P35W V3 and P35X V3

I don't think gaming at high setting looks distinctively worse than gaming at ultra setting on a 15" screen, so instead of pushing the limit, just dial down a little and much better thermal and noise performance.

Regards.

 

1080p resolution running on a 4K screen equates to 4 pixels for each image pixel, not 2.

 

I'm sure he meant 2 wide x 2 tall per each pixel

 

Does anyone know the difference in power usage between 1080p and 4k?

 

Sorry for bugging you, but is it wise to customise these models instead of buying the laptop with the default specs? I thought it would be high specs even as default, plus it seems more expensive if you start customising such models.

 

At least at xotic, the cf2, the lowest model you can get, is only 50 less than the cf4 if you get the exact same specs. Of course, the cf4 has a 3k screen, so it's really a great value to get the cf4 vs the cf2.

However, the cf2 is like $300 cheaper than the cf4, so if you don't care about 8 more gigs of ram and an extra 128 gb of ssd storage, it is significantly cheaper.

Edit

Well I reconfigured and now its $150 cheaper... maybe its the Halloween sale, but I distinctly remember it being less of a difference before. Anyway, now the cf2 model is very tempting, espespecially for cash straved people like me.

 

So aside from being thinner and lighter, what else would make the P35W V3 a better choice than the Clevo P650SE? I'm trying to find a reason to justify the extra cost. Anyone know if the V2's speakers were any good?

 

Matte screen
6gb 970m
Can fit a 980m
More storage options

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Don't know about speaker, but you can pull the ODD out of P35 and put in another HDD/SSD while using the laptop.

Regards.

 

Lets not forget it has a much better battery vs the crap one the clevo engineers thought would be hilarious to troll their fellow tech fanatics with. Might also have a better power supply to support things vs an underpowered ( but I need to reclarify)

 

More temperature readings from that guy who tested Battlefield 4 in the video:

 

*total noob* Are these temperature normal or too hot? The 51°C - 91°C window for the CPU seems huge.

 

I've never had CPU/GPU exceeding 75°C, but then I never had a laptop with such beastly specs. Those temperatures seems reasonable.

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"Hi Cakefish,

Our warranty is global, so customer can use warranty in countries other than the original purchase country.

Please pass information on.

Thanks,

GigabyteUk NB Team"

Not ideal. However, Battlefield 4 is notoriously CPU intensive. This is likely a worst case scenario.

I do not own the game, so can't compare to my current Clevo, but I know Haswell CPUs typically run hot in these kinds of games in most notebooks out there.

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You don't know the ambient temps, so it's hard to tell.
Also, the CPU is allowed to get up to 100 degrees celcius, according to Intel spec: ARK | Intel® Core™ i7-4860HQ Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.60 GHz)

Maybe replacing the factory thermal compound with Artic Silver will also get you some extra headroom.

 

Who do you think has good shipping options to mid-east countries ? I am out of the US for the next month and want to consider shipping this beast overseas.

Any recommendations from experience are most welcome.

 

Turkey maybe?

Else, go for germany. Check XMG out

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So XMG are selling Gigabyte laptops?

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Yes the core series, c404 (14") and c504 (15"). But it's the old gigabyte serie with th 8xx nvidia card. For now we must wait for a refrssh with the new cards.
For more see here: mySN.de | SCHENKER XMG | Schenker Technologies

Additional:
I have asked schenker, for bios restrictions. There are no restrictions, you can change the wifi card if you want. So you can buy it with out a wifi card and buy your own . Because i hate intel cards.

 

They are, at least in the UK the C504 and C404 lines are P35 and P34 based. However I asked when they might have the v3 (i.e. 970M/980M) lines in stock and the best date they can give me is before Christmas:
New! XMG C504 Core Gaming Laptop - Official thread - Page 2.

If they get something up before the end of the month and it comes out okay in cost, then I'll probably go with them...

 

All your questions shall be answered tomorrow. I expect delivery Tuesday afternoon. Woop woop woop woop woop!

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Which laptop did you preorder? Also, do you plan on doing a review?

