winaje Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Hi all. I'm buying a Dell Precision M65 with the 512 mb Nvidia FX 350m. I have been told that this is a workstation style GPU, great for CAD etc, but not all that good for gaming... Does anyone have any experience with this GPU? Can the gaming performance be improved with other drivers? Someone mentioned "Omega Drivers" to me...? Finally, do you think that I have any chance of playing Oblivion with this GPU? 2.0 ghz Core 2 Duo 1 GB Ram TIA, Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice Roux Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 This Quadro uses the same core as GeForce 7300 and 7400... so the gaming performance will be really close to these. The main bottleneck will be RAM... 1Gb is what is recommended for XP... but your GPU will use a large chunk of the system RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winaje Posted September 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 This Quadro uses the same core as GeForce 7300 and 7400... so the gaming performance will be really close to these. The main bottleneck will be RAM... 1Gb is what is recommended for XP... but your GPU will use a large chunk of the system RAM. Ok, thanks. So by the sound of it an extra 1 gig of Ram should be on the shopping list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winaje Posted September 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Also, does anyone know if it's possible to change the GPU later on to a 1500 or 2500? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 A friend of mine has the same laptop as yours (only Core Duo, 2GB Ram...) and he says he can play Oblivion @ 1280*800 without any problems, so I think it isn't that terible... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilenvidia Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Also, does anyone know if it's possible to change the GPU later on to a 1500 or 2500?Thanks Only if the M65 is the same internally as the M90 Which they probably arn't. Don't expect mind boggeling performance, but it should do OK in most things. Get as much RAM as you can afford 2GB is really a must especially if Vista comes along. Not havint the fastest CPU is not as bad as having too little RAM often the biggest bottle neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice Roux Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Not havint the fastest CPU is not as bad as having too little RAM often the biggest bottle neck. Especially with games on large widescreens... the bottleneck is most of the time the GPU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winaje Posted September 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Especially with games on large widescreens... the bottleneck is most of the time the GPU. Thanks, do you reckon the 2 gig Core 2 Duo will be ok...? I'll find out in a week or 2 any, but just curious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lead_Factor Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 Yes..Very good actualy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winaje Posted September 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 Yes..Very good actualy. Ok, thanks for the replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dove Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 A friend of mine has the same laptop as yours (only Core Duo, 2GB Ram...) and he says he can play Oblivion @ 1280*800 without any problems, so I think it isn't that terible... :) I have the Dell Precision M65 Core Duo with 2GB Ram and it will not run Oblivion at all. How did you friend get it to work. Mine crashes all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lead_Factor Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Its def. not a hardware problem since Oblivion runs fine on my laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winaje Posted October 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 (edited) I have the Dell Precision M65 Core Duo with 2GB Ram and it will not run Oblivion at all. How did you friend get it to work. Mine crashes all the time. I have got the machine now, and it runs in 720x480 widescreen really smoothly. Have you updated your drivers? The LV2Go recommended one is v84.69 from the Dell. What GPU do you have, and at what resolution? Will Edited October 11, 2006 by ®®® Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 He runs Oblivion at 1280x800 quite good, I didn't see him playing it... I think he set everything on low or something... I will aks him today :) I didn't play Oblivion (it doesn't intereset me... :P ) but I think it would run on my GeForce Go7600 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Its def. not a hardware problem since Oblivion runs fine on my laptop. Yeah, I updated my driver like you said and oblivion still crashes. I thinking it is just the Quadro FX 350M video card that is in the Precision M65. Here are some specs on my laptop, tell me what you think. System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Precision M65 BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A02 Processor: Genuine Intel® CPU T2600 @ 2.16GHz (2 CPUs) Memory: 2046MB RAM Page File: 479MB used, 3458MB available DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) Card name: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: Quadro FX 350M DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Display Memory: 512.0 MB Current Mode: 1400 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice Roux Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Oblivion crashing can come from a bad saved game, bad settings (don't edit them if you have no clue of what you are doing) and buggy MODs. I had to take down a couple of MODs that would crash Oblivion randomnly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 I have the Dell Precision M65 Core Duo with 2GB Ram and it will not run Oblivion at all. How did you friend get it to work. Mine crashes all the time.I am the friend of Jeroen. And I have a Dell Precision M65 with 2 GB Ram and Quadro MX 350 of 256 MB. With my laptop can I game Oblivion with 1280*800. But it isn't fast, but I have not problems with the gamespeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lead_Factor Posted October 7, 2006 Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 (edited) Try using 84.25, AKA Oblivion Driver. Edited October 7, 2006 by The_Lead_Factor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babut Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 I also have a M65 with a 2.16 Core 2duo, 2gb ram, and quadro FX 350M. I cannot run ghost recon properly. I have to drop down to 800x600. please help me out. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazzeh Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Babut hope you had some luck with getting your games working, 800x600 seems very low did you try running windowed mode? The graphics are not the most powerful and best i could compare to on the desktop is a Radeon 9800, however the core duo cpu power can really help boost fps in some games. I thought i would update this thread with a little info about the drivers i tested to get HL2/CS:Source working. Dell 84.69 - worked fine but had to replace because of annoying standby issues Nvidia 91.36 - bsod when loading drivers so avoided LV2G 84.98 - bsod on boot had to use safe mode to rescue system LV2G 97.02 - loaded fine but HL2 crashed immediately on startup LV2G 93.71 - works fine so far with HL2 and CS:Source i cant remember what resolution works best for CS:S but at 1920x1600 with full detail and HDR it looks lush, just dont expect to actually play the game :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrice Roux Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Did you used the official 84.69 driver from Dell or the one with modded INF file? The official driver supports your GPU and should behave as advertized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazzeh Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 yes i was using the official dell drivers but they have an issue where the screen flickers on/off when coming out of standby also last night i was playing CS:Source with medium detail setting at 1400x1050 with an average of 40-60fps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
®®® Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 screen flickers on/off when coming out of standbyThis is by design and no bug as the drivers tests for attached devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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