hmm...something wrong with my lappy...yesterday i use no lag at all....but today i use so lag...i look at the cpu usage always at 100%...i try to do all kind of stuff...defrag,scan but still cant find anything...i close almost everything still lag..couldnt be virus or spyware i think...cuz i didnt download anything or search the web yesterday..

1more thing...before that happen...when i start my lappy...the beep sound came out...and they said the adapter could not recognize something or wat...cant rembr wat they say...

i just found out the problem...its the adapter ..when i use the battery no lag...but when i use the adapter,the cpu usage rise to 100%

This post has been edited by wilsonjay: Dec 27 2008, 11:57 AM

vista sp1?last time when i not having sp1 alwys hav 100% load. but after sp 1 no such prob.

I've been using this lappy for almost 20 hours a day before the warranty expires. Will see whether any problem arise.
But will continue to extend the warranty cos i'm still worried of the Nvidia parts problem. Warranty does include the GPU right?

i think it will cover whole part of lappy

thinking to extend too but so far the lappy no prob for me

Just ran a little test on Dead Space™ by EA.

Software used:-
- Dead Space™
- FRAPS 2.9.4
- Windows Vista SP1
- Forceware 180.42

The settings are:-
- 1280x800
- Settings: High
- Vsync: Off

Results:-
Default clock (475/950/400) - 30FPS Average (Min: 22FPS)
Overclocked (650/1300/530) - 40FPS Average (Min: 31FPS)

Temperature (Max):-
(Overclocked) - 72 C

The game is perfectly playable using 8600M GT DDR2. It seems that the scaling is linear to the clock speed of the card.

Is there anyway to enable AA in this game? Even with the ingame AA (Edge AA) the game is still jaggy.

This post has been edited by Demonic Wrath: Dec 27 2008, 01:31 PM

yup...the bad thing about this game is theres no AA even if its on...

Is it safe to OC your Card? I dont dare to do it on my laptop , ans the cooling is not as good as Desktop

And BTW , Is there a guide with words on how to clean my heat sink and fan etc?

The guide on the first page doesnt comes with words , and i was fearing that doing the wrong thing

Thanks in advance

This post has been edited by Endless9930: Dec 27 2008, 08:08 PM

Alex.... Hehehe. Maybe he still in Christmas mood eh..
We'll be provided with details and step by step soon as he promised. Don't worry.

Eh .Helo. Knock 1st before posting this. don't spam here.

HEHEHE , already a dell 1520 user here , i always wanted to OC , but only dare to do it on my desktop

I saw people can add 10FPS more , which really heat up me.....

HEHEHE , thanks

If you know what you're doing then there's not much risk OC-ing. From my experience (I've tried it on various Inspiron 1520), the 8600M GT can be OC'ed to at least 630/1260/500 safely.

As for the guide to clean your heatsink and fan, I think the manual that came with your DELL™ will have the details on how to clean it. As an alternative, you can check DELL™ Inspiron 1520 Manual website for the online manual. It's quite detailed and will provide enough information on how to remove the laptop components.

I am using rivar tuner , and i tune it to 630/1260/500 for the performence 3D , how about low 3D and 2D?

And how to monitor the temperature in game? Like monitor the FPS using Fraps?

Thanks in advance

There's no need for you to change the low 3D and 2D. When a game is ran, it'll change to Performance 3D profile.

You can use HWMonitor to monitor your max temperature. Open HWMonitor before running the game, then after 30-60 minutes, quit the game and check HWMonitor for the maximum temperature.

Is it good to use Rivartuner?

My computer went blank after restart , and i think this software is causing the problem , uninstalled it now , but it still blank .

I am using Vista Home edition 32 bit.

Hmm , any good software to overclock other than that?

Hmm, I've not heard of Rivatuner causing blank screen. Personally I think another software or update is causing that problem.

You can try ATITool. It allows ingame temperature monitoring too.

My problem is pretty weird , Keyboard is not functional until the 3rd time in restart , and blank screen still occur after the bios screen after i uninstall the program .

Hmm..... this is bad , anyway to solve this?

If not i might end up formatting my com....

try do restore and see. if u overclock pls re undo it and try

Hmm, it's very weird. I've not seen such an error before.

You can try using Checkdisk to check your HDD and see whether there's any corrupted file.

Open cmd.exe and run this command:-

Problem solved by using the repair features in my Vista disk , it restore me to the point before i uninstall and installed some software ,so its really hard to find out whats the source of the problem.

Anyway , i installed the rivartuner again , and use it to overclock and monitor my temperature , it reach 78 max after about an hour of intensive game play , but it never reach 80.

I was kinda envy you guys are able to do it with 72C , ho you guys did it?

Hi all.. I jst got a new inspiron 1525.. was wondering whether the GC can be upgraded as it came with the x3100