Official Sony SB/SA/SC/SD Series Owners' Thread

[Karamazovmm]

GT 540M is faster than the 6630M since 6630M is slower than the 5650 and 6550 that was in the . Only downside is the possible higher temp of the nvidia vs ATI and lacking linux compatibility.

Where did you saw more benchmarks from the 6630m? The only one that I saw gave a clear advantage for the 6630m as I stated before

[jman1975]

Clearly sony reps have no idea what they are talking about...

this happens to be the case with many manufacturers my favorite experience is having a Best Buy salesperson try and sell me one item over another because it's "really cool"

[jk6959]

Still downloading CoD:BO / Batman AA but picked up SC2 for last mission - loads of mobs to test the 6630M / i5-2520 and found
Native High = smooth 50-60fps,
Native Ultra = 30-40fps, sometimes dips below 30fps which you can notice

In smaller custom games Ultra should be more playable but High gives sufficient balance of speed and detail.

Magicka ran well at high, both of these tests have me downloading loads in the background which may impact the performance slightly.

Will try out CoD:BO / BFBC2 / Batman AA this evening, got BBQ now

[tinythetiger]

Still downloading CoD:BO / Batman AA but picked up SC2 for last mission - loads of mobs to test the 6630M / i5-2520 and found
Native High = smooth 50-60fps,
Native Ultra = 30-40fps, sometimes dips below 30fps which you can notice

In smaller custom games Ultra should be more playable but High gives sufficient balance of speed and detail.

Magicka ran well at high, both of these tests have me downloading loads in the background which may impact the performance slightly.

Will try out CoD:BO / BFBC2 / Batman AA this evening, got BBQ now

Excellent, I've been looking for this info forever

[jk6959]

Ok guys, I've had a very quick run-through of a handful of games with 6630M and it's fine with all games smoothly:

SC2: High Native resolution runs fine (50-60fps)
CoD:BO: Native 2-4xAA runs smoothly
BFBC2: Native Medium is smooth (50-60fps) High seems bit less balanced in scripted events
Batman AA: everything maxed 60fps
Magicka: everything maxed smooth

Hopefully will download some more games over the week (TF2, L4D & L4D2, Bioshock, etc) but initial impression is that new i5 & 6630M should be fine for 720p and probably 900p for quite a while.

[Crotia]

Still downloading CoD:BO / Batman AA but picked up SC2 for last mission - loads of mobs to test the 6630M / i5-2520 and found
Native High = smooth 50-60fps,
Native Ultra = 30-40fps, sometimes dips below 30fps which you can notice

In smaller custom games Ultra should be more playable but High gives sufficient balance of speed and detail.

Magicka ran well at high, both of these tests have me downloading loads in the background which may impact the performance slightly.

Will try out CoD:BO / BFBC2 / Batman AA this evening, got BBQ now

Thanks! Looking forward to playing some SC without lagging

[Crotia]

How long does it take to ship from China to North America on average?

[Karamazovmm]

Ok guys, I've had a very quick run-through of a handful of games with 6630M and it's fine with all games smoothly:

SC2: High Native resolution runs fine (50-60fps)
CoD:BO: Native 2-4xAA runs smoothly
BFBC2: Native Medium is smooth (50-60fps) High seems bit less balanced in scripted events
Batman AA: everything maxed 60fps
Magicka: everything maxed smooth

Hopefully will download some more games over the week (TF2, L4D & L4D2, Bioshock, etc) but initial impression is that new i5 & 6630M should be fine for 720p and probably 900p for quite a while.

Its not at all lesser than the 5650m, I cant play SC2 on high with those kind of fps

[magicsoap]

That $ucks, mine only gets loud if I am doing something intensive for atleast 10 min. And then it only spools up for a minute before going back down. It really doesn't bother me as it is normal, and I'd rather have it spool up and be just as cool as it can be than have a 120* lap burner.

I downloaded the bios update, but it's still loud when I try to play games. It's a really nice laptop, I wish it wasn't so loud. Also I think I may have a defective product? Anyway returning it, and going to look at the ones offered at the sonystyle store, if it's fine there, might just be the one I got. If not, going to get the x220 when it comes out. Does anyone know where I can buy the x220 now?

Thanks

[benny90]

I am also thinking to return because of fan noise. In a quiet environment you can always here it, also with light webbrowsing and office and under load it boosts up pretty much. this is someway unacceptable for the price. I am still checking but I fear this won´t be made better by another bios update.

As far as I know I have latest bios, benny which version do you run? I have R1030H4.

This would be so annoying, a part from that i love the machine. I could live with the noise now still, but what is in half a year or later? Machines do get louder..

Thats pretty unfortunate. Before the update the thing sounded like a newfound SB jet fighter taking off, like seriously. I was updating Windows and was thinking to myself that there is no way I could deal with that kind of noise. But now it only ever makes some noise when I have been doing intensive work for at least 10 min.

I'll take a look at what BIOS I'm running and report back.

The reason I'm asking is below:



Clearly sony reps have no idea what they are talking about...

Thats pretty funny right there, they really have no clue lol. But yea, the battery is internal and the slice is external. The laptop will always come with the internal battery.

I downloaded the bios update, but it's still loud when I try to play games. It's a really nice laptop, I wish it wasn't so loud. Also I think I may have a defective product? Anyway returning it, and going to look at the ones offered at the sonystyle store, if it's fine there, might just be the one I got. If not, going to get the x220 when it comes out. Does anyone know where I can buy the x220 now?

Thanks

Sorry to hear that man. I'm not sure as like I mentioned mine doesn't make much noise at all.