M570TU from Kobalt arrived today!!

I'm really excited about this machine. It's great! Really, it's everything I thought it would be AND MORE.
My first impression couldn't be better: the machine is beautiful and working flawlessly (credit goes to Kobalt for their excellent testing!). It has no dead pixels and the build quality is very good.
As far as noise goes, I couldn't be more satisfied: when simply typing in normal mode, the machine is practically inaudible. I'd call it a mild hush, but it's not even that.
The silent mode is a bit weird though: when I put it on, it's actually MORE audible than normal mode, although it's still not annoying.

If there is any test (battery, heat) I can do for you guys, feel free to ask I'll be making a review, but that'll take a while.

Woohoo!

 

congratulations Tankbuster on receiving your new beast.
3Dmark06 scores would be interesting to see to compare them to the Nexus.
also pictures, we want pictures
what config did you get in the end.
enjoy

 

cong,m8,enjoy!

 

Downloading 3dmark right now

This is my config

Mojave– Black & Orange
Paint Area – None Selected
Custom Paint – None Selected
Paint Finish – None Selected
Screen - 17' 1920x1200 WSXGA X-Glass
Processor - Intel® Core 2 Duo P8600 2.40GHz Dual Core Processor
Video Card – NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GT 512MB GDDR3
Memory 1 - 2GB OCZ DDR3-PC3 1066Mhz 8-8-8-27 1x 2GB DIMMs
Intel Turbo Memory – 2GB Intel Turbo Memory Module
Bluetooth – Bluetooth V2.0 Module
Hard Drive - 320GB 7,200rpm SATA with 16MB Cache
7 in 1 card reader - 7 in 1 card reader
Operating system 1 – Microsoft® Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
Keyboard – French AZERTY
Optical Device 1 – 8x DVD±R/W
Soundcard – Integrated High Definition Audio
Speakers - Integrated
Mouse Mat – Kobalt Mouse Mat
Power Cable – European
Warranty – 1 Year - Collect & Return [E-mail, telephone & website support]
USB Memory Drive – 2GB OCZ Rally 2 Dual Channel
Business Software – None Selected
AVG Antivirus
Carry Case – Free Standard Carry Case

 

Noo, where is my Mojave?

But good to hear that they are sending those!

 

when did you order marder and what was your spec.

 

I send the order in July and it was confirmed 7th of August.

Specs can be found here

 

nice config marder.
is it the gtx card holding it up.
also i must have missed the group buy otherwise i could of been tempted.

 

It’s always nice to see people post first impressions on the unit they just purchased, it always bring back those good memories of when we first got ours.
You seem very happy Tankbuster and I hope your notebook bring you many years of enjoyment!

 

The cooling on this beast is great!!
My CPU (P8600) idle temperature is around 30° and under load it never reached 50°! And now that I undervolted it, it never goes above 42°. That's ridiculously low!
The GPU stays at 45° idle.

My only 'worry' is the HDD. It varies from 51-55°... Isn't this rather high?

 

Wheres Mine??
(scrap that i know where it is really...)

They had memory compatability issues. Aparently the OCZ memory doesn't like the M570TU. I was told they are having trouble getting the large amounts of RAM needed for all their orders (They're now ordering from crucial) Thus the delays. I was supposed to get mine on saturday, but now hopefully it'll be tuesday.

Mike

 

that hard drive temp. is fine. start worrying when it goes over 65c

 

Yeah, I had the same problem Surfinite...

Anyway, there seems to be something wrong. I just did 3dMark06 and my score was 4822. That seems kinda low for a 9800M GT...
I tried upgrading to the 177.92 or 177.97 drivers, but it doesn't work ("there are no drivers compatible with your current hardware")
The Vista Experience Index is fine though, the graphical scores there are 5.0.

Am I missing something here?

 

Did you have it on silent mode when you ran 3DMark? That will give you a score around 4000, and so would running it not plugged into the mains. Also try restarting the system (if you haven't already) as 3DMark06 won't give you a decent score if you run it straight after installation.

 

also dont forget to check that your power plan is set to high performance.

 

I figured it out
Apparently, there is a small bug in my BIOS; when it says "Normal Mode" in the top left of the screen, it is actually running Silent Mode, and vice versa.
At first I thought the silent mode was buggy because it was noisier than normal mode, but it's simply because it was backwards!

My 3dmark06 score is 8944 with stock drivers now. That's more like it

 

im sorry z313912 but what are we looking at here?