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    Erm, worried now. Advice please

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by machineman, Jul 5, 2008.

  1. machineman

    machineman Notebook Guru

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    I just ran 3D Mark 06 for the first time and got a score of 4670.
    My online result reported my graphics card as:

    Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600 GS

    and my driver as 8600GT.

    How can I find out for shure which card is really installed?
    I'm a bit worried now.
    Spec is XPS M1530
    8300 CPU
    supposed to be 8600GT GPU
    320GB HDD

    Cheers
    MM.
     
    machineman, Jul 5, 2008
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    darkcond0 Notebook Evangelist

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    Go to control panel in classic view, click Device Manager and then expand Display Adapters. It should be listed there.
     
    darkcond0, Jul 5, 2008
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    salientarbiter Notebook Geek

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    Or just run dxdiag and check the display tab.

    It's definitely the GT DDR3, you wouldn't be getting those scores with the GS.

    I recall another instance in the past of this mislabeling happening, you wouldn't happen to be from somewhere in Europe, would you?
     
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  4. machineman

    machineman Notebook Guru

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    dxdiag and gpu z both report the GT, so why is 3D Mark reporting it wrongly?
    yeah, I'm in England just read a thread about a guy from Australia who got the GS in his Vostro.
    Is that a good score then?
     
    machineman, Jul 5, 2008
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    halkyon Notebook Consultant

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    I get the exact same problem, it IS actually a GT, but the ORB is retarded and thinks it's a GS.

    ~4600 is very good for a GT. The GS wouldn't even get close to this high of a score.
     
    halkyon, Jul 5, 2008
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    machineman Notebook Guru

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    Halkyon Thankyou,
    This is a great forum, I just pulled 4700 so I guess I'm happy!

    Cheers
    MM.
     
    machineman, Jul 5, 2008
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