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    Can someone run 3DMark06 on battery with 555m?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by HTWingNut, Jul 11, 2011.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Just out of curiosity can someone run 3DMark06 on battery with 555m? Thanks. I asked buried in a couple other threads and never got any results, so it would be much appreciated.
     
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    Tsukurimashou, just curious but what do you get if you run 3DMark06 on battery using the Intel GPU?
     
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    Tsukurimashou, Jul 11, 2011
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    Awesome! This is good info I like to see! +1
     
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    Tsukurimashou, Jul 11, 2011
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    Excellent, thank you so much!
     
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    on battery almost impossible, you can start but performance will be terrible
     
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    KSSR1211, Jul 11, 2011
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    Kinda OT but grats on selling the Sager wingnut, now get a m14x cause you know it's awesome ;)
     
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    @Htwingnut - you on the fence about the m14x again? noticed you post over there as well.
     
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    Yes I am. I think I can live without blu-ray and 1080p, but the screen is also a factor. It's much better on the Sager NP8130. But battery life is better and ability to game on battery is nice on M14x, although not necessary. So just trying to justify spending $1300 on the M11x vs $1200 on the NP8130 when I can get a nice 1080p matte screen, blu-ray, and GTX 560m. Only thing I sacrifice is performance on battery and it's slightly bigger. So just have to decide how important is gaming on battery to me. I do it with my M11x mainly because it lets me and is a little more convenient, but I never would have done that before I had it! :eek:
     
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    for that link you posted do you have to be on a01?
     
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    Yes 10char.
     
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    So not supported with A02 or A03?
     
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    There is no A02 bios and yes it's not "supported" with A03 bios.
     
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    I figured there was an A02 because there's an A03. And what about A03 that doesn't allow this? Is GPU not allowed to be clocked higher than lowest or something?
     
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    I don't know but with A03 it's like if you don't have access to GPU clock at all, I'm not even sure what are the frequency on battery
     
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    yeah, the dead link is the one batboy posted on page 2 of a03 thread. it took me to a "were sorry, dell can't find the page your looking for" oddly enough though, now it works again :S
     
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    once i saw these posts and the link i went to my m14x box and I checked and my dvd that came with mine still has a01 on it.
     
    Lancer91, Jul 12, 2011
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    I had A03 in stock with my M14x because A03 was released before my order, maybe thats why I don't have A01 on DVD
     
    Tsukurimashou, Jul 12, 2011
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