Questions, Requests for testing my NP8150?

Hi, I finally got my machine set up, with the SSD and all.

My specs are in my sig, I just ran Vantage @ Stock settings.

Does anybody have any questions for what you guys might find interesting?

I know that the 460m is far below the 485m and will likely be crippled in the benchmarks, so I just would like to open this thread up and ask for any requests.

Benchmarks that I have run are as follows:

3dMark Vantage:


CrystalDiskMark:


WEI:


Anyone have any questions or requests?

Also, what is a good GPU Overclocking tool for nVidia cards? Thanks, and fire the questions away!

 

Its a bit of work, but could you see if your SSD shows slowdowns like in the 1st article below, and see if the tweaks in the second article help if it does?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...upgrades/511684-ssd-slow-down-power-mode.html

http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...-intel-series-4-5-965-chipsets-jjb-tweak.html

Oh, and I think MSI has a good overclocking tool for Nvidia cards.

Thanks!

 

Low power mode:


Then, with the JJB Tweak @ High performance settings

 

So definitely a difference, but not a huge one. Thanks!

 

After overclocking, close to the limit of MSI Afterburner.

 

Nice 30% boost there, gratz!

 

Congrats on your new laptop buddy! Hope your enjoying it as much as I am enjoying mine!

 

WOW great overclock results!

 

Anyway you can take some decent pics of the laptop (external and internal)? I've seen some around here, but they were a little disappointing in quality and lighting. I still don't feel like I have a good understanding of what this thing is going to look like.

 

Uploaded some photos @Flickr

Flickr: meraki1990's Photostream

 

Hey how do you like the rubber finish?

Nice work comparing with a credit card =] Really gave me a feel for the size!

p.s. I Have the exact same desk lamp. It makes a lot of noise >_<

 

Wait, this desk lamp makes noise?

I don't know about mine.. it remains dead quiet..

The rubber finish is very nice and feels like you can't accidentally drop it or slide it off the desk or sth.

But the trackpad is horrible. The rubber finish prevents any good scrolling on the trackpad, and it practically makes it very unusable in real life.

 

If you have access to GTA IV, I would like to see that benched at native resolution, all high settings and sliders at 50.

 

Thanks for the nice pics! Congrats on the new machine

I really like the clean, solid exterior, as compared to many other laptops. I had an idea that it might be difficult to use the trackpad, since it has the rubberized finish as well. But, I'm not a fan/user of trackpads (seriously, Magic Trackpad? And 70bucks at that? LMFAO...sorry, couldn't resist...), so am not really concerned about that.

Say, since it looks sunny out, could you maybe do a pic of the glossy screen facing the window?

 

Yes, very nice pics indeed!
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Wow, thanks for the quick turnaround on the photo request. Clevo/Sager should use these to sell the laptop! That is much nicer looking than I hoped, but exactly what I have been reading on this forum to expect. I'm really looking forward to getting mine.

That brick actually doesn't look too much bigger than my current laptop. Hopefully it doesn't hiss too when under load.

+rep

 

Nice work, thanks! I love the clean look of the lid - do any of the resellers offer it without the Sager logo, or is getting a barebones the only way?

 

Upon request this can be easily done. You do not need to get a barebones to have no logo...
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Yeah, one thing I loved was this was free of any logo.

Although, the BIOS bootup screen could use a little touch................

I disabled welcome screen on the BIOS because it read "Style Note".. which was kinda weird..

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I unfortunately don't have access to GTA IV, as I don't have the game...

Can you point me to a link to a trial benchmark? Or is that non-existant?

 

Somehow I totally missed this.

I'll get some pictures of the glossy screen tomorrow in sunlight.

 

*hurt* :*(

I mean, thanks for doing the pics!

 

Now that's excellent to hear - thanks! Dare I go a step further and ask whether any of the resellers offer *custom* lettering?

 

haha that would be awesome, but the answer is probably not.

Plus im sure you can buy a decent lettering set somewhere online

 

Very nice post! Cool about the lack of lettering!

 

I believe it's called a Dremel

 

Haha, didn't know the simple back will attract you guys..

I thought it was kinda dull, but after you guys started commenting on it

I feel special

LOL

 

It actually looks really sleek! I am definitely contemplating getting it that way myself.

 

I was asking my wife the other day which one she preferred (I'm in the market for an NP8170): the stock one that says "Sager", or the Malibal Satori (which says "MALIBAL"), and she did that thing where she called me an idiot without saying the word... Something about both of them sounding like cheap Malaysian brands, I think - and something about elephants crossing the Alps...

"Satori" she liked, so I'm hoping either for custom lettering from anyone, or no lettering at all

 

How about a DPC Latency test?

Downloadable at DPC Latency Checker

 

DPC Latency Checker on Power Saver mode on battery.. I'm away from my desk right now.


I ran this like a few days ago, and on AC, it was all Green, and it didn't even go up to yellow.

 

What's with the Korean characters lol.

 

Whats your battery life under normal usage? (surfing web, typing docs, youtube/music)

Thank you!

 

Yeah, cuz I'm Korean...

It doesn't work well with Korean version of OS's..

@oz : I'll try to test, but I just can't get the battery life estimate. I was watching youtube videos and streaming viedo files at the same time, while playing music, and the battery life was 70% after 1hour+. I'll need to check.


Does anyone know a good battery life checker?

 

Sweet really appreciate it! This seems to be pretty good:
Osiris Development - BatteryBar, the most accurate battery meter for Windows

 

This batterybar looks good, but the estimates keep on changing like every 5 seconds or so.

What is the benefit of pro?

$5 for life doesn't seem bad.

 

It seems that pro, gives you low battery warnings, more settings, and easy access to power management on the app,

 

Yeah, it shows 3:06 in battery life when fully charged.

Honestly more than enough!

 

Can you run CrystalDiskMark in "Safe Mode"?