7900gs and x1600

2 JPZ: Door closed. Central airconditioner on but closed. Thermostat is nowhere near my room (on another floor). The temperature indeed my change by a couple of degrees F, but definitely nothing major like 15 degrees. As I've mentioned before I know what a 'space heater' is because I've owned one before - my laptop - you could almost burn your hand on the mobo connectors in the back after a few hours of gaming.

 

Rofl, also I need to remind you that it doesnt have to be a gaming laptop to get REALLY hot. I had an old Averatec 3200...oh my lord you could cook eggs on this thing. I can still see discoloration on the top of my desk, obviously something was wrong with it (something screwed up in the cpu, I looked inside and the copper heatsink over the cpu, it was completely discolored). JPZ: I have already been sitting in my room and just reading a book (with door closed) and seen a temp increase that had to be more like 15 degrees (mostly because I have a few extra lights on when I'm reading). Hmm, this is getting really off topic, sorry, but he seems to be done with the thread, so why let such a civil and productive argument go to waste?

 

I know. And it doesn't have to get hot if it is a gaming laptop. But higher end parts will(depending on their design) almost always produce more heat and consume more power than low end parts. Sure, if you match that excess heat production with excess cooling, it isn't going to **run** any hotter. But it is still **producing** more heat, thus transferring more to the air.

It is a stupid argument. It's like arguing which is faster: a 2.4ghz athlon 64, or a 2.2 ghz athlon clocked at 2.4ghz. The difference margin is small.

My main point was that the 7900gs will in fact produce more heat than an x1600, so the chances of finding a hot running 7900 laptop will be greater than an X1600 laptop in the same size category. I never said the dell e1705 ran hot or cool, but it is very likely that other 7900 based laptops will run incredibly hot. Because the increased heat production demands an increase in cooling efficiency, and if ODM's don't factor that in, which many often don't, you'll end up with a very hot laptop.

 

I understand what your saying, and I am NOT saying your wrong (your completely right about the 7900gs will create a hotter laptop) but I have yet to find a laptop with a 7900gs in it that runs hot. It just seems like most of the companies who are putting a 7900 in there lapyop(s) have done a great job in design the computer around the card (or at least adapting it).

 

i was able to get my e1705 with the 7900gs, for about $1100 a month ago as well.

dell has actually changed the e1705 configuration quite a bit within a month. for example, i noticed that the option for XP home edition is no longer available. now you're either stuck with windows MCE.

the lowest hardrive option used to be a 60 gig 5400rpm drive, now its a 80 gig 5400 rpm drive.

but even with those changes, the price is still comparable because i used a 35% coupon when i brought my system. dell supposedly "simplified" their pricing system by eliminating the coupons (more like simplifying everything and jacking up everything for the smart shoppers) so i'm not sure if you can get it at the same price anymore.