Gaming laptop - Qi18
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any1?
The laptop is **based** on the Clevo M980NU, which is reviewed here http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Clevo-M980NU-Notebook.18377.0.html
They do have concerns with the low brightness of the screen and the highly reflective surface making it hard at times to see the screen with external influence lighting.
They do have concerns with the low brightness of the screen and the highly reflective surface making it hard at times to see the screen with external influence lighting.
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Actually thats not the Clevo m980nu, its the X8100, it's successor (I've used both). The screen is relatively bright (well its brighter than some I've used so its by no means awful, and colours are decent, blacks/greys not amazing but can't win them all on a laptop) these days as lots are using a H06 LED revision backlit monitor rather than the older CCFL, which was actually fine from experience. Thats a decent price for the spec, but do some checks on the reseller before ordering incase you have some warranty issues.
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Unless you've got a duff heatsink they cool sufficiently, Clevo are known for decent cooling systems (normally). My 5870s dont go above about 75 degrees in furmark set to max, my CPU runs hotter but I think I've got a heatsink with bad contact (some cores are quite a bit cooler than others, and multiple reseats hasn't sorted it) Im going to be discussing with my vendor. I'm also running the 940XM which runs a decent bit hotter under load 
well, tbh, money-wise, it is a better choice to buy a desktop gaming system, since the cash you spend on the laptop would not give you the desired output (mobile version of cpus and gpus and their clock speeds etc), however, since I am looking into a portable system (in this case, semi-portable 
, almost 10kg...) that would replace my sh*tty desktop + low power consumption vs desktops' ~1K Watts..mehe...these are the reasons i want to buy a powerful laptop that would last for 3-5 years (incl possible upgrades on the way)...
@Alex, hows ur G890? Happy with it? How is it during some intensive gaming? What about films? Screen at night time with no lights/night light lamps, or lets say during an average "partly-cloudy" day?
, almost 10kg...) that would replace my sh*tty desktop + low power consumption vs desktops' ~1K Watts..mehe...these are the reasons i want to buy a powerful laptop that would last for 3-5 years (incl possible upgrades on the way)...@Alex, hows ur G890? Happy with it? How is it during some intensive gaming? What about films? Screen at night time with no lights/night light lamps, or lets say during an average "partly-cloudy" day?
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It's good. Couple of minor niggles that are likely BIOS/hardware related I'm getting resolved, but otherwise its good, performance wise Im playing Mass Effect 2 on it at 1920x1080 with full ingame settings, it's certainly no slouch. Obviously I've got the X8100 a bit more kitted out, but either way its pretty nippy. Anandtech actually reviewed the machine with a similar spec to mine vs with the 480m and a desktop 5850. In a lot of games it came in the same region as the 5850...so again no slouch. Yes you can get something much faster and cheaper if you buy a desktop unit, obviously this is a lot more mobile and compact, even if its not a true laptop per se.
Screen is fine as long as you're not shining a light right at it. Not the best screen ever, but in my stint in computer retail I saw far worse. Partially comes from being a TN panel with an acrylic/glass cover as well.
Screen is fine as long as you're not shining a light right at it. Not the best screen ever, but in my stint in computer retail I saw far worse. Partially comes from being a TN panel with an acrylic/glass cover as well.
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Some users (not all it would seem) have experienced intermittant graphical issues in some titles. Its still early days though for this chassis/card combo and my understanding is they've improved it already between the .11 bios (which introduced the cards) and .11oc.
Either way most games are perfectly playable even with the odd glitches etc, in my machine's case it's extemely close to being perfect for what I want, just need to get these residuals dealt with.
Not all games even show signs of issues however.
Either way most games are perfectly playable even with the odd glitches etc, in my machine's case it's extemely close to being perfect for what I want, just need to get these residuals dealt with.
Not all games even show signs of issues however.
hmmm...are you talking about a stuttering effect? if yes, then i doubt its solely an issue of the laptop. more likely it is due to the fact that the relationship between the cross/sli cards and an application (in our case, a game) is not very tight, meaning that the game is not optimized for the xfire/sli. so, what happens, is one card is working on the game, while the other card (or both cards) displays the picture, so when one card can't handle some computations during an intensive fighting scene or whatever, that's where we see that small "lag", same **** with one card, when it cant handle the game.... correct me pls, if am wrong.
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No Im not talking stuttering. Im well aware of that as a seperate issue, this isn't my first dual card machine
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No shouldnt be an issue, there's a thread on NBR where people rehost them, and Clevo make them available to resellers pretty much as soon as they're 'final' (although there's no public access to thier own BIOS servers...you're meant to go through the reseller).