New changes!

- Added Starcraft II, Darksiders, Lost Planet 2, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 and NBA 2K11 benchmarks.
- Updated minor details regarding new secondary hard drive.

More coming soon (Call of Duty Black Ops and Battlefield Bad Company 2).

Tried Bad Company 2 the other day with full settings, and nothing was lagging at all. Just got Shogun 2 as well, and will try that later. Lord of the Rings Online, Mass Effect 2, Civilization 5, Black Ops, Dawn of War II Retribution, and Dragon Age 2 are up later tonight.

750GB HDD works wonders

Overclocking results will be up later tonight too.

Busy busy!

Will get Crysis 2 sometime later this week. Currently busy with my cosplay costume haha

This post has been edited by This is a Lamp: Mar 28 2011, 12:03 PM

Added Crysis 2 in benchmarks





This post has been edited by This is a Lamp: Mar 28 2011, 08:34 PM

Haha if you say so. I'm pretty much tightening everything into a schedule these days. Very routined life on weekdays, and weekends go all out !

No custom tax.

Hmmm, was playing multiplayer all night last night. Was about 82C - 85C, without FN+1.

90C quite high though

This post has been edited by This is a Lamp: Mar 31 2011, 06:04 AM

Okay guys, update.

Big problem came by with the laptop (don't think it's the laptop's fault).

Apparently my Corsair SSD wasn't detected on the BIOS and just sits there on POST since yesterday. So, I emailed my reseller regarding the problem. They replied that Corsair drives have detection problems on the NP8150/P150HM laptops due to their short SATA connectors hence not detected properly...

Weird huh. I will try to compensate that with my Seagate Momentus XT for now...there goes my free time in weekends.

So if you're ever going to buy this laptop, don't get a Corsair drive for it.


And so far, thanks for reading my review . Benchmarks are to a halt until I sort the drives out.

This post has been edited by This is a Lamp: Apr 1 2011, 11:31 AM

Nah. Don't need to. It's just the SSD's problem, not my laptop.

I will put a different drive, and use the SSD on my netbook.

Updated BIOS to 1.01.06, and so far so good.

Still using the Momentus XT as primary drive and no problems found.
Later tonight will upload a gameplay video of Crysis 2, and benchmark for Dawn of War II Retribution.

Battery life was about 2-3 hours, mid brightness power saver.

Was 2:30~ with balanced and mid brightness.

And download? Nahhh...I buy my games for online play haha (Love online ). Some of them are from Steam, and some games I have already gotten them before I had my laptop.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I will try that tonight...although I filed an RMA for my Corsair. Reason why this RMA was done because I actually installed the Corsair drive into my netbook, but the BIOS did not detect it either. So I ruled out that the drive was inoperable, unfortunately.

Hopefully your suggestion will help sort the problem out; I still have my save games in that SSD ! A Crucial C300 SSD is incoming to my doorstep in a week or so, and has been proven by my resellers that it works marvelously.

Haha sure. I have a copy myself...but the 30 day free trial didn't work so I couldn't make a character .

Will do the benchmark tomorrow, pretty tired today . Will update you ASAP.

Sorry to disappoint you but the laptop got 2.8k points...4 - 5k points are still within the desktop range to be honest.

But it was still very playable throughout and I believe it can reach 3k if pushed a bit further.



Next up will be Bulletstorm...just got it today

Changes:
- Removed Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 image to make way for FFXIV Benchmark.

This post has been edited by This is a Lamp: Apr 9 2011, 11:30 AM

Have you tried flashing to the latest Firmware and BIOS? Some NBR users have fixed the issue by doing so.

My fans normally turn on but doesn't really have a cycle; this is because I'm using a secondary monitor as well, so the fans are always spinning at a constant rate.

I do not have this issue after disconnecting my secondary monitor.

What NVIDIA driver version have you got currently?

It's actually on my sig, the picture that is. The stock fans don't have a high RPM, while the ones I modded in are desktop 120mm fans, which goes even faster. It does help very much in fact, due to the higher RPM and cycle.


I don't really think the keyboard is bad though. And 4 screws to open a laptop is MUCH MUCH better than many of the current laptop brands today. Try opening a HP laptop or a Toshiba laptop; you will have trouble getting to ALL the components in less than 5 minutes. The NP8150 opens up quick, and easy. I don't know what you mean by "troublesome".

They are of the normal loose screw, Philip head type. Two in the middle, two on corners.

This post has been edited by This is a Lamp: Apr 25 2011, 10:13 AM

Hmmm...removing the back cover while gaming...don't get into the habit of that if you have a Clevo, because by itself, it runs pretty cool anyway and you're subjected to attract objects into the fan intakes as well as a pretty serious case of burns if you touch the two heatsinks.

And forgot to answer your FF online character question. I couldn't make a character because Squareenix screwed my payment system up, so I just gave up.

Any budget limit?

Haha, the Np8150 can already play Crysis 2 @ Ultra settings. If overclocked, it plays even better. I haven't posted the results of that yet though...haven't got the time.

Aside from being a student, what are your other uses? Do you game a lot (this is a gaming machine)? Do you intend to carry it around everyday? How often will you carry it? Any budget limit?

It is expensive because:
1) It uses desktop processors
2) 2 GPU solution e.g. 485m SLi
3) 3 Hard drive bays

It is more or less, the most powerful/expensive laptop right now. I don't think any other laptop manufacturer can overcome the hurdle of placing a desktop processor in a laptop motherboard (maybe in the future...but it's pretty bleak at the moment).

17" inch. Yeah very imba haha.

Yep. All Sagers are customizable (GPU, RAM, CPU, HDD, LCD, other things), except maybe the lower end mobility models (NP5170, NP5175, NP5160, NP5165...etc).

Currently the cheapest GAMING one would be about $1200 - 1300$USD...about RM3.8K without shipping. This is the NP8130, with Intel Core i7-2630QM, GTX 460m and 8GB RAM.

The mobility models are cheaper, about $800USD but they have the GT 555m/540m instead.

Mind you, that the laptop isn't really heavy but the adapter is very heavy! If you can afford exercising your shoulders then bringing it to Uni then the NP8150 isn't really that bad. I bring it out once in awhile. If your budget limit is up to RM8K, that's plenty to spend on things like SSDs and even enough for the GTX 485m. For me, I got this laptop for just its pure horsepower not portability. Another thing to note that it runs about 3 hours on balanced/power saver, so if you're not wanting the power adapter with you then this is something to think about .

Hope it helps. Feel free to ask more questions before deciding

The laptop is 3kg ~

The adapter...um, I don't have a weighing machine around but it is like a text book.