" like you're at the track and a car is flying by. This is guaranteed to get everyone's attention, so be prepared.




The hard drive is a pretty easy swap. You can access it by just removing two screws. It take 4 more scews to remove it from the bracket.


Couple of video benchmarks

Aquamark3
26,182

3DMARK01 SE
10,898

3DMARK03
3,028

I ran it with DVD playback right out of the box after completing 100% full charge. It ran 1 hour and 40 minutes before shutting down.

Overall I think it's a sweet system for the right person. To reach the full market a UXGA LCD, faster CPU, more RAM, and a faster hard drive need to be offered as options. It has been noted by another user that they successfully upgraded to the 3200+ AMD procesor. We've been doing some hard drive swaps for people also to the 80GB 5400rpm hard drive and 60GB 7200rpm drive.








does the lt only have one ram slot? like when you showed it all open and shit, i I saw only one ram stick in their and if im mistaken it doesnt like like you can fit another
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post #1210 of 1272
1/8/06 at 3:41pm
The 3000 series Ferraris come with 2 RAM slot loaded with 256mb PC2700 sticks each. The slot on the bottom is supposedly easy to get to. The slot on the top requires the removal of the keyboard. For this reason, allot of people just simply replace the bottom stick with a 1gig PC2700 stick. Giving a total of 1280mb or 1.25gb of RAM. But, if you want to upgrade to PC3200 RAM, you'll also have to replace the top stick. There is allot of debate as to whether or not the slight increase of performance from increasing the RAM speed is actually worth removing the keyboard. Also, there is a thread somewhere in these forums that not only explains how to do it, but also shows pictures of the ordeal. In fact, I believe there is a link to that thread somewhere in this thread.

Anyway, good luck!
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post #1211 of 1272
1/8/06 at 6:57pm
Two screws holding a cover is all it takes to get at the bottom slot. I upgraded mine to 1280MB and it performs great. When I have time i think im going to take the 64bit plunge...

I figure a year or two down the road i'll upgrade it to 2GB if i still have it, and clean it out when I remove the keyboard.
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post #1212 of 1272
1/8/06 at 8:53pm
i ran 3dmark05 on xp64 on ferrari 3200

score is 1321
after the benchmark is done, blue screen appears and PC restarted, probably used up all the RAM (512MB)



pretty bad compared to 6401 on dell xps gen2
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post #1213 of 1272
1/9/06 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by silverdragun
i ran 3dmark05 on xp64 on ferrari 3200

score is 1321
after the benchmark is done, blue screen appears and PC restarted, probably used up all the RAM (512MB)

pretty bad compared to 6401 on dell xps gen2
What drivers did you use for the vid card? The 9700pro is a bit old to score very high in 3dmark05, but your score should have been higher. Were you using the naitive xp64 drivers?

WLF46WLF
Do the drivers install?
Did you test it yet.
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post #1214 of 1272
1/9/06 at 6:51pm
ya i used native 64 bit drivers from microsoft
there is no 3rd party drivers yet for it

what is the least score with 3rd party drivers?
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post #1215 of 1272
1/9/06 at 7:07pm
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Originally Posted by silverdragun
ya i used native 64 bit drivers from microsoft
there is no 3rd party drivers yet for it

what is the least score with 3rd party drivers?

Will the latest X64 drivers from ati install?
But for naitive drivers, i think thats good.

If they run warcraft id be a happy camper, might x64 tomorrow.
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post #1216 of 1272
1/10/06 at 4:12am
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Originally Posted by synapse46
Will the latest X64 drivers from ati install?
But for naitive drivers, i think thats good.

If they run warcraft id be a happy camper, might x64 tomorrow.
I think you can mod the latest official catalyst (5.13) with dhmodtool3. it works

I'll try to install it in a couple of days
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post #1217 of 1272
1/10/06 at 1:33pm
Very impressed with x64 so far. Couldnt believe everything was functional at startup, I installed drivers for the Proc. from AMD anyways.

I installed a 64bit version of firefox and that works good. It scores marginally better in 3dmark03 at 3090. The only game I run is warcraft, so as long as that runs I'll be happy. Everything else seems to work great and there are 10+ less processes in memory.

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post #1218 of 1272
1/10/06 at 2:51pm
As noted a few pages back, disk access was HUGELY increased.
Measured with HDtach.

xp32
Preloaded HD
high 30MB/s
low 15MB/s
avg 23.8MB/s
cpu 4.1%
random access 18.1ms
Burst 95.2MB/s

xp64
preloaded HD
high 76MB/s
low 40MB/s
avg 59.6MB/s
cpu 4%
random access 7.3ms
Burst 236.7MB/s
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post #1219 of 1272
1/11/06 at 1:16pm
When you bring x64 out of standby, does anybody else get a systen check error?
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post #1220 of 1272
1/12/06 at 7:32pm
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Originally Posted by synapse46
As noted a few pages back, disk access was HUGELY increased.
Measured with HDtach.

xp32
Preloaded HD
high 30MB/s
low 15MB/s
avg 23.8MB/s
cpu 4.1%
random access 18.1ms
Burst 95.2MB/s

xp64
preloaded HD
high 76MB/s
low 40MB/s
avg 59.6MB/s
cpu 4%
random access 7.3ms
Burst 236.7MB/s

there is an error, I think you run installed on win32, isn't it? if you try to re-install hd tach on win64 the score is the same as win 32
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