yeah pass mark the 7640g scores better than the 260m 610/590.. In my testing for beamng the the graphics arent that much of a problem but the cpu is. the 720 i7 is faster than my cpu.
so bubble that is a nice pc, about the same as my 3770k.. You can reply now you need a bigger power supply your beating the hell out of that 550w
Not gonna lie im thinking about keeping this laptop kinda.. This is what an 89$ upgrade would do in comparison to the alienware: CPU/APU Currently my a8-4500 scroes 2691 passmark 89$ - a10-5750 scores 3667 passmark trade - i7 720q scores 3067 passmark GPU currently my 7640g scores 610 passmark 8650g scores 539 for some reason.. think thats off 260m scores 590 passmark Should I trade or upgrade my pc? Not sure... ok FutureMark shows a difference 8650g=3000 7640g=2440 260m=? couldnt find one
I play it just fine on the intel 3217U which is just a low voltage model dual core i3 at 1.8ghz with HD4000. Its not a very demanding game really.
err, what? Great build! You'll love the 4670k. Well it was never demanding, it was just very, very poorly optimized. Now that they've put some work into optimizing it, it runs great on just about everything.
WHAT HAVE I DONE?! That's what happens when you post at like 3am --fixed it if that wasn't clear already
Ahhh, it all makes sense now. Had me confused for a bit. - - - Updated - - - Guess I can add this. Win XP Pro SP3 running in an Oracle VirtualBox 2 cores from my i5-3570k and 2GB ram + 128mb video ram Comes in handy sometimes (imported from here)
/\/\ Dat Alienware tho... My specs: FX 6300 @ stock Stock cooler (Hyper 212 Evo coming soon) ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS mobo 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 1866 (another stick coming soon) Sapphire R7 260X 2GB @ stock box speed, 1050 MHz WD Blue 1TB HDD LiteOff ODD Win 7
I don't know how mine is still working. It's a plain-ol' no-brand 500w, in use for like five years, running everything overclocked with many fans and hard drives... it should not be able to do this.
You're putting a lot of trust in something that could very easily blow up and take all of your parts with it... - - - Updated - - - It's not so much the wattage you want, it's the amperage it can put out. A 500w power supply is decent enough, but cheapo ones don't put out anywhere near enough amperage to run high end graphics cards. If it's a no name brand power supply, theres a 100% chance that it can't put out the power it says it can on the label.
Watts = Volts * Amps. Voltage should be fixed. Therefore 2 power supplies with 400W on their 12V rail will have the same max current on the 12V rail.
Theoretically they will, but in practice they wont. No name brand power supplies are well known for over rating their specs. It may say x wattage and x amps on the 12v rail, but you'll never be able to get that power from it.
36 or 38 Amps. Can't remember. It's a rosewill HIVE series 550w. Reviews say it's great. Now at 4.2@1.25v. I know it is a bit high but I haven't pushed the chip, and 1.25v is plenty cool. (Love the NZXT respire T40) Now the dang chip is pegged at 4.2Ghz at 0.05v at idle. Dang power saving on this MSI mobo, it doesn't bring clocks down. D:
