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post #11 of 374
8/18/11 at 9:06am
Any of you guys gaming with these? I'm curious if the horror stories are true. I've heard a lot about (mostly the TimelineX ones) having major heating issues. I figured they wouldn't be great gaming machines but it makes me wonder how the thing handles even basic HD video.
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8/18/11 at 10:42am
Well you can add me to the club! Ordered mine this morning with overnight shipping!

3830TG i5 2410, 540 1GB
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8/18/11 at 11:00am
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guys..i'm about to buy this laptop, but i have a question..will AMD APUs perform better in games than the acer?? or will the acer be better? here are my other choices:

Choice 2
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The thing you need to remember with the TLX. It is only 1" thick. Yes, there are better performing laptops for the money, but they are much bulkier. You pay a bit of a premium for the size.

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Originally Posted by redwarrior191 View Post
but, will the processor GPU in the APU give an advantage over the 540m (the asymmetrical crossfire thing??)???
The APU+ dGPU will probably be faster than the 540m, but the i5 2410 is MUCH faster in gaming and most applications than the APU CPU.

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Any of you guys gaming with these? I'm curious if the horror stories are true. I've heard a lot about (mostly the TimelineX ones) having major heating issues. I figured they wouldn't be great gaming machines but it makes me wonder how the thing handles even basic HD video.
Games fine, thermal threshold is about 100c, so as long as you keep it under that, you are fine. I'm still writing it, but if you follow all the steps in the (soon to be) guide in the OP, you can prevent most thermal issues.

and HD videos uses the igp, so yea....not much heat there.

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Well you can add me to the club! Ordered mine this morning with overnight shipping!

3830TG i5 2410, 540 1GB
yay
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8/18/11 at 11:13am
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added a section about the mesh vents to the Thermal management section

also added info about the battery
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post #15 of 374
8/18/11 at 12:14pm
Add me to the list I have an i5/540 1gb version.

I just got done trying to figure out why my laptop would only use the IGP no matter what program was running. Turns out that when I got the new drivers from laptopvideo2go I didn't overwrite the default INF file correctly. Some drivers don't even let you install if you don't do it correctly, but I guess for these it just disables the 540m .

Now my only remaining problem is possibly my battery wear. It hovers around 8-10% and I have the Panasonic battery. The heat has not been an issue for me after using throttlestop. I haven't removed the mesh yet or reapplied thermal paste although I'll probably remove the mesh soon.
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8/18/11 at 12:26pm
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^assuming 3830?

it seems like 13.3 is the most popular size.
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8/18/11 at 8:35pm
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^assuming 3830?

it seems like 13.3 is the most popular size.
Yeah it's a 3830
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post #18 of 374
8/19/11 at 9:37am
ah i just tried playing BFBC2 on my laptop and the temp hit 98C!! im currently using a cheap old 3 fan laptop cooler..

i didnt change any settings for my laptop.. never use throttle stop also..

didnt remove the wire mesh also.. bcos there a sticker on that states "warranty void if tear" directly on the screw..

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8/19/11 at 11:03am
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ah i just tried playing BFBC2 on my laptop and the temp hit 98C!! im currently using a cheap old 3 fan laptop cooler..

i didnt change any settings for my laptop.. never use throttle stop also..

didnt remove the wire mesh also.. bcos there a sticker on that states "warranty void if tear" directly on the screw..
1. use throttle stop, it is a god.

2. what screw?


BC2 gets pretty warm for me to. The CPU will sometimes get into the like 95 range. But, i dont have a laptop cooler yet.
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8/19/11 at 11:24am
Just got mine today!!! I am posting this message from it! Its a sweet laptop!! Great size and seems like its made pretty well! Will be playing some games later!!. I also like the feel of the chicklet keys on the keyboard!!! Its actually better than my macbook I have for work
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