Gateway FX laptop Series Thread *mods and upgrades*

[johnksss]

Originally Posted by lvthn

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819111001

Thinking of buying this to upgrade my FX laptop. Is there a better choice? I game this puppy like mad, so second best is...not gonna cut it! Recommendations?

that or an x7800/x7900 which is also coming in near that price.

[sdt13]

I am in the market for a new laptop and I really like the Gateway FX series. However, they do not seem to be customizable and they do not come with 64 bit vista, is that an option? It seems odd that some of them come with 4GB of ram with only 32bit.

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by sdt13

I am in the market for a new laptop and I really like the Gateway FX series. However, they do not seem to be customizable and they do not come with 64 bit vista, is that an option? It seems odd that some of them come with 4GB of ram with only 32bit.

I think the new one with 4gb of ram has 64bit vista. The old one with 3 had 32bit.

[mnishimura00]

mine has 64 bit vista.

[sdt13]

http://www.gateway.com/systems/serie...mpid=ms_gaming

Not according to here. I guess my two main questions are :

- Is it possible to customize them?
- Is Vista 64 Bit an option?

[Xecuter2]

Originally Posted by sdt13

http://www.gateway.com/systems/serie...mpid=ms_gaming

Not according to here. I guess my two main questions are :

- Is it possible to customize them?
- Is Vista 64 Bit an option?

Completely different models.. These are best buy exclusives... 4gb version has 64bit vista on it and 3gb has 32 bit. In any case, 64bit runs flawless on both. I bought the 6831fx with 3gb and the t5450 and added what you see in my sig.

[sdt13]

Originally Posted by Xecuter2

Completely different models.. These are best buy exclusives... 4gb version has 64bit vista on it and 3gb has 32 bit. In any case, 64bit runs flawless on both. I bought the 6831fx with 3gb and the t5450 and added what you see in my sig.

I feel really stupid right now as these are the only ones i can seem to find on the website. Could you direct me to the correct location? Thanks.

[Xecuter2]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1204332501169

This has replaced the 6831fx that was previously sold.

[Emmanuel]

For anyone who's interrested, I got tired of those lame BETA drivers from laptopvideo2go, I just took the latest WHQL driver from nVidia dating from May 16th, edited the .inf and there, you have a nice working driver with no powermizer issues. The so called optimized drivers were giving me issues in Crysis Sandbox2 editor where the driver would lock up and sometimes recover, or else would force me to restart the machine, so I'll rather use official nVidia drivers. Enjoy!
PS: extract the zip file before running the setup.

[cometman]

For anyone who's interrested, I got tired of those lame BETA drivers from laptopvideo2go, I just took the latest WHQL driver from nVidia dating from May 16th, edited the .inf and there, you have a nice working driver with no powermizer issues. The so called optimized drivers were giving me issues in Crysis Sandbox2 editor where the driver would lock up and sometimes recover, or else would force me to restart the machine, so I'll rather use official nVidia drivers. Enjoy!

so is this meant for 32 or 64 bit vista or both? is the modded inf already in there?