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    Is my 7811 past the potential "lock up" phase?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by caliente_pocket, Sep 9, 2008.

  1. caliente_pocket

    caliente_pocket Newbie

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    Hey guys! So I've been playing Crysis on my laptop for about 3 hours now on high, and no lockups. Does this mean mine is good to go? For those of you that have had lockups on it, what was the average play time before you start noticing them? Just trying to make sure my 7811 is good! Thanks :)
     
    caliente_pocket, Sep 9, 2008
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  2. jericcarino

    jericcarino Notebook Consultant

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    yeah... i would also like to know if it's good to go after a stress test like this.
     
    jericcarino, Sep 9, 2008
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  3. Quadzilla

    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    Its kind of a loaded question TBH the only way to truly know is just to play a bunch of games for some period of time and see what happens . One game may cause a lock or then again maybe none of them will lock it up . i have had 0 problems so far with my 7811 and i almost hate to say that as i dont want to jinx myself :) im superstitious .
     
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  4. Red_Dragon

    Red_Dragon Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    you know its weird i mean this thing must choose its enemy's i just played about 5 hours of PREY ll on high and nothing happened and this is the first time i've gamed on my 7811
     
    Red_Dragon, Sep 9, 2008
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  5. Eurasianman

    Eurasianman Notebook Evangelist

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    I ran 3DVantage for 8 hours straight to test the stability of my laptop :D

    I must say though, for a gaming laptop, it isn't bad, although, I think it's highly recommended to have the back of the laptop raised off the surface to ensure the GPU gets plenty of air.
     
    Eurasianman, Sep 10, 2008
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    fire268 Notebook Consultant

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    Eurasianman, of course your lappy will lock at 9 hours...
     
    fire268, Sep 10, 2008
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  7. Eurasianman

    Eurasianman Notebook Evangelist

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    *goes and benches it for 12 hours*

    Better? :p
     
    Eurasianman, Sep 10, 2008
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    How do you do that? I have 3dMark Vantage and I do not see any button anywhere to loop the tests, or any menu with it. What am I overlooking?

    I'd guess they wouldn't allow looping on one 3D 06 but disallow it on Advantage, but anything's possible.
     
    Blarg, Sep 12, 2008
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    Eurasianman Notebook Evangelist

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    I was one of the few idiots who paid for 3DVantage :(
     
    Eurasianman, Sep 12, 2008
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