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October 30th, 2015 16:00
Dell Latitude E6400 MAXIMUM SPECS, Beefing Up
CURRENT SPECS:
Processor: Core 2 Duo P8700
RAM: 3GB DDR2
Storage: 160GB HDD
GPU: Nvidia Quadro NVS 160m
Just got this laptop through work refurbished. I don't play games really, except for Minecraft. So, I was shocked to see how pitful performance is on the lowest settings. When I first got the laptop and installed Minecraft, it was runnable. Getting about 30-60fps, sometimes dipping below 20fps. But now I'm getting 1-15fps at the LOWEST SETTINGS.
I recently applied fresh thermal paste, and the processor is running a lot cooler.
Is the GPU for this laptop really that bad? Even if I upgraded to a Core 2 Duo T9900 would the GPU be a bottleneck? I understand that these Core 2 Duos are like 6 years old, but they shouldn't be COMPLETE garbage.
I've heard talk that a Core 2 Quad would be compatible with this laptop. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong. I'd love to upgrade to a quad just for the sake of better performance. I've heard that overheating is an issue, but are there any fan upgrades for this laptop? How about the best darn thermal paste available? I'd like to put only so much money into this machine, but not TOO much if it isn't worth it. If it is, I'd like to max it out, or, get pretty darn close to it. 6GB of RAM, SSD, Core 2 Quad...
Thoughts/ideas? Was this a bad buy? After my associate discount and coupons I got the laptop for $119 at Staples. I love Dell because of the options for upgrading, but I don't want to beat a dead horse.
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DELL-Terry B
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October 30th, 2015 17:00
If I had to guess I would say that the bottle neck is not the processor but the GPU. I doubt that the Quadro NVS 160m would perform very well playing games and there is some discussions about this fond from the web. You can find more information about the performance of the NVS 160m here and here. The biggest culprit might not be so much the GPUs but the video drivers themselves, they are unfortunately just not optimized very well for game play.
I noticed a couple videos with games being run on the E6400 like this one here, that you can compare with to see if you are getting similar performance.
TB