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Inspiron 9300 HL2 Stress Test Results

post #1 of 30
3/9/05 at 3:42am
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Some guy named Chips on the notebook review forum posted the following:

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First column is the valve "recommended" settings, second column is my recommended settings (e.g. Who the hell needs anti-aliasing at 1920x1200)

3rd column is the recommened settings with the water reflection turned to reflect all.

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Model Detail____high_____high______high
Texture detail__high_____high______high
water detail____simple___simple____Reflect All
Shadow Detail___high_____high______high
Anti-Aliasing___4X_______off_______4x
Filtering_______Aniso8X__Trilinear_Aniso8X
Shader Detail___high_____high______high
Wait for VSync__false____false____false
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________________36.12____56.37_____36.45_____1920x1200
________________44.76____69.58_____44.99_____1680x1050
________________82.17____110.85____83.17_____1280x800

p.s. no overclocking and/or harming of animals was used in these tests.

533Mhz FSB Pentium M 2.0Ghz Inspiron 9300
256Mb Nvidia Gforce 6800 GO
1920x1200 Ultrasharp Truelife WUXGA 17" TFT LCD
1 Gb RAM
100Gb Fujitsu HDD
Definitely very respectable framerates. Edited the post to reflect his scores with the water turned on full detail as well. I'm definitely impressed to say the least.

He also mentioned that the build of the 9300 is very good and much better than previous laptops. The lcd screen according to him is glossy but it isn't so bad where it obstructs your view and he mentioned that it is very bright. He described the quality to be as good as a flat screen crt which is excellent.

Source: http://www.notebookreview.com/forums...TOPIC_ID=13102
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post #2 of 30
3/9/05 at 3:46am
uhhh... those framerates are very good... higher than my a64 3200+/1gb/6600gt desktop combo... niceeeeeee

glad i got the 6800 in my 9300.. half-life 2 on my 60" Sony KDF-60XS955 LCD TV connected to my 9300 via dvi.. Here I come.. omgggg i'll be in heavennnn
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post #3 of 30
3/9/05 at 3:47am
ohh cool cool its a shame i cant get my 9300 before coupon expires, parents changed their minds on me despite me paying for more than half , they say "a better deal will come" i about bitch slapped them.
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post #4 of 30
3/9/05 at 3:53am
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Originally Posted by goffer
ohh cool cool its a shame i cant get my 9300 before coupon expires, parents changed their minds on me despite me paying for more than half , they say "a better deal will come" i about bitch slapped them.
Yeah that sucks since I doubt a better deal will come anytime soon. Tell them to read this forum as proof. HEY GOFFER'S PARENTS, THERE WILL BE NO BETTER DEAL!
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post #5 of 30
3/9/05 at 3:54am
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Originally Posted by noblesin
uhhh... those framerates are very good... higher than my a64 3200+/1gb/6600gt desktop combo... niceeeeeee

glad i got the 6800 in my 9300.. half-life 2 on my 60" Sony KDF-60XS955 LCD TV connected to my 9300 via dvi.. Here I come.. omgggg i'll be in heavennnn

Damn dude you're making me jealous. I got a POS tv since I hardly ever watch any shows. Any DVD I rent I view on my PC and I just download the tv shows I like (BSG, Stargate, Trek, Anime).
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post #6 of 30
3/9/05 at 3:54am
oh how ive tried... they say i need to stick with it more and be patient and the irony is they went and bought a new 2005 expodition just by looking in the paper, spent about 2 hours looking.
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post #7 of 30
3/9/05 at 11:27am
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Originally Posted by 5150 Joker
Damn dude you're making me jealous. I got a POS tv since I hardly ever watch any shows. Any DVD I rent I view on my PC and I just download the tv shows I like (BSG, Stargate, Trek, Anime).
Wow! Where can you download shows like BSG and Stargate (which are amoung my favorites as well)?
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post #8 of 30
3/9/05 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by goffer
ohh cool cool its a shame i cant get my 9300 before coupon expires, parents changed their minds on me despite me paying for more than half , they say "a better deal will come" i about bitch slapped them.
I have been buying DELL laptops for years - the deal I got on the i9300 from Small Business yesterday, in my opinion, will be tough to beat.
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post #9 of 30
3/9/05 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by anettis
Wow! Where can you download shows like BSG and Stargate (which are amoung my favorites as well)?
http://www.torrentspy.com

Use a BT client like BitTornado (http://www.bittornado.com) to download the torrents.
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post #10 of 30
3/9/05 at 11:36am
Thanks. How is the viewing quality?
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post #11 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:13am
Wow! My 8600 that i got last week gets the same FPS in the stress test at 1280x768 with settings on medium, that you get with settings on high at 1920x1200.

Of course i only have 512mb of ram, but still.

Anyone have any idea how long battery life is on 9300?

It definetly looks pretty sweet! But im not paying that much for a laptop until they make 17" that weighs under 5lbs, has at least a 160 GB 7200 drive, and battery life thats over 5hours on the standard battery.
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post #12 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:19am
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Originally Posted by joncivicSi
Anyone have any idea how long battery life is on 9300?
Yes, the same guy says he gets 2.5 hours on the 9-cell with speedswitch and nvidia's powermiser set on "max battery."
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post #13 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:19am
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Originally Posted by joncivicSi
Wow! My 8600 that i got last week gets the same FPS in the stress test at 1280x768 with settings on medium, that you get with settings on high at 1920x1200.

Of course i only have 512mb of ram, but still.

Anyone have any idea how long battery life is on 9300?

It definetly looks pretty sweet! But im not paying that much for a laptop until they make 17" that weighs under 5lbs, has at least a 160 GB 7200 drive, and battery life thats over 5hours on the standard battery.
Sooo... 2 year then?
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post #14 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:21am
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Originally Posted by anettis
Thanks. How is the viewing quality?
Its not too bad, depends on who encoded it really.
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post #15 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:32am
wow, 56 FPS on 1920x1200
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post #16 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:36am
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Originally Posted by anettis
Wow! Where can you download shows like BSG and Stargate (which are amoung my favorites as well)?
Ok, I like Stargate, too. (Even though there are so many technical holes in the show, it's still very cool and entertaining.) But what is "BSG"? Cause I'm about out of Stargate episodes. (I don't watch TV, too much, so I don't know what shows are on. I've just been getting all the Stargate episodes from NetFlix.)
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post #17 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:39am
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Originally Posted by sonicwind
Ok, I like Stargate, too. (Even though there are so many technical holes in the show, it's still very cool and entertaining.) But what is "BSG"? Cause I'm about out of Stargate episodes. (I don't watch TV, too much, so I don't know what shows are on. I've just been getting all the Stargate episodes from NetFlix.)
BSG=Battlestar Galactica, its an excellent sci-fi show. A re-make of an old 70s show but completely different and much better. Go on scifi.com to read about it.
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post #18 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:42am
Battlestar Galactica is simply OUT STANDING television
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post #19 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:47am
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Originally Posted by Heinrich
Battlestar Galactica is simply OUT STANDING television
Indeed, I can't wait for season 2 to start.
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post #20 of 30
3/10/05 at 12:52am
BSG rocks! Although the gender change of Boomer and Starbuck took a little getting used to.

So how many of us were kids back in the 70's who watched it?? Umm, count me in.
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