From: Dominic Payer on
Have you installed the drivers from
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=4063&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=sg&lang=en&product=3945147
?



On 07/01/2010 03:01, Quaoar wrote:
> On 1/5/2010 1:33 AM, Dominic Payer wrote:
>> The specs for the DV1400
>> http://www.reviewtime.co.uk/productview-769.html say it has Intel GMA900
>> graphics.
>>
>> The latest drivers for that are at
>> http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Graphics&ProductLine=Desktop+graphics+controllers&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+82915G%2f82910GL+Express+Chipset+Family
>>
>> There is not even a Vista driver for it.
>>
>>
>> On 05/01/2010 00:53, Quaoar wrote:
>>> Subject line says it all. General graphics performance index = 3.9.
>>> Gaming performance index = 5.9.
>>>
>>> This is an HP dv1400 notebook with 1GB VRAM nVidia card.
>>>
>>> Frankly, the video performance beats the socks off my other computers on
>>> Win7 and Vista.
>>>
>>> I'm simply confused with the ratings differences when Win7 should be
>>> using the nVidia card rather than the Intel graphics for any video and
>>> graphics applications.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Q
>
>
> See my previous post: this is a DV4T-1400 (my first error) with an Name
> NVIDIA GeForce G 105M with ==>512MB VRAM. Note that the BIOS setup has
> not options for much of anything.
>
> Now, see my previous question.
>
> Thanks for your interest.
>
> Q
>
>
>
From: Bobby Johnson on
You would really need to compare your rating with others having the same
or very similar notebooks. A single rating doesn't tell you anything
good or bad.


On 2010-01-06 22:01, Quaoar wrote:
> On 1/5/2010 1:33 AM, Dominic Payer wrote:
>> The specs for the DV1400
>> http://www.reviewtime.co.uk/productview-769.html say it has Intel GMA900
>> graphics.
>>
>> The latest drivers for that are at
>> http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Graphics&ProductLine=Desktop+graphics+controllers&ProductProduct=Intel%C2%AE+82915G%2f82910GL+Express+Chipset+Family
>>
>> There is not even a Vista driver for it.
>>
>>
>> On 05/01/2010 00:53, Quaoar wrote:
>>> Subject line says it all. General graphics performance index = 3.9.
>>> Gaming performance index = 5.9.
>>>
>>> This is an HP dv1400 notebook with 1GB VRAM nVidia card.
>>>
>>> Frankly, the video performance beats the socks off my other computers on
>>> Win7 and Vista.
>>>
>>> I'm simply confused with the ratings differences when Win7 should be
>>> using the nVidia card rather than the Intel graphics for any video and
>>> graphics applications.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Q
>
>
> See my previous post: this is a DV4T-1400 (my first error) with an Name
> NVIDIA GeForce G 105M with ==>512MB VRAM. Note that the BIOS setup has
> not options for much of anything.
>
> Now, see my previous question.
>
> Thanks for your interest.
>
> Q
>
>
>