 

This will be good!:thumbsup: Damn this has been a long time wait! Hope the first thing you doo is to check for keyboard flex, and take of the back to see if there are really any changes to the heatsink, heatpipes, fans! If you make a youtube review, you will get over 100.000 views in 3 months

 

Can't wait since your review will most likely make or break my decision on either keeping my GS70 pre-order or cancelling to get the P35W or P35X instead. So don't FAIL us! JK :thumbsup:

 

Please comment on the keyboard flex, cakefish. That's my biggest consternation. Thanks.

 

P35X v3 (980M yay!)

Certainly can do. I plan to write a full review. And eventually do a video review, though that will take longer as I am completely inexperienced with video editing and have many uni lectures/coursework this week. Probably will have to wait for the weekend for that.

Written review can definitely be done tomorrow though

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U r the best

 

Is it possible to ask the guy who posted the BF4 videos to check for keyboard flex? Hopefully he can comment on it...

 

ZOMG! That is awesome

This thread is my homepage

 

+1 , mine as well lol

<s> CakeFish you got the 3k screen right? </s> N/m saw your sig, NOW I"M PUMPED

 

This guy also responded to another comment indicating he wasn't even using a laptop cooler, either. Sounds promising, as it will be running lower temps with a good quality cooler and max internal fan setting.

 

Also he's in Asia so high ambient temps - maybe? Higher than the UK for sure!

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Considering his name on YouTube, he must be korean, and these last days it's not very warm : )

 

Looked at the weather forecast for Seoul. It's still cooler here in Britain! Tomorrow's forecast: 17°C for Seoul, 11°C for Plymouth (my hometown in Somerset will be even cooler at 9°C forecast!).

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Yes but the weather outdoors has nothing to do with the temperatures of the notepad, unless it's summer time and there is no AC in the room.
So you won't get colder temperatures unless you are both gaming outdoors, which is extremely unlikely : )

 

Kickin' it in da parks with ma P35X V3, yo!

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Any good (future) resellers of this laptop you can recommend who are stationed in/are shipping to Holland?

I know Schenker ships to Holland for 35 euros, but it wont have the v3 till near christmas ._.

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OCUK ships to NL, I don't see the problem.

 

Spoiler

 

When it gets colder outside, the Air Humidity goes down, result is better cooling

 

Need to start a fan club with that picture and add me to it!

 

Pound Sterlings are expensive ;_;
Also, i dont need it shipped with os and those crappy small msata drives. Need it without storage installed, shaving off a few hundred euros.

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I've been looking around for information on the battery, which isn't defined too well. It's a Li-Poly 2 cell, which may or may not be a good thing considering that most gaming laptop batteries are 6 or 8 cell. I hoping to see some battery life stats before I commit to this laptop. While the case appears to be a bit lower quality than MSI and ASUS, the hardware inside this laptop almost seem too good to be true. It seems likely that someone will be doing an in depth review of one of the CFx within a week or so.

 

I see it listed as a 75.81WHr battery which is enormous for such a laptop. Should easily get 6-8 hours surfing.

 

surely a review soon ;/

 

Yup tomorrow

 

Thanks for the info. I was going to get a MSI GS60, but I was hoping to get a laptop with 15" IPS and a 980m. Once I found this Gigabyte, it almost seemed too good to be true. I just hope that it doesn't run overly hot. Thanks again.

 

I realize this has been asked like 20 times already, but I never saw a definitive answer. Are the gpus mxm or soldered? I heard that the 6 and 8 gb gpus were mxm only, but I'm not sure if that'd true.

 

This is the only thing holding me back from preordering the P650SE/SG.

How much time will you need to test its battery life?

 

Soldered. Not true about vRAM size. No way to fit MXM in a 0.8" thick chassis.

Pressure's on you, Cakefish! Hopefully it's not too good to be true and they fixed the keyboard and it doesn't overheat like crazy. This is the laptop I want. $2k is a steep price, but worth it if it's overall a solid machine with no game breaking flaws.