The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    NP8662 and battery life

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Chango99, Apr 9, 2009.

  1. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

    Reputations:
    258
    Messages:
    2,186
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    For those who get their NP8662, can you state your specs, what you were doing, at what performance was the computer at, and the battery life you got out of it?
     
    Chango99, Apr 9, 2009
    #1
  2. Ovreagr

    Ovreagr Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    70
    Messages:
    250
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Well this isn't probably as detailed as you would like, but after about 1 hour and 40 minutes of doing mostly nothing (web browsing and file arranging), the battery was at 31%.
    This is on the stock settings out of the box, webcam off, bluetooth off, wireless off, full brightness.


    :p
     
    Ovreagr, Apr 10, 2009
    #2
  3. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

    Reputations:
    258
    Messages:
    2,186
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    It gives me a general idea, thx + rep.

    One question, how were you browsing the web with wireless off? :eek:
     
    Chango99, Apr 10, 2009
    #3
  4. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

    Reputations:
    4,843
    Messages:
    15,707
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    456
    ethernet I am guess.
     
    Gophn, Apr 10, 2009
    #4
  5. Ovreagr

    Ovreagr Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    70
    Messages:
    250
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Good guess! ;)


    :p
     
    Ovreagr, Apr 10, 2009
    #5
  6. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

    Reputations:
    258
    Messages:
    2,186
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Hmm.. alright.
     
    Chango99, Apr 10, 2009
    #6
  7. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

    Reputations:
    4,843
    Messages:
    15,707
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    456
    I dont use wireless if there is a LAN port around... much faster transfer rates and latency... especially when you are connected to a gigabit network. :)
     
    Gophn, Apr 10, 2009
    #7
  8. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

    Reputations:
    258
    Messages:
    2,186
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I don't expect to have one in college :eek:
     
    Chango99, Apr 10, 2009
    #8
  9. Deathwinger

    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    385
    Messages:
    2,423
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    56
    That would mean you would have to walk around with an Ethernet cable, no?

    I haven't used wired in such a long time. I forgot the feeling.

    Anyway, at most on my machine I get 2 hours and 20 minutes. That's with power saver (modified a few things in it, like hard drive powers down after 1 minute, wireless on power savings mode, max CPU performance at 70%, brightness at 40%), in this mode I'm normally doing a document in word and some light surfing for information.

    With high performance, I get around 1 hour and 40 minutes, in this mode, I would be burning a DVD, encoding or decoding some video or audio or working in Photoshop.
     
    Deathwinger, Apr 10, 2009
    #9
  10. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

    Reputations:
    4,843
    Messages:
    15,707
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    456
    yup, in my notebook backpack.... with cross-over cable as well. :)
     
    Gophn, Apr 10, 2009
    #10
  11. Chango99

    Chango99 Derp

    Reputations:
    258
    Messages:
    2,186
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Deathwinger, what do you have and how old is it? NP8660 I assume? Is it an 8 cell battery?

    Would it also be safe to assume 260M GTX should be more efficient than the 9800M GT?
     
    Chango99, Apr 10, 2009
    #11
  12. Deathwinger

    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    385
    Messages:
    2,423
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Yes, its the 8660 and its an 8 cell battery.

    The 260m GTX is supposed to run cooler than the 9800m GT. How that translates into the actual power used I am not completely sure. But hypothetically its supposed to give battery life saving to the laptop.

    However, I remember someone had a 9600m GS in this laptop, which was normally associated with laptop that had 4 hours of battery life, and he reported it was around the same time I am reporting (2 hours appox.). So I'm not sure what the 260m GTX will yield.
     
    Deathwinger, Apr 10, 2009
    #12