• LAPTOP HELP
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Hi guys, I'm getting a laptop from Xoticpc soon, and I have a few options. I need this laptop for school, and it should have decent battery life (At least 3.5 hours) and not be bone-crushingly heavy. It should also be able to play games at high to max settings, and the screen should be matte, but glare is fine if it's too expensive. My budget is $1000, but I can go over by about $100. There should be no "throttling" as well, which limits the potential of the CPU. I've settled on these: [url]http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np6110-clevo-w110er-p-4343.html?wconfigure=yes[/url] (W110ER) [url]http://www.xoticpc.com/alienware-m14x-limited-availability-p-4615.html?wconfigure=yes[/url] (M14X) [url]http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np9150-clevo-p150em-p-4341.html?wconfigure=yes[/url] (P150EM) [url]http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np9130-gaming-laptop-clevo-p151em1-eta-125-p-4340.html?wconfigure=yes[/url] (P151EM1) Which one is the best for the things I mentioned, and thanks in advance!
3.5 hours battery life and games on high doesnt exist. Also every cpu can throttle, its to save power or prevent overheating.
If you want games on High-Max, you need at least the 670MX in the P150EM. The GPU in the W110ER and m14x is NOT fast enough to max games, I have a W150ER and it can run any game at 1080p, but some games like BL2 you need to drop the settings to low-medium. And getting 3.5 hours out of any of those laptops is probably not going to happen. On my W150ER with an i5 I get just under 3 hours, something with a better CPU/GPU will no doubt have less unless the battery is bigger. And in terms of weight, something with a beefy GPU and beefy CPU is going to need a beefy cooling solution and it's going to be heavy. You're either going to have to drop your performance expectations and go for a W1xxER, or live with a heavier machine with less battery. [editline]1st February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=taipan;39435078]3.5 hours battery life and games on high doesnt exist. Also every CPU can throttle, its to save power or prevent overheating.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure he means that the cooling solution should be capable of running the processor at max load without throttling.
What I mean is 3.5 hours on optimus and browsing the web. I also want high to maxed out on 1600x900 for the 1080p laptops and 1366x768 for the other laptops. I also mean throttling when the discrete gpu is enabled. Hope that clears that up.
[QUOTE=taipan;39435078]3.5 hours battery life and games on high doesnt exist. Also every cpu can throttle, its to save power or prevent overheating.[/QUOTE] Well, GTS 650M is decent for gaming - and that is what they put in the 15" MacBook and it lasts for 8 hours I believe.
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39436182]Well, GTS 650M is decent for gaming - and that is what they put in the 15" MacBook and it lasts for 8 hours I believe.[/QUOTE] I [I]have[/I] a Clevo W150ER with the 650M and I can tell you it [I]will not[/I] last for 8 hours no matter what you do, even with Optimus turning the GPU off. As for throttling, any Clevo with a single shared fan system (W1xx, the successors also) all remove turbo boost when the GPU is active, however you can use throttlestop to get around that limitation (I use it and it works fine, temps can go upto 80-90c on the CPU though. However any Dual-Fan Clevo (with separate CPU and GPU fans) doesn't throttle anything by default. And you won't be able to max everything even at 1366x768 on the 650M, it's simply not good enough even when overclocked.
[QUOTE=rhx123;39437310]I [I]have[/I] a Clevo W150ER with the 650M and I can tell you it [I]will not[/I] last for 8 hours no matter what you do, even with Optimus turning the GPU off. As for throttling, any Clevo with a single shared fan system (W1xx, the successors also) all remove turbo boost when the GPU is active, however you can use throttlestop to get around that limitation (I use it and it works fine, temps can go upto 80-90c on the CPU though. However any Dual-Fan Clevo (with separate CPU and GPU fans) doesn't throttle anything by default. And you won't be able to max everything even at 1366x768 on the 650M, it's simply not good enough even when overclocked.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Killervalon;39436182]Well, GTS 650M is decent for gaming - and that is what they put in the [B][I][U]15" MacBook[/U][/I][/B] and it lasts for 8 hours I believe.[/QUOTE] Also, I see they're only 7 hours now.
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39436182]Well, GTS 650M is decent for gaming - and that is what they put in the 15" MacBook and it lasts for 8 hours I believe.[/QUOTE] PCSpecialist plonked the GT650m inside an 11.6in laptop actually, and I wonder if Xotic has an 11.6in laptop with such a GPU. [editline]1st February 2013[/editline] $1106 with the Sager NP6110 configuration with a matte display, i5 3210m with probably better cooling along with 8GB RAM.
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39437750]Also, I see they're only 7 hours now.[/QUOTE] Well I know you said macbook, but the OP is not considering purchasing one and I didn't want OP to assume that because it was in the macbook that it would translate to Clevos. [editline]1st February 2013[/editline] Your post implied that because it gets 8(7) hours in the MacBook it would be the same in the Clevo.
Guys I'm not asking for 8 hours, just at least 2.5 hours, preferably 3.
[QUOTE=Smartuy;39447958]Guys I'm not asking for 8 hours, just at least 2.5 hours, preferably 3.[/QUOTE] Well at W150ER with i5-3210m and 650M can certainly last 2.5 hours.
I know it doesn't have to be a MacBook, it's just "it's probaly not going to happen" isn't really valid...
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39449673]I know it doesn't have to be a MacBook, it's just "it's probaly not going to happen" isn't really valid...[/QUOTE] Who are you talking to?
[QUOTE=rhx123;39449720]Who are you talking to?[/QUOTE] you
Saw a review on the p150em, and it lasts about 4 hours on web browsing becasue of its 8-cell battery. The review is located here: [url]http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Schenker-XMG-P502-PRO-Clevo-P150EM-Notebook.72895.0.html[/url]
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