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post #461 of 1272
7/26/04 at 10:16pm
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Originally Posted by Okle
wow that's good! 2:42 with a dvd on battery? wtf are you doing with the system to make it last so long?
That's easy, I'm using DVDIdle to cache the DVD movie into memory and thus keeping the DVD player idle most of the time

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Originally Posted by Okle
and 2:30 gaming? DAMN! thats some amazing battery conditioning you've done there!
Running pretty smooth too I might add
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post #462 of 1272
7/26/04 at 10:20pm
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That's easy, I'm using DVDIdle to cache the DVD movie into memory and thus keeping the DVD player idle most of the time
CHEATER!!!!!!!!! lmao, j/k!
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post #463 of 1272
7/26/04 at 10:25pm
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Originally Posted by snorre
Firstly I'm not done testing the battery time on my Acer Ferrari 3200 yet (testing battery life takes a lot of time!), secondly I don't use any propietary battery benchmark tools that's not freely available like THG did (I find this pretty lame too). For general usage with everything back to defaults I have no problems getting 3 hours battery life on this baby, that's the only thing I can say for sure so far.

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Good comment Snorre, I'm very pleased how you answer all the questions and give good explanations about this great lappie. I'm quite impressed about your tweaked ferrari. I surely going to try the tweak programs you posted here, thanks Snorre.

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Originally Posted by Okle
CHEATER!!!!!!!!! lmao, j/k!
LOL
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post #464 of 1272
7/26/04 at 10:44pm
Ok guyz I have a question, What gpu clock settings can you have OC'ed to on all the time?...so in other words how high can you OC to and leave it at? just curious if not is there a way to have OC settings go on automatic when you launch a game?
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post #465 of 1272
7/27/04 at 10:04am
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Originally Posted by puka
Ok guyz I have a question, What gpu clock settings can you have OC'ed to on all the time?...so in other words how high can you OC to and leave it at?
Although its completely stable at 485/250, I wouldn't recommend O/C it that high all the time to risk any overheating. For instance, 465/235 should be pretty safe I'd think.

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Originally Posted by puka
just curious if not is there a way to have OC settings go on automatic when you launch a game?
Not that I know of, but you can create different performance profiles with PowerStrip that you easily can switch between using the taskbar icon like I do (performance on demand)
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post #466 of 1272
7/27/04 at 10:55am
This is totally anecdotal evidence, so take it for what it's worth. We just switched out an Airport Extreme base station with a Dr. Bott antenna attached with a Linksys 2-antenna version in an effort to extend our coverage. The Linksys is a WG54 or something like that.

We have the following computers on the network. An Apple PB, two Dells, two Compaqs, and my Ferrari 3200. Two of the Compaqs and one of the Dells are using card plug-in antennas.

The Ferrari 3200 smokes the "competition." It's able to maintain a connection at almost twice the range of the other computers.

Just something else to consider for anyone looking at the Ferrari.

Bootz
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post #467 of 1272
7/27/04 at 10:59am

Snorre how do you get those mips?

I have not upgraded my ferrari at all, yet I've been able to come close to replicating all of snorre's benchmarks through ocing the memory, gpu, and processor. However, I cant even come close to replicating snorre's 8530 mips in sisoft sandra, even though i can exceed his mflops. Snorre, do you know of any reason that could be? Your other advice has really helped, especially a64tweaker, which speeds up my ram considerably (although it does limit how far I can oc the processor). Right now im stuck at around 7900 mips, with whetstone scores of around 3000/3800 mflops.
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post #468 of 1272
7/27/04 at 12:22pm
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Originally Posted by billsfootball02
I have not upgraded my ferrari at all, yet I've been able to come close to replicating all of snorre's benchmarks through ocing the memory, gpu, and processor. However, I cant even come close to replicating snorre's 8530 mips in sisoft sandra, even though i can exceed his mflops. Snorre, do you know of any reason that could be? Your other advice has really helped, especially a64tweaker, which speeds up my ram considerably (although it does limit how far I can oc the processor). Right now im stuck at around 7900 mips, with whetstone scores of around 3000/3800 mflops.
Glad I can help, I knew this baby could be pushed much further

You use SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP2 right? I've discussed this issue with another Ferrari 3200 user and he had the same problem as you and he fixed it by reinstalling Windows. I've completely reinstalled the system from scratch using the original Windows XP Pro SP1 CD (not the Acer XP CD's included with the laptop). See this:
http://forums.amd.com/index.php?show...0&#entry159782

He actually managed to get 9032 MIPS doing so, far better than what I've achieved
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post #469 of 1272
7/27/04 at 4:26pm
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Originally Posted by snorre
Although its completely stable at 485/250, I wouldn't recommend O/C it that high all the time to risk any overheating. For instance, 465/235 should be pretty safe I'd think.


