179 Posts

March 17th, 2004 18:00

Right now I just updated to the 56.64s ,these were just released,have not been able to test performance yet...as far as the the most trouble free stay with the 53.03s anything else above that causes the 8600 to be unable to come out of standby mode....some kind of bug in the drivers....congrats on the 8600 purchase I love mine,and have yet to find a game the 5650 will not play great...Here is a link to the drivers ...http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/

Specs 8600 1.7, 128Nvidia 5650FxGo, 768Mb 333DDr, 60GigHd, 15.4 WSXGA+,1300 Wireless, 4xDVDR+RW

Message Edited by warmonger on 03-17-2004 02:55 PM

Message Edited by warmonger on 03-17-2004 02:57 PM

9 Posts

March 17th, 2004 19:00

Have you had any problems with the 56.64's yet?  I have the FX Go5200 with the 45.81 drivers, should I upgrade?

179 Posts

March 17th, 2004 20:00

No problems so far other than the standby issue I will test game performance tonight and give an update.... also will run 3D mark 2001 and 2003 plus Aquamark 3......

179 Posts

March 17th, 2004 23:00

OK just completed the tests on the 56.64s,so far no problems at all system wise except for the standby issue. DVD playback is fine no issues at all ...Benchmarks are as follows:

3DMark2001- 9781

3DMark 2003- 2634

Aquamark03- 18594

Gameplay MaxPayne 2 1280x1024  smooth no slowdowns or problems of any kind......

Specs 8600 1.7, 128Nvidia 5650FxGo, 768MB 333DDR, 60Gig Hd, 15.4 WSXGA+, 1300 Wireless, 4xDVDR+RW 

95 Posts

March 20th, 2004 01:00

3D Mark 03

Settings: No Off AF Off High Performance VSync Off

No Overclocking
1281 3Dmarks on 45.86 with pieter's 20.19
1281 3Dmarks on 56.82 with pieter's 20.19 

Overclocked to 200/400

1305 3Dmarks on 56.82 with pieter's 20.19
1322 3Dmarks on 56.82 with sudlow's 5150inf (w/ Sideband Addressing)
1328 3Dmarks on 53.82 with sudlow's 5150inf (w/ Sideband Addressing)

Message Edited by citrixcl on 03-19-2004 09:49 PM

95 Posts

March 20th, 2004 01:00

The 56 series drivers have a increasingly larger downgrade in performance compared tot eh 53 series. The latest 53.82 has been tested to be the fastest driver for the inspiron 5150 and from the 54.01 and on the 3dmarks get lower and lower with the 56.86 being the worst and equivalent to the dell drivers for the 5150, 45.86 so if you want performance go to http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ and get the best 53 series driver.

Message Edited by citrixcl on 03-19-2004 09:48 PM

133 Posts

March 21st, 2004 16:00

yeah i have to agree with the 53 series drivers as being one of the best. i havent tested the the newest but the 53 series seems to be a very stable driver..  thanks,  steve
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