i dont mean to brag, but my 3DMark06 score at 1280x800 all default settings is....... 4800 (+-50)
my specs is in my SIG.

for your reference, XPS M1530 at default factory clock churns out an impressive 3800 (correct me if im wrong).

you mean like this? (check out the attached image) lol

u r absolutely right. i never did push my 8600MGT to the limit, just playing on the safe side. i believe my precious can do 5000 3dmark06 score. looks like all the tweakings and optimizing have finally paid off in a sense of pride and satisfaction. 

by premium xps i assume you are talking about xps M1730 with the choice of either SLI 8700MGT or 8800MGTX. well, i wouldnt want to know what kind of score those cards can achieve because it will make my score and my 8600MGT look really bad and puny. anyway, SLI 8800MGTX on M1730 can achieve well over 10K on 3DMark06. 8700MGT is not that powerful though. to be honest, the score that im getting now is actually pretty close to a single 8700MGT card. the reason 8700MGT cannot perform that well is because it is essentially a superclocked 8600MGT with the same 128-bit bus limitation.

guys, do you think i should spice things up a little by making a list of owner and their highest 3DMark06 score on the first thread? would you all want to participate?

well, to be honest with u, cpu does not play a major role in 3DMark06 benchmark, especially when your cpu is quite close in terms of performance compared to T7500. if you have a copy of 3DMark06, try just running the 2 cpu tests and compare it to the marks i posted earlier. the difference in cpu is even more irrelevant when running full benchmark. the difference will only be 2-3 marks higher on T7500 (all other hardware tweaks being equal).

intel turbo memory is a sort of ready boost and ready drive that works in conjuction with windows vista ONLY. it basically works by caching frequently accessed programs into the cache memory and push them to RAM at no access time latency. most of us are familiar with the use of usb thumb drive to perform ready boost, which is fine, but external usb drive cached files are discarded every time your pc reboots because the content are considered volatile. built in hardware ready drive solved this issue.

for dell owners, it will show up as Flash Cache Modules (FCM) for intel turbo memory.

nothing can come close to pure RAM performance. intel turbo memory is a method used when memory is not abundantly available and the main purpose is to sit in the middle between the slow hard drive and super fast RAM. because flash memory does not suffer from seek time latency, it is therefore theoretically faster than HDD.

that said, the more RAM you have, the less benefit you'll see from having intel turbo memory and vice versa. for example, there is a tremendous increase in computing performance when using FCM with 512MB or 1GB RAM. for 2GB RAM, the performance increase is less than 512 and 1GB, but still there are some improvement. 3GB RAM onwards see very little benefit from using FCM.

in other words, im trying to squeeze as much juice as i can from my inspiron 1520. hope this info helps.

hmm..if im not take the laptop everywhr n just leave it at home then i will think of 1720 but since i need bring back hometown n here n thr so 1520 better

n here my 3dmark06 score..
but y mine so low??

dling the driver now but the connection damn slow today...hope rly the driver can solve the prob..rly duwan any prob happen to my lappy..

n 1 more ques..does this 1520 offer us to turn off the laptop manually instead of wait to turn off?

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Added on May 26, 2008, 6:46 pmn i found another forumer score almost same with my score..
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry14729141