**M980NU (X1/Commanche SLI/NP9850) Owners Thread**

No, have you?

 

nope
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intel matrix storage is for Intel ICHM chipset, not for NV i think....

 

i heard 185.xx is the BEST for vantage

 

the score is slightly lower with 190.xx from the 2 i have tried but the gaming performance is better, i am happy with 11.85

i dont know of too many who have got faster, i ahve 680/1090/1710 stable atm

 

I tried about a dozen drivers before finding what worked best.

 

Pmanuk, can you post your nv_disp.inf file you are using with the 186.03 drivers? Thanks.

Edit: Also does the driver come with the system or did you download it from lv2go?

 

downloaded from offical nvida site

latest ones they had on there

 

I will send u the unf when I'm home, gimme an hour

 

So this laptop supports drivers directly from the nvidia site? If so that's a big plus to me, as most of the OEMs seem to be horrid at getting video updates out there.

 

Not always, it depends on what NVidia puts in the INF file.

 

wtb more m980 users to bench!

 

well we have to wait for more people to get it. some maybe are scared to do stuff unless they know it's safe. (not like me and you )

 

nope i been called suicidal, but its pretty safe, gpu not gone over 74 degrees, cpu not over 65

 

US people are supposed to start shipping this week. I don't expect mine until mid next week since it's shipping from across the country.

 

here is my latest

check out the temps

 

Inching closer to 12k!

 

from what we can tell its the 2nd fastest around...so far...

12k is just hard to get...

 

just keep trying. i woudn't stop. you have 12002 to beat

 

my highest was just under 18.9 thus far

 

we all know you wouldn't stop. You'd probably come up with tweaks in your sleep. lol.

 

it looks like I can't tell you what I was dreaming about when I had my whitebook

 

Verry good score.... OS? CPU OC? GPU OC ?

 

By the way, what backpack are everyone getting for this monster?

 

if u take a closer look at the screen shot its all in there....

 

cant believe i have had my machine almost a week already but no-one in the USA has got one?

what eta's u guys getting?

they giving you reasons?

 

RJTech told me yesterday it would ship within 3 business days. I have 3 day shipping, so I expect it Monday or Tuesday.

 

guys whats the sound on this beast like ? i'm talking about speakers, not the fans.

also have you tried the silent function? i.e integrated graphics for surfing etc? does it go silent ?

thanks

 

Personally this is the only thing I don't like about this laptop. I find the volume very low when watching movies so I bought a pair of Logitech V20s, which sound pretty darn good.

Not sure about the integrated graphics. I don't think that is available.

 

thanks for the reply daz.

i don't like the sound of that at all ( pardon the pun)

volume - i can live with as i can always use headphones if watching a movie, playing a game - or like you buy speakers.

but no integrated graphics - why have a button for something that doesn't work? why use that chipset at all if not for the powersaving features of it.

perhaps its just in need of a bios update ?

anyone else got this to work ?

 

Mine just shipped from RJTech! Arrives Friday. Of course, I am out of town until Sunday so I won't be able to get it until Monday. Booo hisssss!

 

Our system doesnt have intergrated gfx so no option there

the speakers on mine are loud enough for anything i would use them for, if i was hooking my laptop up to a 40" TV then i would use a 7.1 set anyway

 

thanks for the reply.

looking at your gpu idle temps, i suppose you really don't need the 9400m anyway

how loud is the fan at load ?

the notebookcheck review makes this machine as hot as lava, with fans as loud as plane engines, and the dimmest screen possible

 

notebookcheck dont know what they are talking about

I have my sound on 20% and i can hear it crystal over the fans, they really dont make that much noise at all, nothing compared to the M17, dont know about 17x

my temps under load gpu wise are no higher then 74 and idle about mid 40's

 

I have to agree here with Pman.......this laptop is as quiet as a mouse (its the NZXT cryo LX sat under it thats making all the noise on my system)

and I get the same temps as Pman to (infact COD4 gave me temps in the mid 70's and crysis only reached mid 50's)

one of the only things I would agree with in the review was that it attracts fingerprints....and thats because I love touching it (not in a naughty way!!) but you even get a nice cloth to clean it with!

I promise you, if you get one you will be very very happy!

 

For watching DVDs while I'm away the speakers are way too quiet. For games they're okay, but I say the quality is average.

 

Disagree with those comments..

Brightness is fine and I actually have mine dialed down a bit.

This thing is very quiet give it is sporting two HDDs and SLI.

Have a look at the idle temps of my two laptops for a comparison. The Drives in the ASUS are only 5400 RPM.

 

How bout some more pics of your guys machines in action with games running etc . Would love to see some more in real settings .

 

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dazman i'm still jealous lol it still doesn't show my hdd temp!! not fair

 

nope neither does mine

 

why does hwmonitor show hd temps for some and not others ?

thanks for the replies guys, after some major weighing up of all options, I've finally decided on the m980.

i had ordered it a while ago, but after the horrendous early reviews with pre production models, the great reviews of the m17x, and getting messed around regarding the delivery date, i was getting worried and cancelled the order. However i've since came to my senses

i've been promised i'll get mine tomorrow or friday

i've never oc'd a laptop before, but i hope to wet my feet with this. Any early tips for a newbie ?

the spec is: qx9300, 280m sli, and 4gb 1333mhz ram. 3x 500gb 7200rpm hdd.

 

top tip becareful!

seriously tho, nvidia system tools is the way to go, fsb seems to be locked down to 1200 i have no temp problems or anything go to 1204 and crash so i am convinced there is some software killing me there

most 280s seem stable at 630/1000/1600 or the like then you can gradually get them higher, mine appears to top out around 685/1080/1710 but i think i got some good cards

but run hardware monitor and keep an eye on it, although having said that i dont have any issues with temps

Good Luck

Let us know how you get on

 

thanks pman, i will be.

i'll probably just tinker a little, bit by bit.

i'll try the nvidea tools, and watch quietly how the pro's here do it

 

HWMonitor (or any other software) cannot show data from hard drives that are in a RAID array, as they are accessed as an array, not as individual drives.

 

thanks theriko, i had no idea.

 

i dont have a raid and it doenst show mine :rolleyes

 

In that case, I have no idea. Is it possible that your raid controller is set as a single drive raid0 array? (I know that sounds weird, but I have seen it before...)

Otherwise, what hdd do you have?

 

same here. no raid but it doesn't show hdd temp.
i got the seagate momentus 500 gig with free fall sensor

 

If you install the NV storage driver then no temp shows. Use naive MS driver should be ok.