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- Across multiple laptops
- Between host o.s. and guest o.s. on the same physical machine
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10 seconds of video produced RAW for my commercial work can take up as much as 4 GBSpartan@HIDevolution and jaug1337 like this. -
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The excitement builds up as the tracking game continues lol
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Still didn't sell my P870DM3 though -
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I'll be keeping an eye on the Linux talk in here since you will likely get yours before me. I prefer to use Linux and FreeBSD on bare metal so I hope compatibility is pretty good out of the box.
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Cool, interested in hearing your results. I'm probly gonna just use Ubuntu because years ago I got tired of distro hopping and it's easy for me to setup everything, but otherwise I like Arch a lot.
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I keep meaning to try Ubuntu on my backup Tornado F5.
I was actually doing 90% of my work in Linux up until getting my current project back in August. While the project primarily uses Java / Python / Node / MySQL which is easy to setup in Linux, I have to use an l2tp/ipsec vpn to connect to the deployed stacks. The vpn client packages have undergone some major changes from Ubuntu 16.04 Ubuntu 14.04, so I was having issues getting a stable connection. After spending 20-30 hours on it I just had to give up.
However, it would be great to try 16.10, and get my work projects back on Linux again if possible!Spartan@HIDevolution likes this. -
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i_pk_pjers_i Even the ppl who never frown eventually break down
I'm honestly pretty excited to see what temps you get idle, in stress tests, games, etc since you take your temps more seriously than most people.
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Yeah I am looking forward to Phoenix's testing and bench marking as well !
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Laptop received. I am setting it up but man~ The build quality is night and day better than the Clevos, all magnesium metallic
The keyboard...........oh the keyboard...I feel like I'm heaven typing on this thing
I got a free MSI Back back in the box, that was a nice surprise also!
I also got 2 USB Flash Disks, one with the Windows 10 Clean Install ISO and another one for the ICC Profile of my calibrated screen
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Clevos feels.... cheap.ssj92 and Spartan@HIDevolution like this. -
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I was able to get UbuntuGNOME 16.10 booting on my backup Tornado F5 (6700K / GTX 1070).
Modesetting was working with Nouveau under kernel 4.8, but the mouse cursor has some glitches which makes usage a little complicated. After installation, and a couple rounds of updates, I was able to get nvidia-375 working (you have to install the xserver-xorg-legacy package to get around some gnome-shell segfaults). Brightness controls didn't work. I may try and grab the phoronix test suite and see where it stands in terms of performance. I also want to try my Thunderbolt 3 dock and see how well it works if at all.
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Although to be fair , Clevo's highest end systems always seemed to have better build quality than the rest of their line-up. Still no where near as good as Alienware was or the high end MSI's of course.
But I've owned P570WM and P870DM1/3 and they're alright.
Best laptop build quality wise for me still is the Alienware M18x series.i_pk_pjers_i, jaug1337, Kevin@GenTechPC and 2 others like this. -
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I own p775dm3 for 3 weeks, it is have good design and quality build.
I am waiting for Phoenix review of laptop also.
What I like in this laptop is keyboard, it is simply perfect !
But bad quality of sound, much worse than in aw17r4(own)
also dont like TN screen a lot, it is only TN...
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So far the experience has been pretty good.
The Thunderbolt 3 dock doesn't work for now. There is a userspace Thunderbolt 3 application which I am guessing is going to be required for it to work. There was also a post that the Thunderbolt 3 security level must be set to legacy mode, which cannot be done in the Tornado F5 bios (maybe an unlocked bios can). Luckily the controller still works fine in USB 3.1 mode, so I was able to use USB-C devices and adapters just fine.
The Keyboard Backlights work (white only) and you can adjust the brightness level of the keys if desired. The "Max Fans" button works just fine, and I didn't have any issues using suspend / resume.
I am running it through the phoronix test suite. So far it seems like GPU performance is on par with the desktop GTX 1070. This laptop is pretty good temperature wise in Windows, so I think it should not be throttling in Linux. -
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I'm very careful
PS: Life is too short, take a chance will ya?*said George Carlin*
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It makes me happy that it's been a smooth experience. I am going to be messing around with machine learning for school soon and can't wait to have a portable machine like this capable of crushing simulations. How do the auto fans work?
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http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1701302-TA-1701270RI69
My results are the 6700K column. So in certain cases, even 7600K is faster than the 6700K. I guess there could be throttling going on, but mine is also clocked at stock speeds which are a bit slower than both the 7600K and 7700K. I suppose I should have done that test on the same distro, too. Oh well.
Oh, and auto fans seem to work fine. They spin up when the system is under load, then slow down when its not. It runs just like it does in Windows if you do not load any fan control software.Spartan@HIDevolution likes this. -
Sweet, thanks for that. I've had bad experiences with fan control on previous laptops in Linux. I have the same problem with Boot Camp on my Macs, where it will randomly just kick up the fans up for no reason. Sounds like pretty much everything works out of the box.
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If you finally have the machine lemme know because I'm also a big fan of Skyrim modding, would like to know how a GTX 1080 can handle 4k textures, ENB, and other graphical settings to its limit.
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I'm also stuck with MSI GT73VR Titan or the Evoc 16L (still waiting for a 120hz w/GYSNC)
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Here is the beast, I received it within 34 hours of it being shipped
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By all accounts I've seen, this 16L-G-1080 should blow the doors off the RBP. I'm eager to try it! -
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@Phoenix , I'm thinking of buying the same rig, just with less storage, as for me it's too expensivo!
Anyways, what are your first thoughts of using the machine for the couple of days? (Can't wait for your video review to go out, must know more!)
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1) superb build quality
2) typing on this SteelSeries keyboard is like heaven
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I'm kind of glad you're getting this now. This is going to give me a lot of information to influence my recommendations in the future.TomJGX, i_pk_pjers_i, jaug1337 and 2 others like this. -
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A few other things I checked:
- Audio output works, but doesn't switch automatically
- Microphone works
- Webcam works (be sure to enable it via FN-F6 if its not detected)
- mDP output works, reports 4 lanes @ 2.7gbps
- brightness can be adjusted via xbacklight (this appears to not just be adjusting gamma, either) idle power usage was able to go down to close to Windows 10 levels
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For VPN, I'm using OpenVPN, which I find lots easier to set up and manage than IPsec. One drawback of OpenVPN is that the server end (assuming star topology) does not see "interface up/down" events, which can be an issue if you're using dyamic routing with Quagga and friends. It's not an issue otherwise. Set it up with UDP and not TCP unless you absolutely have no choice, because UDP will run faster and more reliably.
If you set up dual boot, please share how you partitioned. I've done dual boots before, but not yet with Windows 10, so I'm not sure how evil (or not evil) its boot loader is when Micros~1 pushes updates.
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