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Hi, I am back with actually nothing new to say about the swap between GTS with GTX . GoHack, are you actually going to get better CPU and if/when you do so could you, please, post your 3D Mark 06 scores with the upgraded CPU? That would be awesome and if you could, anybody, find out about GPU swaps that would be just terrific ...
Regards,
LtR

Hi,

For the price difference, is the GTX really worth it over the GTS, performance wise?

I plan to upgrade to the T9300 as soon as Newegg starts carrying them. I've been checking their site every day. It's surprising they don't have them yet.

I also finally got Windows XP Pro loaded. I borrowed an external floppy drive and used that to load the Intel SATA RAID driver, which was needed to load XP.

I've found, and have loaded, the Chipset, of course the RAID/SATA, the WiFi Card, the Network Card, the eSATA, and the Nvidia Video XP drivers, using a USB Memory Stick. So the laptop is functional. The touchpad and webcam work, but I need to find the XP drivers for them, as well as for the sound and modem. I don't ever use the modem, but it would be nice to have it installed anyway.

If someone could help me find the very latest XP Drvers for the Touchpad, WebCam, sound, and modem, I would appreciate it. I believe that's all I need, I'm not at home on that laptop right now.

I'll do the same benchmarks that I did on Vista on XP in the next few days. Xp certainly uses a lot less HD space.

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There is a significant difference between those two and trust me it`ll be a wonderful power booster with the aging of the laptop. Just for the reference, according to one recent Alienware review is GTX able to spit out over 13000 in 3D Mark06 with 2.7 CPU in it...That is a great boost don`t you think :-)

Good luck on finding the XP drivers. They don't have it on the gateway site?
Also, if it's not to much of a hassle for you, can you post some pictures of the lappy?? thanks, gohack!

huh? He has several pictures posted.

I already have pictures posted here at the beginning of this thread.

With the drivers, other laptops, not just Gateway, must use that same hardware.

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Oops, sorry I didn't notice it...arrgh Stupid! Some of them are too dark, IMO. or maybe it's just my monitor?

That's with 8800GTX SLI

Tnx Spinitch,

I`ve just put it down from the top of my head. Should have go to the review again and verify the facts. CPU different as well: Core™ 2 Duo T7700 2.4GHz instead of 2.7 as I posted above and GTX`s 3DMark Score: 9,451.00. Still over 2000 more than GTS. Well the extra processing power of GTX (74 GTS vs 96 GTX) is visible after all. I do realize that in Alienware`s case CPU accounts for some of that score too. I want FX to bring the power down to me who gets paid in ordinary ways ...

Tnx Spinitch for your attention

BTW, have you seen the Best Buy current price???

$1699

They have to be f.....g kidding me/us
C`mon BB

Gateway with a mobile 8800GTX is still a little iffy. So far they haven't had any top of the line mobile video cards in their notebooks yet. They had a 6800go but no ultra and a 7900gs but no 7900GTX. But now they have the FX line so there is a possibility since their FX desktops already have a 8800gtx option.

I would think the GTX would add 2000 points to a 3dmark06 score. I gained 1300 from going to a 2.2GHz CPU to around 8300 points, a gtx should be around 10,000 and a GTX SLI to around 12,000-13,000 with a 2.4GHz+ CPU.

You'll be fine. My Macbook has a native res of 1280x800 and I frequently run it on my 22" LCD at 1650x1050. You're only limited by the supported resolutions of the display adapter itself.

thx for your reply MSP.

So when I will connect my dell lcd on the laptop, I will be able to change the resolution on the nvidia panel from 1440x900 to 1680x1050 ?

For those interested, there are some Intel Extreme X7900's for sale on eBay. They're running for $509, w/free shipping. The problem is, they are an overseas seller, which makes me a little nervous. They appear to have a good record though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-CORE-2-EXT...QQcmdZViewItem

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