m15x user review by shima

[SsuRReaLL]

Just an update: my new Penryn CPU T9300 arrived today; an AW technician is supposed to call and schedule an appointment to come by sometime soon (hopefully early next week) to install this on my laptop. I have AS5 sitting here waiting for it as well.
I'll do another round of testing after the install.

+ rep for your awesome effort.!!
Thank you very much it's very appreciated.

[shima]

Okay, I've updated the first post with a 3DM06 score w/the new CPU, as well as an Everest snapshot of the T9300.

[toprpm]

Good review and update.

How is the heat with the new CPU. did it drop ..?

[shima]

Good review and update.

How is the heat with the new CPU. did it drop ..?

Its idling at 47 deg C right now, but I probably won't know what the heat will be like until the AS5 settles, after the 200 hour mark or whatever they recommend.

[Rebmik]

are all games performing well? Do you notice any heat issues causing a decrease in performance? I know a guy RickyS was getting like ... 18 fps at 1440x900 in UT3... How's your performance?

[shima]

I'm afraid I don't have UT3. I plan on picking up COD4 though, so I'll test that game.

Aside from Crysis (driver related issue), all games that I've played have performed well. I haven't noticed the overheat - downclock issue and I've also been looking for it. I'll keep tabs on my GPU clocks going forward to see if this happens, and hoping and praying that it doesn't.

[tacomenace21]

hey shima do you mind running the CPU queen in everest to see what u score?

[shima]

Sure thing taco:

CPU Queen:

2x Core 2 Duo T9300 2478 MHz Alienware m15x GM965 Ext. Dual DDR2-661 5-5-5-15 Score: 10497

[Rebmik]

so shima you have no problems with the notebook? That's good to hear

[shima]

so shima you have no problems with the notebook? That's good to hear

Aside from the minor ones I mentioned in the first post such as the touch controls after sleep and whatnot, its working fine. I haven't had any major ones such as downclocking when overheating yet...