Not that I know of, but you can create different performance profiles with PowerStrip that you easily can switch between using the taskbar icon like I do (performance on demand)

Thanks bro Thats pretty much what I thought since lappys don't have desktop cooling solution's oh I want the ferrari so bad aaahhhhhhhh lol
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post #470 of 1272
7/27/04 at 8:24pm
anyone know where I can buy a Ferrari and have it upgraded and have the store "buy back" my old parts.... in other words, I can customize the machine, at least the RAM and the HD?
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post #471 of 1272
7/27/04 at 8:32pm
well, you could just ebay the old parts....but then say goodbye to shipping it back to the manufacturer for warranty repairs. small tradeoff, IMO.
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post #472 of 1272
7/27/04 at 11:51pm
i have a problem on my power options on windows xp. when i tried to select max battery options (using battery only), instead of lesser power usage, it apears 1.8ghz on a system properties, and on AMD PowerNow! Dashboard. but when i use "Always On" it only apears 1.59 GHz it seems kind of weird though. my "Always On" uses less resources compare to my "Max Battery Options". have u guys encountered that problem??. does it has any software to control power options?? like on IBM It has Battery Optimizer.
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post #473 of 1272
7/28/04 at 12:21am
What is this "Dashboard" I keep hearing about? I installed the PowerNow! utility from AMD and I didn't get a dashboard installed. Just a custom Power Option theme that the driver installs to maximize battery life.
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post #474 of 1272
7/28/04 at 1:12am
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Originally Posted by DigiShaman
What is this "Dashboard" I keep hearing about? I installed the PowerNow! utility from AMD and I didn't get a dashboard installed. Just a custom Power Option theme that the driver installs to maximize battery life.
dashboard is a monitor that monitors that power usage and output of your cpu, it only monitor but does nothing else
u can download it from amd website

why did u need to download the power now utility from amd? i thought it is with the system already?....can you direct me to that information webpage, because if that scheme can further increase my battery life i would be all for it...
thanks
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post #475 of 1272
7/28/04 at 4:26am

acer ferrari 3200 - firewire 6 pin or 4 pin?

does anyone know whether the firewire port on the Acer Ferrari 3200 is a mini 4-pin or a regular 6 pin?

also, does anyone know how big and heavy the ac adaptor that comes with it is?

Thanks!
Monologuist
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post #476 of 1272
7/28/04 at 5:35am
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Originally Posted by monologuist
does anyone know whether the firewire port on the Acer Ferrari 3200 is a mini 4-pin or a regular 6 pin?

also, does anyone know how big and heavy the ac adaptor that comes with it is?

Thanks!
Monologuist
The Ferrari 3200 comes with one 4-pin firewire so it will not power you firewire devices.

The adapter of the lappie is norma to me, the size I mean. I don't know the exact size but it is certainly not big.

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Originally Posted by snorre
Glad I can help, I knew this baby could be pushed much further

You use SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP2 right? I've discussed this issue with another Ferrari 3200 user and he had the same problem as you and he fixed it by reinstalling Windows. I've completely reinstalled the system from scratch using the original Windows XP Pro SP1 CD (not the Acer XP CD's included with the laptop). See this:
http://forums.amd.com/index.php?show...0&#entry159782

He actually managed to get 9032 MIPS doing so, far better than what I've achieved
Is this with the original HDD, 80gig 4200rpm?
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post #477 of 1272
7/28/04 at 12:15pm
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Originally Posted by Sc2ptical
Is this with the original HDD, 80gig 4200rpm?
I don't know, but I can't imagine that the HDD used should influence the SiSoft Sandra 2004 SP2 CPU Arithmetic Benchmark scores in any way.
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post #478 of 1272
7/28/04 at 3:40pm

RAM and hard drive upgrade

Thanks for the info on the firewire...
Does anyone know what the best RAM is for the Ferrari 3200, and recommend a brand and model for 512 mb?

Also, I'm going to be doing digital audio/electronic music production on this thing, so I need a 7200 rpm hard drive...is the Hitachi 60gb the only choice?
Thanks!
Monologuist
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post #479 of 1272
7/28/04 at 4:42pm
well, i would recommend ddr400 since that is the maximum that the processor supports. as for a manufacturer, anything is fine but corsair and kingston stand out in my mind. for a hard drive, the hitachi is very very good, but if you want a little more space, try the 5k80 (5400rpm 80 gb). the speed difference isnt gigantic, and the 5k80 might actually be slightly better than it sounds because of how tightly the data is clustered together on such a physically (dimensions-wise) small HD. thats what im getting anyway.
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post #480 of 1272
7/28/04 at 6:17pm
Hi! I just want to ask how to turn off the auto-dim feature when you are on battery (AC not plugged in)?

Thx
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