Dissapointed with my XPS

[Stevo790]

My Dell XPS M1710 arrived today witht he following specs:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7400 Processor (2.16GHz,667MHz,4MB L2 cache)

2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]

160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive

512MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX graphics card

Vista Installed

I installed Oblivion, and i have to say that i was very dissapointed with the performance, even at medium settings there were many framerate hitches. I was told in prior posts that games would run well, but i just dont seem to be getting that impression from this laptop. Any advice on improving performance without sacrificing graphical quality?

Thanks.

[Lithus]

www.tweakguides.com

[Stevo790]

In correction to what i said above, i found that i received this bad performance issue because i wasnt plugged into the mains with the powerpack. Does being plugged in really make such a significant difference? It made a HUGE difference for me.

[ACHlLLES]

Return it, and get M1730.

And yes, the system has to be plugged in in order for the GPU unit to run at it's full power.

[chelet]

Check your power settings. Ordinarily when you're on battery the system won't run at the full processor speed in order to save battery life.

[Chuckles]

And yes, the system has to be plugged in in order for the GPU unit to run at it's full power.

I don't think this is true. As the previous poster said, just change the power settings.

[ACHlLLES]

GPU will throttle to low clocks if not plugged in tow a brick to my knowledge.