*** Official Clevo P640RE/Sager NP8640 Owner's Lounge ***

Yes, I know. But it's only 640 cores, 128-bit mem bus, etc. 780Ms and 980Ms have 2.5x its core count and put out a ridiculous amount more heat, and we both know 980Ms are better for OCing once you add extra VRMs to them (which nVidia "conveniently" left out). Look at 970Ms for the supreme OCing that people did on P650SEs and stuff =D

 

Not that much better, it only helped for me at the extreme end where it made that 960M look like it was using the same power as a pocket calculator.

 

well now it all makes sense: 980M with less power phases, nvidia trying to block overclocking... all in favor of the 980 *tse*

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Hehehe.

Oh, well, haters gonna hate when they see my 860M (also an OCed 960M, because it runs at 1.3 GHz) running GTA V at very high settings while sipping power, or Witcher 3 at high settings. Also, the advantage of having a small, high-res screen: you don't need any much more anti-aliasing than FXAA, or at most MSAA x2, because pixel density outweighs any benefits of higher AA settings.

Hell, I can crank out 1.5 hours of battery life while playing TW3 unplugged.

 

Well not only getting more MHz, but better stability, no?

 

Not really, the only thing it did was stop the card tripping as it approached 1.5ghz core clocks and shutting the system down.

 

yup, thats exactly what mine does once i reach my power limit clocks. there are no artifacts or the like, it just shuts down / black screens. thermal headroom is totall given, seeing at im having trouble getting my card to 75C so im betting it would have more oc potential with additional power phases...

 

My understanding is that for someone like me it'd keep daily OCs better without tripping, since the VRMs are what usually gave up first.

 

The 860M/960M are excellent overclockers. As @octiceps said - you can take them to stock 870M levels. And I haven't had an OC crash on my 860M yet (except on TW3 - but that crashes on all OCed GPUs.

 

All cards are different, if your cards trip with an overclock then it should help resolve it. It may have been my vrms were good samples anyway.

 

That or your environment is different, maybe. Hotter ambients translate to hotter parts; and we know that the core can be well under 80c when things trip (as both Jaybee and Mr. Fox have discovered). I wholeheartedly believe that those extra VRMs would help me for far smaller OCs =D.

 

Well feel free to give it a go. It won't hurt if done right.

 

Well the main thing is to first decide what to plan for. If the mobile 980s in MXM format would be the better fit for me, or if the 980Ms are. If the 980Ms are the better choice, I'll be working out a way to get a pair with those VRMs on them. If the mobile 980s are, then hopefully they won't need extra VRMs (which is what we'll be waiting to see).

What about you? Are you ever going back to a monster like a P570WM? Or is your eGPU GS30 working out for you?

 

A titan-x at 1485/8000 is fine for me so far, though I am always looking out for something interesting.

 

oced titan x is "fine" for him, he says.... *lol*

thats meaker for you guys! love it

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Come on Meaker , you have to bring it over 1500/8000 to beat mines.

 

Guys...

 

Pshh... you should see what I'd do if I ever got a desktop... XD

 

LOL

man i feel sorry for you, trying to get things back on track here and we just keep trolling with smartphones, DTRs and eGPUs

cmons guys, lets behave!

thats the thing tho, meaker is talking about his laptop imagine what his desktop would be like!

 

You and I both know if Meaker could he would SLI another Titan X in his dock

 

Well, if I could, I would buy an entire data centre full of Titan Xs and run everything at literally max speed. I could run games at 19200 x 12000 at max settings. That would be sweet. But my electricity bill would be equally exorbitant.

 

Oh back in the day with hd5870 crossfire and a dfi lanparty with 1055t hex core at 4Ghz.



uATX before it was cool

It's crazy to think that the little P640RE will stomp all over it.

 

So, any idea of a release date?

 

im calling just in time for the holiday season, in parallel with the 15/17 inch versions of the P6 refreshes so....lets say november-ish

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P640RE is a little bit bigger (in height) than the 15" P650SE (0.98 inches / 24.9 mm), which has been available with 970M since last year.

The 13" Aorus X3 has also been on the market for some time. Significantly smaller than the Razer Blade, 330(W) x 263.5(D) x 22.9(H) mm / 12.99 in (W) x 10.47 in (D) x 0.90 in (H), and it includes full 6GB VRAM on the 970M.

 

Yup ^^^^ , will be at the end of the year. As with other models, you might see pre-orders from some companies pop up earlier. As always, please take the cue of when the larger companies put them up for sale in order to gauge the more accurate availability and shipping dates ;-)

 

Mythlogic has them up for pre-order, with a mid October ETA YMMV

 

link? i only see 2 17 inch DMs and a 15 inch model on their site...

 

It's the Dia:
https://www.mythlogic.com/2015_Models/dia1615s.php

 

aaah, weird! when i click on "mobile" it only shows me those three machines, but when i hold the pointer over the mobile section it gives me more options to choose from. i guess theyre still working on the site

hm, u sure its the right one though...? it sports a 15.6 inch screen, rather looks like the P650RE/P650RG series...

 

Ah I may be in the wrong thread LOL Sorry.

 

People will likely start to get a little confused as the P6xx range gets expanded.

 

yeah, im already having trouble to discern all the new models *lol*

 

That's the P650RE/RG

 

What are peoples guess-estimate of battery life?

If its 6hrs of wifi use- i'll wait out for it!

 

difficult to say, but similar / slightly improved battery life compared to the P6 Sx series with haswell would most probably be the case.

 

Thanks. This proably ends it for me with Gaming latops.

Big moment for me- but guess i prefer not being able to game rather than nOt being able to turn on

 

@ycon,

Double post? You just asked that question a short while ago.

 

how come? as your signature states, ure able to get 6 hours of battery life with your current P650SE, so if the skylake refresh is slightly better, ull be around 6.5-7 hours, and u just said ud wait for 6 hours+

 

I don't suppose we have heard even a rumored release date? I'm looking at buying mid october/early november and looking at the p650 but this one could be just as nice

 

yup yup, should be just in time for the holiday season, so im thinking november-ish

 

Hmm hopefully that means pre orders start happening befre I buy that way I can price both out

 

Clevo/Sager don't usually have a long pre-order period before launch.

 

Watching this thread cos I am looking for a 14"!

I like what I am seeing so far, but the lack of a Thunderbolt port is kinda disappointing for me (cos I wanna do eGPU lol)

 

I didn't notice any mention of Thunderbolt/USB type-c in the list of specs. This is worrisome for me, as, like the poster above, I want to use an eGPU as well. I hope this will be included in the final build. If not I'll end up stuck with Alienware, sadly.

 

For a thin/light laptop with Thunderbolt the MSI GS60 may be viable. It has a 3.1 "super port" as they market it. I'm guessing it's TB3 but stuck in licensing hell until Intel sorts it out.

It would seem silly for the P640RE to lack a TB3 port. I can understand the P650 being an established system and having to re-tool manufacturing. But in this case it's a whole new chassis targetted at Skylake. You'd think it would've made the cut.

I guess we'll have to wait until somebody actually sees one.

 

There is no USB3.1/TB3 port on this model...

 

what is this Microsoft Hybrid Graphics thing that i read of in clevo manuals? is it optimus or software control for mux or something different?

 

Aww shucks, let's see if the GTX 970M can last long then. If it does, the eGPU won't be needed I guess

 

Damn, that's a deal breaker for me, this laptop is a no-buy.

This is incredibly disappointing, for this laptop to come so close only to fall flat by missing such an important must-have feature. This should be standard across all their models, it's too important to be missing on any of them.