Gateway FX laptop Series Thread *mods and upgrades*

[Xecuter2]

It probably is working but 8500 is a very low end card. The lappy will run circles around it If you upgrade the cpu you can play crysis on high

[shifty22123]

yeah...I'm busy playing crysis on high very smoothly. As for the 8500's...I haven't seen a SLI setup without using the SLI bridge, so I don't know if it's working right. But like said above, your laptop has far more graphics power

[Rampage]

I have a couple questions. I have upgraded the CPU to a T9300, 3gb of ram to 4gb, and installed a second matching WD HD for raid 0. I ordered a 64bit version of Vista and it will be here tomorrow. I want to download all the drivers today, but when I was looking over all the drivers on Gateway's website, I noticed most of them don't have a 64bit version listed. Do I install the 32bit versions or go elsewhere for the 64bit? Thanks

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by Rampage

I have a couple questions. I have upgraded the CPU to a T9300, 3gb of ram to 4gb, and installed a second matching WD HD for raid 0. I ordered a 64bit version of Vista and it will be here tomorrow. I want to download all the drivers today, but when I was looking over all the drivers on Gateway's website, I noticed most of them don't have a 64bit version listed. Do I install the 32bit versions or go elsewhere for the 64bit? Thanks

About 95% of all the drivers would be installed automatically with the installation or with the windows update. Only drivers I had to install outside of that was the video driver which I prefer getting from laptopvideo2go instead of windows update.

Let me know how it goes and if you need any help

[dasparx]

Originally Posted by shifty22123

. As for the 8500's...I haven't seen a SLI setup without using the SLI bridge, so I don't know if it's working right.

I can confirm this works like this for 8500's(i have had them). They only support software SLi so no SLi bridge between the cards.

[FallenFaux]

Just got one of these laptops from Gatway + a few modifications. I'll get a 3DMark06 score as soon as I run it.

[liqwidstyx]

ok im talking to a sales rep and trying to get the p 171xfx for 1800$+tax,s&h. its lists at 1999 what do yall think

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529667906.php

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by liqwidstyx

ok im talking to a sales rep and trying to get the p 171xfx for 1800$+tax,s&h. its lists at 1999 what do yall think

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529667906.php

A discount never hurts

[cometman]

what cooling pad would be the best for this laptop? i know theres a cooling fan on the back of both left and right side. anyone know a cooling pad w/ fans that are spaced out as far as the fans on the laptop to give it the best cooling?

[shifty22123]

I ordered me a Zalman cooling pad of newegg but ended up being too small for it. Any cooling pad for a 17" should be fine though as the air that gets blown out flows towards the fans and also cools other parts of the laptop