1400X900 MAX Oblivion M1530 13fps?

[WILLY S]

Nope sony with a 8400m GT..

[chocolambot]

oh ok. thanks

[precise2282]

You shouldn't have any trouble AT ALL playing TF2 on your laptop. I play it on my 8400m GT\2.0Ghz core 2 duo maxed at 1280 res so you should run it without a problem. Have you updated your drivers? Running in performance mode? Plugged into ac adapter?

Yea TF2 and any other source game runs like butter on mine. Maxed out settings and at 1440x900.

[chocolambot]

I got my graphics card replaced today, yet the game (oblivion) seems to be just as unsmooth, if not more choppy than before. Albeit i havent defragmented yet. The replacement, however, is a lot cooler than the previous card.

In any case, it seems like it might be the driver causing an issue, does anyone know if they have used 174.31 with oblivion? I am a bit annoyed that the only driver i was able to get dell to send me OTHER than the stock driver doesn't run oblivion great.

[WILLY S]

The 17X.xx and 169.09 drivers don't run oblivion great for me. The only one that kept it smooth was 167.43, so it may be worth trying an older driver.

[Tusin]

The 174.31's from dell are not crap, they are actually good drivers. I have no experience with on oblivion however. You could try the new WHQL drivers dell just released I think it was last week. You can get them from the inspiron or M1330 driver pages.

And about TF2 I suggest you go to the steam TF2 forums and start reading up.

[chocolambot]

[QUOTE=Tusin;3588358]The 174.31's from dell are not crap, they are actually good drivers. I have no experience with on oblivion however. You could try the new WHQL drivers dell just released I think it was last week. You can get them from the inspiron or M1330 driver pages.
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Could using a non M1530 driver void my warranty?

(the onyl reason i got 173.XX was cos i asked a dell rep and they said use it. However the next dell rep i asked for a new driver, they said it wouldn't work.

[WILLY S]

No it won't void the warranty. You need to download a modded inf with the driver for it to install on your laptop. There's a sticky in the gaming forum that goes into the process in more detail if you need it

[Tusin]

No a LV2G driver will not void your warranty. Lets say if we lived in the twilight zone, and it did. I would never send my laptop in for service with the HD anyways. You take out the HD, and then they could not know which driver you used. Also with your XPS if you live in the US you get next day on site service. And most @ home tech's would never even check which version driver you had.

[Forte]

I run it on max with Dell's default drivers. Though I remember when on the other M1530 that I reformatted, I downloaded drivers for the 8600GT and it performed horribly.