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GigEmAggies
12-01-2005, 02:42 PM
So i was looking at getting a laptop from Alienware. I noticed you could put a 7800gtx and dualcore AMDs in a laptop! How do they keep these things running cool. Some links would be nice, ive searched for the pass two hours on there site and it doesn't tell you anything.
ua549
12-01-2005, 03:45 PM
They transfer the heat to the bottom of the case so it can leave burn scars on your lap. ;)

Joking aside, the bottom of my Pentium M 2GHz laptop case reaches 100°F and sometimes more when it is working at 100% CPU utilization.
proxops-pete
12-01-2005, 03:53 PM
I'd suspect usage of heatpipes and such... AMD dual cores don't make that much more heat than single cores...
Johnmcl7
12-01-2005, 04:40 PM
The Alienware mentioned is the Clevo D900K chassis, the AMD variant of the D900T which has been out a while now. This page shows the internals of the Rock XtremeTi which uses the Clevo D900T chassis and is much the same:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1293&page=3&search=rock

Lots of fans, lots of copper basically.

My Pentium-m 8600 and XPS 2 both have good cooling designs and don't heat up much on the underside, despite the fact the latter has a GeForce 6800U underneath. Unfortunately the XtremeCT is a bit of a disappointment in this area, due to the cooling design it really can'tbe used on a lap.

John
Vengance_01
12-01-2005, 08:00 PM
Yup my Dell 9300 AKA XPS Gen 2 has a very effcient cooling. my new 7800GTX go has to heatpipes and those extend out to the back part on the left and right. There are two fans in it, and my laptop stays pretty damn cool even under full load condinstions
Ashpool
12-02-2005, 01:25 AM
The Alienware mentioned is the Clevo D900K chassis, the AMD variant of the D900T which has been out a while now. This page shows the internals of the Rock XtremeTi which uses the Clevo D900T chassis and is much the same:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=1293&page=3&search=rock

Lots of fans, lots of copper basically.

My Pentium-m 8600 and XPS 2 both have good cooling designs and don't heat up much on the underside, despite the fact the latter has a GeForce 6800U underneath. Unfortunately the XtremeCT is a bit of a disappointment in this area, due to the cooling design it really can'tbe used on a lap.

John

Do people really need 5-speaker setups in a laptop???
Johnmcl7
12-02-2005, 08:20 AM
It's a desktop replacement rather than a laptop, plus I'm sure many people are not content with a standard pair of low quality laptop speakers.

John
Ashpool
12-02-2005, 08:06 PM
It's a desktop replacement rather than a laptop, plus I'm sure many people are not content with a standard pair of low quality laptop speakers.

John

But we're talking 5 speakers.

Built into the laptop.

A LAPTOP.

Any spatialization (or whatever) you could experience in a multi-speaker setup will go out the window if it's that close to you and right in your lap. I would seriously doubt if it could really put you in a surround effect.

Needless and really damn stupid. They could have just put in two decent speakers and save on a bit of space, which could be used for something a lot more useful like keeping the damn thing cooled down.
GigEmAggies
12-05-2005, 10:56 PM
Thanks guys for all yalls input.
GigEmAggies
12-05-2005, 10:57 PM
Oh and one more question. Someone said that ALienware does not build there own laptops...is this true? If so, who does?
Vengance_01
12-06-2005, 12:50 AM
Alienware uses P4 Clevo desgins.