Questions about the 8662?

Im looking at getting an 8662 and i had a few questions for you guys.

1) Is it difficult to open the 8662? I have heard that the gpu is attached to the laptop and the cover?

2)Would I have to do some cmos battery stuff if i was replacing ram? I have heard about this in some threads but unclear as to which need to do it?

3)What processors are supported by the 8662?

4)Are there really heat issues for the hdd? If so which hdd's that you know of do not have heat issues?

5)How different is the 260m gtx vs the 9800m gt/gs/gts?

6)What would the battery be with a 25w, 35w and 45w(quad) cpu?

7)Do YOU put ketchup on YOUR eggs?

 

answers in bold

 

1 - no.
2 - no.
3 - P9000 series, T9000 series, X9100, Quad Core Q9000 (anything above Q9000 is not supported by Sager) check xoticpc.com
4 - Issue beaten to death. YMMV.
5 - fast(GS), fast(GTS)w/ more sauce, even faster(GT), holy cow, we ain't in Kansas no mo' fast (GTX)-
6 - What's a battery?
7 - What you do alone with your eggs is none of our business-

 

I heard you could FRY an egg with a m15x. But that's another story.

 

to add a bit about the battery, I have a high-end solid state (sucks a bit of power but not as bad as a normal hdd), and in power saver i get about 3hrs 15min on fairly low brightness (comfortable in the dark). On high performance i get about 2hrs 40minutes or so. Gaming (usually like warcraft III) on battery generally yields 1hr 30min. Also, the lowest state of my GPU (currently 9800 gt) is UNDERvolted and underclocked slightly to save power when the gpu isn't being taxed.

 

I know you can undervolt a cpu, but does undervolting a gpu cause any reduction in performance, how do u undervolt a gpu?

And when you say "not taxed" do you mean that when the gpu is not being used heavily, it is in undervolt mode but when a game starts up it goes back to normal and kicks up the performance, automatically?

 

Precisely, when the gpu is only being used for very light tasks, surfing the web, photoshopping, etc. it is saving energy on its undervolt. When a game starts up, it is taken back to full performance. Undervolting alone will not cause any performance drop, but to save more energy i was able to underclock this lowest state as well with no ill effects.

To do this you make use of the program nibitor. It allows you to adjust both the clocks and voltages for each of the 4 GPU levels (as well as a bit more if you're so inclined!). You then save this new bios and can flash on a bootable usb stick using the utility nvflash. It is arguable the best way to handle gpu mods on a notebook. Doing this not only do i save power when doing menial tasks, but my gpu is significantly overclocked when a game starts up.