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    Clevo P150HM (Kobalt G150) w/ 485M GTX Review

    Discussion in 'Sager/Clevo Reviews & Owners' Lounges' started by henrybutt, Mar 11, 2011.

  1. henrybutt

    henrybutt Notebook Consultant

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    henrybutt, Mar 11, 2011
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  2. Madkid

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    Thanks for posting this.

    Perhaps this should just be merged with the P150HM owner's lounge, since it is really just a click through, and not a full review post. Or, you could just post your entire review here ;)
     
    Madkid, Mar 11, 2011
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  3. Stelio

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    Nice review!

    May I ask what you were doing to reach a temperature of 90c? All I wana do is game on the machine so I hope mine won't pass 80 -.-
     
    Stelio, Mar 11, 2011
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    You have to remember that notebooks will always run hot. The temperature of the cpu/graphics card/chipset are not indicative of a problem, nor of ambient temperature of the case. Desktop parts are often rated up to 100C, and I'd assume mobile can hit that as well. I wouldn't be worried about it personally. My GTX 470 cards in my home desktop hit 70-90C depending on load and fan speed and they're rated to do so.

    Most computers will downclock parts or auto-shutdown (or boost fan speeds) if temperatures hit a level that would damage the parts.
     
    Epsilon748, Mar 11, 2011
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  5. Neil@Kobalt

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    Henry mentioned in the review that the max load temps (CPU, GPU etc) were taken after running Primes and Furmark for 15 minutes - any other real world useage on the GPU won't see temps anywhere near 88C :) For example the gaming max temps in the review is 71C which is basically the same max temps that we have seen under testing on the G150 + GTX 485M.
     
    Neil@Kobalt, Mar 11, 2011
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  6. henrybutt

    henrybutt Notebook Consultant

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    Yeh this was the case... Prime95 and Furmark was to show the worst case scenario. The gaming max temps were recorded during Crysis Warhead.
     
    henrybutt, Mar 12, 2011
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    I like how you guys went for a reasonable build rather than stuffing everything you can such as 16GB ram, an SSD, and the $1000 CPU like most other reviews. :)
     
    nllptr, Mar 12, 2011
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  8. LaptopNut

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    Never mind, fan speeds were too low.
     
    LaptopNut, Apr 12, 2011
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