3820TG Owner's Lounge - Part Two

[zephir]

If you don't mind me asking, how are you overclocking the CPU? I have the exact same config as you, and have no idea which clock generator to choose in SetFSB. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

Just got my replacement 3820TG as in signature. The gpu clocks like crazy, furmark up to 880Mhz! Memory not that good, maxes out at 1020Mhz. The CPU is a decent clocker, without HT and turbo I get 3.3GHz loaded on both cores. I got this new machine in exchange for the i5-450/HD5650, so I'm happy. Next up is to solder on the pci socket and put on some decent TIM on GPU/CPU and ramsinks. This little fella gets HOT!

[too456]

my desktop Asus P6T motherboard died. While waiting for it to be repaired (it's a long story but I'm done with Asus),

Bronsky

I feel your pain :P Asus service really sucks even in Singapore, which is why I discourage anyone buying a laptop from buying Asus because their service is so bad

[bydus]

Hi there every1, haven't been following this thread for a while now but I see there is a refresh line of timeline,. Was wondering what you guys think about 3820tg substitute? From what I see it doesn't replace it really in terms of power (lower clocked CPU?) not sure about gpu either. Design seems a bit, less professional to me, but thats just personal opinion. So any1 getting it ? Am I wrong in terms of specs on it?

[Bronsky]

Hi there every1, haven't been following this thread for a while now but I see there is a refresh line of timeline,. Was wondering what you guys think about 3820tg substitute? From what I see it doesn't replace it really in terms of power (lower clocked CPU?) not sure about gpu either. Design seems a bit, less professional to me, but thats just personal opinion. So any1 getting it ? Am I wrong in terms of specs on it?

I would guess that most of us that have 3820TGs are keeping them. How nice to be content with my laptop and not be tempted to sell it for a new model.

Bronsky

[Lennong]

methods of oc'ing please

what kinda Scores do You get in 3dmark 06 with that Overclock?

If you don't mind me asking, how are you overclocking the CPU? I have the exact same config as you, and have no idea which clock generator to choose in SetFSB. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

I use the software SetFSB (Unlocked, ASUS G73JH) and MSI Afterburner. To be able to disable HT and Turboboost you'll need to flash your BIOS with a modified version that has extended options enabled. There are links in the beginning of this thread to these things.

This OC were only run for a very short period of time, perhaps 5mins. The temps are to high for my liking and I will replace the thermal paste and pehaps lap the heatsinks before running any benches at those frequencies. My experience is that notebooks benefits greatly from these modifications. It's not impossible to reduce temps with some 5-10C.

[too456]

*830 series released in Taiwan. Kinda expensive with crappy specs, so I'll give this a miss :P Acer releases third-gen Aspire Timeline X laptops with Sandy Bridge, but only in Taiwan for now -- Engadget

[prikolchik]

I pretty much disabled Windows to get max battery life. I get 4.5 to 5 hours max in windows, and with Ubuntu 10.10 and acpi_call to turn off the ATI, I get 5.5 to 6.0 hours handily.

Why ACPI call and not vgaswitcheroo? This in /etc/rc.local does the job:

chown "username" /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

Actually now that I think about it, I only get about 4 hours with WiFI on. Tricks?

[Sxooter]

Why ACPI call and not vgaswitcheroo? This in /etc/rc.local does the job:

chown "username" /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch

Actually now that I think about it, I only get about 4 hours with WiFI on. Tricks?

No real reason other than I came across acpi_call before finding a decent guide to switcheroo. I'll try switcheroo next. I'll also let you know if my battery life drops with switcheroo versus acpi_call.

[mark2000]

I know for sale items are discouraged on these threads but because this is more of a niche market, i consider posting this more a favour than anything.

I Pulled my French/English 3820TG keyboard and I will sell it to anyone interested, basically for shipping and a few bucks for my trouble.

I am just hoping someone might find some good use out of this, perhaps French students living in America??

PM me if interested.

Once again: I repeat, this is not a for sale ad, I'm offering this as a favour to a fellow user in need.

[l33dagame]

Does anyone know if the 3810T keyboard works on 3820TG?
The 3810T keyboard seems way cheaper than the 3820T keyboard.
They're like $10-15 difference....