Best way to accelerate graphics display performance on T60p?

[dr_st]

Thank you for nitpicking.

[nandaiyo]

Not sure if it's the flash update, but here are my results:

FPS Low: 32
FPS High: 39

T60p, T7600 CPU, ATI 5200, Win7 ultimate 64-bit, 4GB Ram (3GB Usable), 14.1" SXGA+ 1400x1050, Flash ver 11.3.300.262.

[ScottWitte]

Quick update: I replaced my T7600 CPU with an overclockable T7600G. At first I got it to run stable at 17x clock multiplier vs the 14x standard for the T7600. Later that locked up and I had to fall back to 16x. Others claim to run stable at 18x so I need to figure out what I am doing wrong. Also upgraded the cooling system using most of the tricks suggested on the forum but it still gets wicked hot (90°+) so more work needed there.

Results: At 17x I got a solid 30+ fps in my test with my screen resolution of 1600x1200. At 16x I'm getting 28-30 fps. So, overall performance is as expected and just sufficient for what I needed, especially since I usually end up presenting on a HD TV monitor which forces my resolution to something like 1400x1050 and performance is much better at that lower resolution as we have seen earlier in this thread.

[dr_st]

Quick update: I replaced my T7600 CPU with an overclockable T7600G. At first I got it to run stable at 17x clock multiplier vs the 14x standard for the T7600. Later that locked up and I had to fall back to 16x. Others claim to run stable at 18x so I need to figure out what I am doing wrong.

It's possible that you're not doing anything wrong. Different units may have different overclocking potentials.

[ScottWitte]

It's possible that you're not doing anything wrong. Different units may have different overclocking potentials.

Drat. You are right, of course.

I will take solace that with the changes I made I doubled my T60p Flash Graphics performance. It is now fast enough for my current purposes. Much thanks to all the forum members who shared their wisdom and guidance.

Scott

[Kasm279]

The T2500 is Core Duo with 2MB L2 cache, the T7200 is Core 2 Duo with 4MB L2 cache.
Some graphics performance could improve by about 10-15% (e.g. rendering 3D), but in the end it's all relative.
If OP wants to squeeze the last drop out of the CPU, he stands a better chance with C2D.
See also this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2056/1

Don't forget that the Core 2 line are 64-bit, while the Core line are only 32-bit. Then again, you should stick with 32-bit windows since you can't use more than 4GB of RAM anyway thanks to the chipset.

[Kasm279]

My machine fits the bill: T7200, V5200 GPU, 3GB RAM, Windows 7-64, Catalyst 10.2. I averaged 19-20 FPS, occasionally getting as high as 21 or as low as 14.

Edit: I should have added that these results were obtained with the laptop docked and displaying to an external UXGA monitor. Presumably the results would be better if I displayed to the laptop's UXGA screen.

My results are identical, with the 19-20FPS average. However, my machine has a T2500 (Core Duo @ 2.0GHz,) 2GB of RAM and an SXGA+ screen, but is otherwise the same. Also, according to Process Explorer, opera's plugin wrapper IS using some GPU http://prntscr.com/e5918/direct Perhaps those with integrated graphics could test this as well?