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    Is my P61T intensive gaming test plan good?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by alacrityathome, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. alacrityathome

    alacrityathome Notebook Consultant

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    I am salivating awaiting the arrival of my P61T. You can see why if you look at my signature and present laptop.

    But, I have put together a plan to test my FX570m and intensive gaming capability. Please comment.

    ...Upon PC arrival, use PC Doctor v5 to give the inital test to the FX570m
    ...Next, use 3DMARK05 to test the FX570M
    ...Next, use the following demos to test the FX570m: C&C3, Bioshock, Crysis
    ...Then, use the Bioshock driver 163.44 with the laptopvideo2go modded INF
    ...Retest with PC Doctor v5
    ...Retest with 3DMark05

    What should I expect?

    Would anyone recommend any changes to my test plan?

    Any changes to the FX570m driver?

    Is this exciting or what?

    Alacrity
     
    alacrityathome, Dec 11, 2007
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  2. Sahin

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    Is the P61T a new laptop. LOL! Just download the newest Nvidia drivers I forgot the name anyway CONGRATS!
     
    Sahin, Dec 11, 2007
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  3. alacrityathome

    alacrityathome Notebook Consultant

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    Yes! Lenovo is renaming the PC with their new IdeaPad marketing......P61T instead of T61p!

    You heard it first from the forum.
     
    alacrityathome, Dec 11, 2007
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    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    What about 3dmark06? In theory the fx570 is better than the 8600GT!!! Test it out!
     
    Acorn, Dec 11, 2007
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  5. Arki

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    Can't wait for the results. Everything looks good to me alacritythome. Good luck! :)
     
    Arki, Dec 11, 2007
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  6. alacrityathome

    alacrityathome Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the input.

    Is the 3Dmark06 download free?

    And is the 3Dmark06 more complete or better than the 3dmark05?
     
    alacrityathome, Dec 11, 2007
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    alacrityathome Notebook Consultant

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    What is the most stingent test for 3D intensive gaming that I could try?
     
    alacrityathome, Dec 11, 2007
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    Flashstar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Crysis demo.
     
    Flashstar, Dec 11, 2007
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  9. alacrityathome

    alacrityathome Notebook Consultant

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    Flashstar,

    Thanks for that input.

    Can you mention quantitatively how I could tell how well my Pc and FX570m handles Crysis?

    FPS?

    Or other measure?

    I guess qualitatively, my Pc should not crash? or BSOD? or skip?

    I would really want to put the PC thru some tough paces.

    Thanks for any feedback.

    Alacrity
     
    alacrityathome, Dec 11, 2007
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    alacrityathome Notebook Consultant

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    Well, if anyone is interested in my results:

    ...tested with PCDoctorv5....ok
    ...tested with 3DMark05.....8004 3DMarks
    ...tested with 3DMark06.....3948 3DMarks
    ...tested with an intensive 3D gaming DX10 game Bioshok....fine
    ...upgraded driver to 169.04
    ...re-tested wtih 3Dmark05....8787 3DMarks
    ...re-tested with 3DMark06....4318 3Dmarks


    Any suggestions to further improve the gaming capability?

    Any comments on my results? Are they poor, ok, or good?

    alacrity
     
    alacrityathome, Dec 14, 2007
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  11. navion

    navion Notebook Enthusiast

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    fps in bioshock or crysis? and with what graphics settings?
     
    navion, Dec 15, 2007
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  13. alacrityathome

    alacrityathome Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for all the inputs!

    Navion....a stupid question....but how do I measure fps in a game? Thanks.

    Firestarter....thanks for the thread reference. I have downloaded ATI Tool. The info is amazing! Actually measures the temperature and scans for artifacts while increasing core and memory speed. Unbelievable. I wonder, though, if my PC iseems to be handling the games well with no overclocking, what advantages would I get? More detail in the video? Higher fps for smoother video? I don't want to hurt the video card with high temp if there is any risk but I didn't realize how easy it would be to Overclock either.

    Thanks again,

    Alacrity
     
    alacrityathome, Dec 15, 2007
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    alacrityathome Notebook Consultant

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    Crysis will "run" on almost anything, my NVS 140 will play it at native res and low without too much trouble and it still looks great and gets about 35fps with the stock drivers.
     
    Hawkeye05, Dec 15, 2007
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