E6410 Owner's Thread

Has anyone tried running any games on the Nvidia GPU vs the Intel GPU?

 

I've tried running Heroes of Newerth with the nVidia GPU. Worked without a hitch, but I don't think it's that gfx-intensive.

 

I have the E6400 with the Nvidia solution. This is Quadro NVS 160M, a very slow GPU in comparison of the the new E6410 solution. To locate you better, the Quadro NVS 160M is a Geforce 9400M, BUT has 256MB of dedicated memory instead of using the system RAM, so it's faster.
The Geforce 9400 is based on the G92 ship, is I find to be BEST GPU chip that Nvidia ever came out. Not only it's incredibly solid, but it's an amazing overclocker.

The following games I was able to play smoothly at medium-low settings (not overclocking my GPU):
- Half Life 2
- Half Life 2 Episode 1 & 2
- Portal
- Team Fortress 2
- Far Cry 2
- Street Fighter 4
- Monkey Island Special Edition (Some Intel solution has trouble with this game despite being 2D. I don't know about the latest Intel solution 4500X HD)
- Tales of Monkey Island 5 (all episodes)
- The Witcher (OC helps, but in this case, my CPU is too slow (P8400))
- WarCraft 3
- X-Plane

Games I had to overclock to get playable frame rates (see my OC guide on my signature for more information my own overclock):
- GTA 4 (this game is also CPU intensive)

That about all the games I tested.

The baove games should run much better thanks to your faster CPU and much faster GPU, allowing you to play this and next year games fine (well for a laptop).

 

Thanks for the link. It shows pretty clearly that the i7's indeed use more power. You're right that the fact that the gpu and cpu share a cooling system combined with the higher power consumption of the i7 would result in higher temps.

Had I seen this link previously, i may have considered the i5 e6410 instead. I'm still happy with my i7 though

As far as actual temperature values 85C at load is still well within spec. I think 50 degrees at idle is probably normal for the i7 with the nvidia graphics. My brother's mac book (also an Arrandale chip) reaches 100C at load!!

It would be nice if we could underclock the gpu since HWmonitor shows the GPU routinely runs hotter than the cpu at idle.

 

Thanks for the full reply

 

I don't know about the material of the E6410's case, Is it a aluminium case. And I don't the difference of the Latitude line (ex E64xx, E54xx, E55xx)
Can anyone let me know that ?
Thank you
Sorry for my English.

 

There are three digits to look at:

First digit (example: E6400 vs. E5400, or E6410 vs. E5410) regards the quality of the materials and the availability of advanced features like Intel vPro or the very best CPUs. Generally, the E5xxx are budget alternatives to the more expensive E6xxx.

Second digit (example: E6400 vs. E6500, or E6410 vs. E6510) regards the size. An Ex4xx is a 14-inch laptop, an Ex5xx is a 15-inch laptop, etc.

Third digit (example: E6410 vs. E6400, or E6510 vs. E6500) regards the version of the laptop. The first 14-inch Latitude in the new E series was the E6400. A newer version, the E6410, came out recently, with a better graphics card, better CPU, and faster RAM. Oh, and a multi-touch touchpad.

Regarding aluminum: the back of my E6400 is definitely metal and it is definitely hard to scratch. I'd be surprised if the E6410 is worse in this respect.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks for your info. All of E-family laptop came with the aluminum case or just want the E6410 ?
About the bottom of E6410, is it aluminum too ?

 

I think all of the E-family has an aluminum case EXCEPT the cheaper E5xxx models (not sure).

Also, my knowledge is regarding the E6400, but I'm pretty sure the E6410 is similar. On my E6400, both the back of the screen and the bottom of the laptop are aluminum. The palmrests and screen bezel are plastic, although it's pretty durable (no sweat marks or peeling ink after 1 year of daily usage).

 

Magnesium Alloy actually. As Dell doesn't specify the full alloy sequence, we can assume it's mainly magnesium and I suppose mixed with aluminum to make it light. Making the material heat conductive (as it's used as heatsink with the built-in heatsink), light yet solid (aluminum is easy to deform). But that is just my guess.