9600 GT Heat

While I know that the inquirer is sensationalist, it's somewhat unsettling that Nvidia or other OEMs haven't come out with an official statement to put this all to rest. I just ordered a dv5t with the 9600GT a few days ago using the $400 off coupon but only got a 1 year warranty. With a lot of comments on this machine and the GPU being very hot, I'm just worried that my laptop will eventually fail if I use it for gaming and school. But I did get a good deal on it so from a most bang for the buck perspective, it's good. I just hope it lasts 3 years and more. Can anyone chime in on the 9600 GT?

 

You need it for school, so don't worry about it.

It's not like you should switch to discrete graphics, or go ATI...

Besides I think chaz's is running just fine http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=285618

If it means anything to you, I'm 80% sure I will buy this laptop in the next couple weeks, and the gpu doesn't really concern me at this point.

 

do you think that there will be a better deal on this machine in the next few weeks, that will beat out the current $400 off coupon?!!!

 

You have the 21 day return policy, in case a better coupon comes out

 

Don't worry! You'll be fine. That 1 year warranty can always be extended at some point within the first year.

 

Thanks for all the reply. From all the research and great resources on this site, it is really one of the best deals that I've seen in months. I've been eying this dv5t for quite some time and also the Asus M50Vm since they have all the features that I wanted in a laptop, but the $400 off coupon sealed the deal. At least now I know I can extend the warranty when I need to if anything negative starts coming up.

Can anyone recommend a good sleeve and cooler for this laptop? I'm thinking about getting a Targus Groove backpack and maybe the Zalman NC1000, but I'm not too sure on a good sleeve.

 

I don't know about a sleeve, but I got the Zalman and it does a really good job cooling the notebook. I can't give temps cuz I don't have any of those programs installed, but if you want my test by touch opinion it's pretty good.

 

How do you actually apply that coupon? I don't see anything on the screen showing you the totals about applying a coupon.

 

You enter the coupon during the checkout process when you enter your payment details.

 

Okay, thanks! Someone claimed the dv7t offers an LED backlit screen, but I'm not seeing that. If it did it pretty much meets my needs

 

Only the dv4t is offered with the LED screen. The dv7t & dv5's use regular CCFL LCD's.

 

Thanks all! And for the coupon, make sure you're not in APP. If so, just log out when configuring.

 

What's APP?

 

Academic Purchase Program, gives a small discount to students. Wish I would have waited a little longer to get my dv5t, could have used that coupon!

 

Even if the inquirer is right...they accuse the G92/94 cores to be defunct. The 9600 gt card is G94 based...but the 9600 M gt is a G96 card.
Correct me if I am wrong but I think it is ok. It runs warm...but so do most gaming rigs...HP's run a little hot anyways

http://www.dvhardware.net/article26353.html

 

That's pretty comforting news. Hopefully, the accusations doesn't extend to these cores as well, but at this rate who knows.

 

The 9600m gt still runs hot tho...so the heat still necessitates attention. I don't think they are as prone to damage as the 8600