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My Dell Inspiron 8200 does just fine in Windows XP performing MS Office productivity tasks, Adobe CS2 programs, websurfing, emails, etc.
Watching streaming video on Netflix and Youtube though can be choppy and out of sync, and listening to Pandora streaming music can also be choppy at times.
My biggest concern is pixel corruption on the screen during gameplay. While playing the original Diablo, the screen will sometimes become corrupted with brightly multi-colored patches of pixels in areas.
I've tried lowering the color quality from 32-bit to 16-bit but it doesn't help. The latest graphics drivers for the ATI card are installed (ver. 6.14.1.6292 issued 1/20/2003).
Here are the system specs:
Model: Dell Inspiron 8200
CPU: Mobile Intel Pentium 4-M 2.5 GHz
Memory: 2GB PC2100 RAM
Dedicated Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 64GB
Storage: 100GB Hitachi Hitachi GST Travelstar 7K100 7200RPM
Display: Ultrasharp UXGA
OS: Windows XP SP3
BIOS: A11.1
To enhance performance I've disabled Indexing in Windows, defrag weekly, clean up the registry and HDD free space weekly using CCleaner.
I also blow air through the vents and fans weekly (current temperature is 132 F. degrees (CPU) and 138 F. (GPU).
There is an older Dell display driver VBIOS Flash update (version 8.002.006.003,A01; file M9A018200.exe issued 11/22/2002) specifically for the UltraSharp IPS screens, but I attempted to run this once, it ran almost completely, then gave back an "ERROR 0FL01" before stopping unfinished. Since the current display driver installed is the newest (and final) update for the ATI card issued in 2003, I left well enough alone rather than risk damaging the graphics card.
The system works fine for my necessary tasks, but I sure would love to eliminate the streaming media and gaming glitches. Any suggestions?.
Watching streaming video on Netflix and Youtube though can be choppy and out of sync, and listening to Pandora streaming music can also be choppy at times.
My biggest concern is pixel corruption on the screen during gameplay. While playing the original Diablo, the screen will sometimes become corrupted with brightly multi-colored patches of pixels in areas.
I've tried lowering the color quality from 32-bit to 16-bit but it doesn't help. The latest graphics drivers for the ATI card are installed (ver. 6.14.1.6292 issued 1/20/2003).
Here are the system specs:
Model: Dell Inspiron 8200
CPU: Mobile Intel Pentium 4-M 2.5 GHz
Memory: 2GB PC2100 RAM
Dedicated Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 64GB
Storage: 100GB Hitachi Hitachi GST Travelstar 7K100 7200RPM
Display: Ultrasharp UXGA
OS: Windows XP SP3
BIOS: A11.1
To enhance performance I've disabled Indexing in Windows, defrag weekly, clean up the registry and HDD free space weekly using CCleaner.
I also blow air through the vents and fans weekly (current temperature is 132 F. degrees (CPU) and 138 F. (GPU).
There is an older Dell display driver VBIOS Flash update (version 8.002.006.003,A01; file M9A018200.exe issued 11/22/2002) specifically for the UltraSharp IPS screens, but I attempted to run this once, it ran almost completely, then gave back an "ERROR 0FL01" before stopping unfinished. Since the current display driver installed is the newest (and final) update for the ATI card issued in 2003, I left well enough alone rather than risk damaging the graphics card.
The system works fine for my necessary tasks, but I sure would love to eliminate the streaming media and gaming glitches. Any suggestions?.
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