Does anyone have a link to a GMAbooster download

[DivideBYZero]

That isn't hosted at f'ing 'uploading.com', because if I never see that horse crap site again it will be too soon.

Thanks!

 

[MustISO]

http://majorgeeks.com/GMABooster_d5963.html

 

[IlllI]

lol whats wrong with it? its like other sites such as megaupload etc

 

[Zap]

Wow, intersting little program. Recently I had to live with my MSI Wind as my only computer for a week and while I was pretty happy with it, it left me wanting a bit more juice. I think I should finally do a couple things that I've been thinking of, which is to upgrade the BIOS (which officially adds overclocking the Atom CPU to 2GHz), double the RAM (which will void the warranty) and now add overclocking the GPU to the mix. Oh yeah!

 

[IlllI]

hah zap you told me you'd never oc that thing

 

[PingSpike]

Hey Zap, if you have time and availability of resources...would it be possible for you to run some old (or older) gaming benchmarks on your overclocked wind? There isn't a lot of information out there on the GMA950 performance with older titles or netbooks either that I could find. I'm sort of wondering how things like quake, UT or Thief and SS2 run on it.

It is kind of a pain in the ass to do that though from experience.

 

[mbeleni]

http://www.gmabooster.com/ is the website

I only found out about this after I sent my 1000HE in for RMA, but I'm definitely trying it out as soon as it comes back from the manufacturer. This little program works with the GMA950 that's in there, it's not much but at least it'll be all it can be.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: IlllI
hah zap you told me you'd never oc that thing

Did I?

Well, after living with the Wind as my sole computer for a week-long vacation recently, I decided I needed a bit more oomph because some HD content wouldn't play (100% CPU usage, dropped frames, video/audio out of sync). Don't know if even the full 2GHz overclock will help, but I'm going to try.

PingSpike, stock the Wind can barely run WoW. Supposedly it becomes pretty acceptable for WoW after the GMAbooster, 2GHz overclock and doubling the RAM.

I know that the normal Intel GMA950 (desktop 400MHz graphics core) can run Quake 3 just fine at lower resolutions, maybe with some stuff turned down. Older Intel graphics had a tough time with some Quake 3 engine games. I remember someone that I used to LAN with having an old Dell that might have been using an Intel 865G chipset and Wolfenstein Enemy Territory was barely playable, and in the one level where it was raining (radar?) it was unplayable.

Only things I've played on it so far has been WoW (just to test it), Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and Starcraft/BroodWar.

 

[IlllI]

zap, i'm crushed! how could you not remember our conversations
lol this was maybe 5 months or more ago. you said something about it would cut the battery life etc
but see, i knew you would come around to the dark side eventually

they always do

edit: 10/24/2008 07:30 PM to be exact. but ok, you get a pass this time b/c i forgot i changed my name since then Text lol

 

[Zap]

LOL! So many forum members, so few brain cells...

I just updated the BIOS this morning and here are my (initial) thoughts:

It does NOT cut battery life. The reason is that when on battery it does NOT overclock. It will only overclock when on AC power.

When overclocked, I seem to be able to play HD (720p) content fine that did not seem playable before. Then again, not much use when I'm on an airplane with the Wind running off batteries. Hmmm, the other thing is that more recent BIOSes (1.08+ ???) boosted overall system performance by 4-6% even without overclocking, so maybe...

In doing some research, most stock Winds can overclock the maximum 24%. People usually start having problems when they upgrade their RAM. The reason is that the Wind BIOS locks the RAM multiplier and latency settings. Stock speed RAM runs at 533MHz CAS 4 1.8v. Overclocked RAM runs at around 660MHz CAS 4 1.8v. This means you basically have to use DDR2-667 CAS4 RAM, which is a rare beast. Some people have found that their maximum overclock drops to a lower setting (15% or even less) when having extra RAM in there. So far I've found very few offerings that can hit those speeds without overclocking.

single 1GB chip G.Skill F2-5300CL4S-1GBSA $17 +ship but out of stock

two 1GB chip Kingston KHX5300S2LLK2/2G $37 +ship in stock (when adding to cart says $31 promo price)

The Kingston actually kind of works for me because my wife has a Wind as well (if I feel like voiding warranty on both). At $31 with free standard shipping, I'm placing an order right now. BRB...

Okay, I'm back. WTH! Kingston doesn't accept Discover Card? So much for getting 31¢ cashback for my purchase.

My next purchase for the Wind will probably be a larger/faster HDD. If the Hitachi 320GB 7200RPM deal comes back at $50, I'll get that. Otherwise I'm thinking of the Seagate 7200.4 320GB at around $80. The 7200.4 uses the highest platter density in 2.5" drives of 250GB. At 320GB it should be 3 head two platters. Normally that would make it 375GB, so it is probably short-stroked to reduce capacity to 320GB. At least, that's what I'm hoping. That would probably make it the fastest 2.5" mechanical HDD on the market right now.

Sheesh, with these upgrades and if gaming (with overclock/GMAbooster) works out, I may no longer need my other notebook (15.4", 4GB, Vista64, 250GB, Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB GDDR3).

Alright, WoW is updated. Time for some benchmarks!

WoW in-game settings
1024x600 24-bit
effects all set to LOW and all options unchecked

MSI Wind completely stock with 1GB RAM, latest 1.0B BIOS.

WTF!?!? I just downloaded GMAbooster and tested it earlier before updating WoW, and now it says "outdated, please download new version."

Fark. :disgust:

Once I get a new version, I'll come back with benchmarks.

 

[Zap]

I'm creating a new post instead of editing my former one because these posts are epic in length and it may be of interest to others separate from this thread.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=51&threadid=2305366