MSI GT628 with Q9200

[Kirrr]

That was a bad copy of windows. Now I'm using a retail disc so there's no problem at all.

The preformance goes up well: With gts and the quad in gta I need to set the resolution at 1280x800 when I want to use the high settings and now I can set everything to very high/max except the view distance (30) and the fps never goes below 30, usually 45 or more.
Some other games I tested yesterday:
Team Fortress 2: native resolution everything maxed out and get 60-150FPS (before gtx no AA and get 60-90)
Call of Duty 4 and 6: everything maxed no AA always 125+FPS (before gtx 90-125)
Battlefield 2 with ultimate coop-mod: 255 bot + maxed setting get 150+FPS

moral hazard: try to find a working Alienware gtx 260m bios.

Edit.: New driver installed, 3Dmark06 crash is gone. I got 11690 points. Quad@2.53GHz(UV) and the GTX260m@stock. Temps during benchmark: 70*C on both cpu and gpu. (with cooler) Maybe later try with overclocked cpu.

[moral hazard]

moral hazard: try to find a working Alienware gtx 260m bios.

I have one attached here:
Wanted: GTX 280m MXM 2.1 vbios

Unknown vender though, dont know if it's alienware or not.

[Kirrr]

thats a 280m and I have a 260m...

[moral hazard]

If you look at that post I gave a link to, you will see there is a zip file attached. Inside that zip file, there is a 260m vbios.

Oh and btw, if you did flash a 280m vbios onto your card, I'm sure it would work fine.

I've flashed a 280m/260m/9800m GTX onto my FX 3700M and the card didn't die.

[matsjc]

Thanks for the input. Im planning to buy a q9200 for my gt628 once i got my pay. Now im thinking of upgrading my gpu too.

+rep to you sir.

[Kirrr]

THX moral. I'm just get home... this is exactly what I have now. 62.92.78.00.08. This is the default bios for the Clevo card.

matsjc: these gtx's are very rare. They were only in Clevo M860ETU and Alienware m17x (the first one) in SLi.

[matsjc]

@kirrr ouch haha. anyway ill just stick to my original plan then. but ill sure am going to bite when i see this card on sale. thanks again for the info.

[mokmoki]

wow glad to see fellow GT628 users still alive and kickin'!

why did the original GT628 owner's lounge get closed though? hmmm... :-/

oh btw, hi matsjc!

edit: is it worth getting 8gb of RAM? i'm playing Starcraft 2 and looking at my memory usage it seems that i'm maxing out my memory at 75% usage, the other 25% is reserved.

[Kirrr]

Dear GT628 users: Can you check if the GTS is 55nm or 65nm? Originally it should be a 55nm card, but mine doesn't. So the 55nm GTX is actually a bit cooler than my 65nm GTS... Strange.

[matsjc]

@kirrr

i checked mine in gpu-z and it said 65nm.

@moki

hey may account ka na pala dito. regarding your question, it really depends on your needs. On my laptop, i play sc2 while ym, outlook 2010, firefox and chrome(chrome and FF have multiple tabs opened) are running and my mem usage is around 80-90% but i dont feel any slowdowns whatsoever. I also have 4gb of ram currently installed in my laptop. I would upgrade my ram to 8gb after my cpu upgrade since i use vmware on my laptop alot.