Exactly, Its better to opt for smaller but fast memory on low end cards, I would rather have 256MB GDDR3 than 512MB DDR2 in HD4570, likewise on HD5470, its better to have 512MB GDDR5 than 1GB of worthless DDR3, I bet the clockspeed is only at paltry 800MHz

Memory bandwidth of only 8GB/s on our k40AB is pathetic in today games, heck its pathetic in last two years or so, and if it indeed using 800MHz DDR3 in k42 the bandwidth is only 12.8GB/s, compared to mighty 28.8GB/s if they use 900MHz GDDR5 (up to 32GB/s if uses 1GHz)

I swear to God if there is notebook manufacturer uses GDDR5 on HD5470 on 14" display or less I would buy it without even thinking of Alienware M11x, provide that the price is reasonable that is. Even though it only have 4 ROPs even the small increment in memory speed will provide a significant performance improvement because of its high core clocks. Of course Alienware M11x GT 335M (not GT 330M mind you, different core if Notebookcheck is accurate) would be miles better as it have 72 stream processor and 128-bit memory, but unless it uses Core i5 at least I won't buy it, it would lag on some games that dependant on clockspeed

I've been reading AMD would release Phenom II X4 for laptop, but the clockspeed is only around 2~2.3GHz IIRC. I would wait for that just wanted to see how AMD stacks up

This post has been edited by Najmods: Jan 24 2010, 02:30 PM

Have you even bother to read the first page? Its been written there, PowerXpress have worked ages ago, its only have problems during initial driver and BIOS when it first come out

This post has been edited by Najmods: Jan 31 2010, 01:08 AM

Hmm, IIRC 8tvt don't even have HD3200 onboard regardless what BIOS he use. I tried many BIOS including the one they pull out, all worked well with PowerXpress

You trust the seller, or you trust the net, to be more specific, the manufacturer of the CPU itself? I believe you already knew the answer to that question

Update the BIOS

Yes its possible to do so, that is what I done on first mod I do before I put the ground someplace else. Of course you could use it, why don't you go on first page, its there

If it don't hang or crashed, it could be consider as good, but if that is your idle temperature it could be dangerous if you do gaming

Idle means idle, you do nothing for certain period of time and that is your idle temperature. That is after you playing games? Which means it could be higher during gaming, although it have thermal limit of 100C make sure yours don't reach 90C when gaming, lower is better, to lower it either you do fanmod like I did and open up the backpanel when gaming to promote airflow

Why do people worry too much? The wires are just put it just enough, not too deep that it obstruct any USB device been plugged in but not too loose that the wire fall off (there is a hole inside the case like shown on the USB where you could put your wires), and use cellotape close to it so it won't fall off. It won't have any problem with any USB devices, I used it with my mouse ever since I do this mod, no problem whatsoever

Those are just early shots to checking connection, I do it properly and tug it around so it won't be unseen or obstruct with any other thing like backpanel when it closed. Even if it do touch the heatpipes (the orange thingy), it won't melt, this isn't over 100C

To save cost, its cheaper for you to buy USB Bluetooth than to make a build in one I guess. There is not much people using Bluetooth to their laptop anyway, I don't see the reason why it should come with every notebook

Don't complain to me, this is a budget gaming laptop. Check first page for reviews from some members, everything is there. To find laptop with no drawback? There is no such thing, even the most expensive one like AW M17x have drawback

xKAIZERUx have already said it, yes you need to open the whole back cover to access the RAM. I've put on first post of this thread about what kind of upgrade that doesn't void the warranty and what does

I found one config that really increase the framerate in GTA IV, here it is. I get extra 5-10fps depending on location. Framerate usually stays above 20fps at 1024x768 resolution medium detail (with shadow disabled)

If you could wait you should get the new one, the graphics might be slightly faster but the CPU is the major point of buying A52, its quite a big gap in performance between Core i3 and Athlon/Turion X2. Some game might benefit from faster processor

No, its just HD4570 with some added transistor for DirectX11 and a die shrink so its only slightly faster than HD4570 unless if it use GDDR5 memory. GPU-Z detect the memory bus wrong like when earlier GPU-Z detect the HD4570 having 128-bit memory bus.

I haven't done much game too, the last game I finished is Serious Sam 2 and the old Secound Encounter. Too much typing assignments and stuff. Looks like I don't need new laptop anyway, this one will do just fine.

NaGeNaZ, I haven't used the webcam for a long time so I don't know how to fix the prob

Anyone tested the Beta ones yet? Does the PowerXpress working with it?

I haven't use PowerXpress for a long time, dGPU all the time, free up some memory

Its good to know that any improvement in games performance or something?

I managed to get HD4570 folding, but its too slow and hot. How did you overclock the HD3200?

Yes I been using dGPU mode. Weird, I can't get AMD GPU Clock Tool to even detect the HD3200 clock properly

No, still old 9.12. Havent have time to download 10.3 beta