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Laptops
Apr 1, 2022 22:52:36 GMT
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Post by stanleyb on Apr 1, 2022 22:52:36 GMT
I have been trying to get graphics and CAD work done on the laptop I dedicated to those heavy number crunching tasks. But as the packages got bigger and more processor intensive over the years the program manufacturers have started using the GPU to get more power. But the kind of laptops that can handle the resulting heat is confined to gaming laptop. So I bit the bullet and bought one to see if it can do CAD etc well too. But the temperatures produced are astonishing. At full throttle the fans, yes fans, are loud enough to hear in the adjacent room. Meanwhile the keyboard becomes a mini electric hub. I ordered a temperature controlled cooling pad to tame the heat of the laptop. But the speed difference in graphics output is amazing on the 144Hz screen.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 2, 2022 8:49:55 GMT
I've abandoned buying Intel laptops at work because of the supply problems. Bought a batch of Lenovo E14 with AMD Ryzen CPUs and they really rip through the workload. AMDs include a very decent GPU as standard and they're impressive, even in laptop form. My desktop AMD Ryzen 5 with 6 cores is even better.
That's what I would target for CPU/GPU intensive work now.
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Post by stanleyb on Apr 2, 2022 11:31:49 GMT
I am amazed with what you can now buy laptop wise. Mine has two M2.0 slots and one SATA slot. I was also surprised that I can now do dual boot without having to do a special Dual boot mode install of Windows. On my machine it is done by pressing F7 and selecting which drive to boot from until I change the settings again via F7. I intend to use win8.1 on one drive and Win11 on another. The SATA drive will be my backup drive.
It took a while to figure out how to configure the laptop for power versus fan operation. It has a Control Center for that. I had it set to full power raw mode at all times. I am supposed to have set it to balanced mode so that the machine decides what power level is required for a task. It now runs far quieter during regular operation. But the operating speed is crazy. A 25MB picture noise reduction processing takes several minutes on my regular laptop. With the new one it takes just 10s. I had to do that test several times to convince myself that I wasn't dreaming. But the RGB keyboard is truly funky.
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Post by Slinger on Apr 2, 2022 13:37:37 GMT
...But the RGB keyboard is truly funky.  I wanted a mechanical keyboard for the PC and ended up buying a " gaming" keyboard from Cooler Master. It comes with software to make the lights do all sorts of daft things and I was going to turn it off, but I actually found one I like, which briefly illuminates the key you hit, and then fades out. I daresay you've got a similar application hidden away somewhere to change the way the keyboard LEDs do their funky thing. My MSI motherboard has MysticLight built in to it, and yet another software application to specify how the coloured lights on my motherboard cycle. Good job I built the PC with a "window" in the side panel.  |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 2, 2022 14:38:48 GMT
My Samsung FE tablet keyboard has funky background lighting and I can change its colour at will.
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