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(More customer reviews)Ok, first let me start by saying that in the past I would never have considered purchasing a Gateway. I had always thought of them as the Packard Bell of today (although Packard Bell still operates very successfully in Europe). Anyway, I found a refurb for this laptop on the cheap on Ebay and decided to take a chance. I was VERY impressed with it's performance and battery life and I added a SSD hard drive for the OS to further boost performance. The laptop also qualified for the free Windows 7 upgrade from Gateway and runs wonderfully on this machine.
It wasn't without a bit of pain however, as it came with some odd graphics problems. It would seem to randomly freeze and create odd distortions on the screen at times, although it would run high-end games such as Crysis just fine. The lock ups would tend to happen when it was doing something simple such as watching a clip on Youtube or typing up a document. This began to happen LOTS during the course of a day and I was starting to get really upset about it. After weeks of searching and driver updates I finally found a post on [...] about this issue, and as it turns out the problem is being caused by an issue in the video card when it tries to go into a low-power state when you aren't taxing it with a game or some other high-end function. This is when the freezes would occur. The fix is to visit [...] and download the desktop version of the drive in addition to a modified .inf file. After installing these you go into the nVidia Control Panel, then into the 3D Settings and under the Global setting change "Power management mode" to "prefer maximum performance". Additionally, I went back into the Program Settings tab and changed the same setting for each program listed, as I did occaisionally still have a problem with it feezing up once in a while. Since that time I have not experienced a single freeze or crash and I still can get a bit over 3 hours of battery life out of it.
Of course right after I get this fixed Gateway releases the new version of this laptop with the 260 graphics card, but as this laptop runs Crysis just fine I think I will be ok!
If Amazon bleeps the links above please just search Google for "9800M GTS gpu instability in gateway p-7805u fx laptop" and it should be the top result.
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# Built-in multimedia buttonsLets you quickly control your music and movies. Integrated 10-key number pad for easier computing.# Built-in 1.3-megapixel webcamMakes it easy to chat with and send video mail to family and friends. Capture still photos and video clips.# 5-in-1 media readerSupports Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD-Picture Card formats.# IEEE 1394 FireWire port and 3 USB 2.0 portsFor fast digital video, audio and data transfer.# Built-in 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector and V.92 high-speed modemFor flexible wired Web connectivity options.# Weighs 9.1 lbs. and measures 1.7" thinFor portable power.# Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 64-bit operating systemWith Service Pack 1 (SP1) preinstalled provides a stable computing platform# Software package includedWith Microsoft Works 9.0, Essentials; Adobe Reader 9.0; Cyberlink Power2Go, LabelPrint and more included. 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 included.
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