I ordered a Dell e1705 from Dell's outlet store with these specs
Pentium M dual core (Core Duo) 1.83 Ghz
2 Gigs of DDR 2 RAM @ 667 mhz
80 gig 5400 rpm HD
Geforce Go 7800
I'm pretty happy with the purchase aside from the fact the screen isn't as good as the one on my other lappy. There's some light leakage at the bottom and it's not glossy. However, I've decided to deal with it considering the price I paid and the fact that it's not really noticable while playing games. Mainly WoW.
Now, I've read on another forum that the GPU is underclocked from Dell. I've looked around different sites and they seem to back this up since. The GPU runs at 250 mhz and one sitesshow the normal clock for this card at 400 mhz.
I've set the core clock to about 281 mhz and ran CoD 2 while monitoring the temperature with Riva Tuner and it went up to 80 degrees Celcius.
My question is does anyone know the speed nVidia rates this GPU at and what is a safe core temperature? Does Dell just underclock the card because they've decided to use an inadequate cooling solution for this GPU in the e1705?
Any advice would be apprecaited.
Thanks
Pentium M dual core (Core Duo) 1.83 Ghz
2 Gigs of DDR 2 RAM @ 667 mhz
80 gig 5400 rpm HD
Geforce Go 7800
I'm pretty happy with the purchase aside from the fact the screen isn't as good as the one on my other lappy. There's some light leakage at the bottom and it's not glossy. However, I've decided to deal with it considering the price I paid and the fact that it's not really noticable while playing games. Mainly WoW.
Now, I've read on another forum that the GPU is underclocked from Dell. I've looked around different sites and they seem to back this up since. The GPU runs at 250 mhz and one sitesshow the normal clock for this card at 400 mhz.
I've set the core clock to about 281 mhz and ran CoD 2 while monitoring the temperature with Riva Tuner and it went up to 80 degrees Celcius.
My question is does anyone know the speed nVidia rates this GPU at and what is a safe core temperature? Does Dell just underclock the card because they've decided to use an inadequate cooling solution for this GPU in the e1705?
Any advice would be apprecaited.
Thanks