~V2S Owner's Lounge~

[Zedr0n]

I'm going to refer to the F3SV's scores, because it uses the same GPU.

Stock clocks, 1GB RAM = 2032
Slight overclock, 2GB RAM = 2879

You could easily break 3000 with some moderate overclocking, putting it into the 3DMark range of a GDDR2 8600GT. This is of course a purely synthetic benchmark, but I think that it should translate to real-world gaming as well.

Come on, F3Sv has GDDR3(there are doubts about that - there is supposedly no 8600 gs DDR2 but it is known that rivatuner reports the memory types wrong so let's go by the clocks) clocked at DDR2 400 mhz... So I really hope that V2s gets normal GDDR3 - and that means that

stock clocks(at 500/700) = 2773
nvidia recommended clocks for 8600 gs (@ 600/700) = 3160
stable OC(650/750) = 3392

Cause if V2s really gets crap DDR2(even they call it GDDR3 - only the clocks really matter) memory, I'll be really disappointed...

For comparison - 8600GT with DDR2(V1s,VX2s) marks are
stock clocks(@475/400) = 2939
stable OC(@600/480) = 3643

So, basically(even if synthetics aren't that trustworthy) - 8600gs GDDR3 ~ 8600gt DDR2 - that taking into account that for 14" laptops the resolution is lower so the difference is more pronounced(8600gt is mostly in 15" laptops)

P.S. 8600gs - 2gb ram benchmarks, not xp - so in xp it's even higher
Taken from this thread - 8600M GS F.E.A.R., 3dmark06, underclock, stock, OC Benchmark

[Bona Fide]

Yes the 8600GS is 100% guaranteed GDDR3. I wasn't aware that they've severely downclocked it in the F3SV, but since it's GDDR3 capable of 700MHz you should be able to clock it back up. I'll probably include overclocking in my review.

[Zedr0n]

Yes the 8600GS is 100% guaranteed GDDR3. I wasn't aware that they've severely downclocked it in the F3SV, but since it's GDDR3 capable of 700MHz you should be able to clock it back up. I'll probably include overclocking in my review.

no, you can't overclock it back up - it doesn't go up more than 550-600 on F3sv - that's why some people think it's not really GDDR3...

And, anyway, it's not really the point if you can overclock it back or not - it's the point of it being already very underperforming - you won't be able those nice 3700 in 3dmark06. That's why I really, really hope it will be normal GDDR3. The F3sv 8600Gs is on the level of 8400gt - and you can get a smaller laptop for that...

[ilikeicehockey]

when are you making your review bona fide?

[saMan]

Does anyone know if the 3.5G wireless internet feature is build in to the V2S or if it's an optional add on?

[ilikeicehockey]

Does anyone know if the 3.5G wireless internet feature is build in to the V2S or if it's an optional add on?

optional. If you look at the specs, it says optional and I think a reseller told me that too, although i can't remeber who it was.

[Bona Fide]

when are you making your review bona fide?

I'll be starting as soon as I receive it, so it should be finished within a few days of it arriving.

[Bona Fide]

no, you can't overclock it back up - it doesn't go up more than 550-600 on F3sv - that's why some people think it's not really GDDR3...

minxshin got his to 750 stable...i don't understand what you're talking about.

Specs as per nVidia's site:

Core: 600MHz
Memory: 700MHz

minxshin was able to get that, plus more

[wuzertheloser]

that's because he wasn't using a F3sv, but a model from toshiba i think.

man i want to be a part of this group.
maybe i will be since lenovo refuses to update me on my laptop.

[Bona Fide]

that's because he wasn't using a F3sv, but a model from toshiba i think.

man i want to be a part of this group.
maybe i will be since lenovo refuses to update me on my laptop.

Well, Ken from GentechPC did some benchmarks with the F3SV, and he was able to overclock its GPU to 729/601. If I had to guess, I'd say scaling back the core to 600 would allow you to boost the memory up to 700.