*** Official Clevo x7200 and Sager NP7280 owners lounge ***

Thanks Speedy,
hope my x7200 comes the next 3 Days

 

I'm in the same boat as you. I am a cinematographer/editor/blahblahblah needing a mobile workstation to move around from 3 different cities for editing. I also was using the HP mobile workstation but was finding it to be quite lacking. I just ordered from xoticpc but went with the 1x480M which was the recommendation over on the adobe forums as the software cannot take advantage of SLI. I'm also a little nervous about the support and some of the problems I have been reading on here. Hopefully it will be worry free for the both of us.

 

@Speedy,

Congrats, Bro! Awesome comeback! Do you notice any difference in normal fan noise compared to your previous system?

 

+1...... I'm curious about that as well

 

if i remember well my last system with 480's was way louder! and i don't have explanation for that is like the third speed of the fans never kick on this machine any way even if i don't care about noise this machine is quieter then my M17X so i am happy overall

 

So have you been brave enough to do furmark + wprime yet?

 

on my desktop with GTX 480 OC @900-2000-1800 running furmark the max temp is 56c and idle 31c now that's low

 

+1, All eyes and ears!

 

i did takes a minute to trip the psu because the system is using 375w and that is the limit for the switch

 

So even 460M trips the psu lol..

 

so speedy....what can this baby do?
also, try running what we talked about and see if the psu still trips.

 

here you go with furmark and 10 threads of prime 370w no PSU trip



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if i turn off hyperthread i am sure is not going to trip either because just turning off two threads on prime is enough

this baby do this


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looks good!
how does it fair with 3dmark11?

 

only 2900 on P mode because is not running sli

 

Is that 31 fps all stock? Because with medium overclocks on my M17x I did 36 fps with 1920x1200 res at same settings

 

No is not stock is with real medium overclock

 

But with AA it's going straight down..

 

Whew, I had a headache earlier. Tried to follow the instructions and couldnt get the ISO file to burn. So I tried again after work to realize my wife's laptop doesnt have burn capabilities...(Dell 630 I think). So was forced to load up Vista 64x so I can at least see DaBeast in action. 6 hours of my life passed fickling with the drivers...so worked...some said this OS does not support that operation or something. Got most done except couldnt get the wireless to turn on with Function key or touch key. Well, hooked up to Internet and think some drivers installed and updates and now Wifi works!! Should I try that legal download on this laptop or just wait a couple more days for my Win7 upgrade copy to arrive? I want to clean Vista completely off my system either way.

 

yeah...i did pull off 32 fps with 9800m gtx's...

 

that is very true but you can turn off post processing and gain like 10 FPS if you really want to play the game

 

just download the legal w7 you have 30 days to activate that way you have everything install when your key comes

 

lost of tricks people can pull...it's kind of why when we would run test...we would test for all the glitches.
because there were allot of people trying to pass them off as valid runs...along with , blinking screens and blank screens...lol

 

Thanks Speedy,

I'll work on that before I head to work.

 

OMG!!

This bag needs to be at least an inch wider. 7280 has a really snug fit but the bag will scratch the top. I am using the shipping plastic in conjunction with the bag until I can find a suitable replacement.

 

What bag are you using?

 

Thanks. So I'm doing OK at 25 given I have the 950 CPU. Good to have a sanity check.

 

Hey speedy, when the PSU tripped, were you using an external
monitor or the laptop screen?

 

The basic free black laptop bag that came with it. I got mine from XoticPC.

 

Can someone tell me how to rise my QPI from 4,8 to 6,4GT/s ?

Intel Core I7 920 SLBEJ D0
DDR3-RAM OCZ 1333Mhz @ 1066Mhz

THX

 

Yes the free basic bag that comes with the NP7280-x7200 is for a regular sized 17' laptop not the NP7280-x7200. All who order this system will need to find another bag. Also there is a thread about this HERE...
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AFAIK, only extreme processors (965,975 and 980X) have QPI of 6.4 GT/s

 

HI wraptor, good to hear from you.

I heard the same about Premiere Pro not using SLI. I just hope SLI doesn't cause a problem. I also read the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine doesn't get faster results from better cards over a certain point. I think both the 460 and 480 are above that point. I got in on a sale at XoticPC where the dual 460s were the same price as a system with only one. So I said "why not?" I figure if the SLI config causes me problems, I'll pull one of the 460s out and won't have lost anything. If Adobe ever gets around to supporting SLI, then I'm ready to go!

 

^^ No need to pull the card out, just disable SLI in Nvidia Control Panel.

 

This is correct. Higher end Xeons also have 6.4 GT/s. Higher is not necessarily good though as it has been shown that lowering to 4.8 does not hurt performance but does enable better overclocking since less stress on the components

 

i was using the built in monitor at max brightness

here is a Mafia2 benchmark high settings the power usage during the bench is 296-310 watts max



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and just cause max power drain 275-290 watts



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I'll keep that in mind, thanks for the tip. Hope I don't have to though...

 

I think thats what he was trying to do when i suggested it earlier ..

He does not have a DVD burner though ..

 

Well I wish I would of seen that sale! I'm thinking we won't have much performance difference either. Would love to see the numbers from PPBM5 Benchmark once we get our systems.

 

I hope to try that benchmark too. I thought about going with a single 480m, but decided to try and save some money and heat with the 460m. Then, when I configured the system, I noticed they had a sale on the 7280-s1 which is about the same amount off as it costs to add a 2nd 460m. I think the deal is still going.

I ordered Friday, when did you place yours?

 

I know i made a good choice picking up 950 and 460m sli.
Ordered on 24th november, hopefuly it will arrive this week, maybe in time with the new nvidia driver.

What are the opinions regarding the driver that should be used for 460m sli ?

Is that 265.xx form laptopvideo2go the best choice for now ?

 

he can do it from a flash drive...
all he has to do is format the drive, extract all files and copy the files over to the flash drive.
remove the ei.cfg file so it shows all os for that class (32 bit or 64 bit - depending on what he downloaded)
and he should technically be fine, plus it will load faster..
side note:
some of what you posted in your link...i see...lol

 

that driver is the best option for now don't have any issues i was playng mafia 2 for like 3 hours and don't see any problem at all this laptop is just like a desktop the hottest i saw the primary GPU was 62C applied ICdiamond on both the only downside of the driver is you can't adjust brightness is on max but that is not an issue for me because i like my screen bright

I am very happy with this laptop and i know you will be too so enjoy!

 

i tough he don't have no burner on the other computer but after he install vista on the X7200 he want to re download W7 and burn the disk on that computer

The only thing i don't understand is why he don't transfer the iso from the other computer to the X7200 to burn it

 

Speedy Gonzalez, didnt you had a 980x 480m sli x7200 ?
Are u using now a 950 460m sli ?

 

Hello Speedy,
is this right that with the 265.66 Driver the brightness is allways on max? (can´t change with FN + F8/F9 Keys)

 

i return the one with 480's and get one with 460's and swap the 980X from my desktop to the laptop

you can't lower the brightness at all that's true

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/6953239-post192.html

 

I orderd last Wed but doesn't matter as my card has not been charged yet. Having problems adding an alternate shipping address =/

 

So why did you all switch to this driver in the first place? The stock driver doesn't work well? I don't remember anyone talking about it.