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    How long do you play games on P6831/6860 before it gets on fire ? :D

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by ryo1000, Apr 24, 2008.

  1. ryo1000

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    So yeah, i heard the cpu can get pretty hot in these laptops. so i'm curious about how long you can play crysis or cod4 on this babe continuously, with and without a cooler. and also maybe what kind of cooler is the most efficient. Thx!
     
    ryo1000, Apr 24, 2008
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  2. N00d13s

    N00d13s is too legit to quit!

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    well i was playing Crysis on my 6860 for about and hour with the settings on high and the only thing hot was the air coming out of the fan.
     
    N00d13s, Apr 24, 2008
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    I play CoD 4 for hours at a time on my P-6831FX and nothing explodes. The graphics card does get to 70C at some points, but that is only the peak and it doesn't stay there for long.
     
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  4. ryo1000

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    would it be okay to, let's say, play 8-10 hours without stopping? anyone tried?
     
    ryo1000, Apr 24, 2008
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    Ya it will be fine as long as your not laying in bed with the thing rested on your blanket or a pillow :) These laptops actually run very cool compared to some of the other laptops ive owned in the past . Will the machine get warm and blow hot air ? sure it will , but nothing to hurt it. so if your waiting to buy one cause of the heat concerns DONT worry cause there GREEAAT!!! :).
     
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  6. ryo1000

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    okay, thx for responding, i think i'm getting one this weekend or next week
     
    ryo1000, Apr 25, 2008
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    I have done 5-6 hour Crysis, Assassin's Creed and Oblivion stints. No problems.
     
    lewdvig, Apr 25, 2008
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    R6V2, Crysis, COD4 all no problem for hours on end.
     
    id10t error dfw, Apr 25, 2008
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    I had a thermal shutdown after about 6 hours of UT3. I used the power block to boost the back side of the laptop up to allow more air to enter the fans from below. System worked fine after that.

    Surfact was a kitchen table with one of those vinyl place mats under the laptop.
     
    cytog64, Apr 25, 2008
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    My 6860 worked perfectly for my raids in WoW the last two night, about 5h straight
     
    Cheezeeatr, Apr 26, 2008
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    Even with the X7900 I have not experienced any temp problems.

    This was after some benchmarking runs.
     

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  12. ryo1000

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    thx for all the info
     
    ryo1000, Apr 29, 2008
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    I'm not too worried about the heat, but how loud does it get? Do the the fans sound like jet engines?

    Not that it could dissuade me from picking this thing up, I'm pretty much convinced now. Just curious.
     
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    Pretty quiet, although with the CPU swap I notice the fans on more often. But that's a small price to pay for 3.0 Ghz.
     
    lewdvig, Apr 30, 2008
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