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Community => The Lounge => Hardware/Software => Topic started by: -Delta- on Monday, May 17, 2010, 23:45:17 PM
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I got my laptop today, it's the Lenovo G460 (06772WU). It arrived without any visible damage, and I can't find any dead pixels in the screen either. By default it came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, along with a dozen other pre-installed programs. I uninstalled some of them, like McAfee and oovoo. I've had trouble updating to the latest Nvidia drivers for the Nvidia GeForce 310M graphics card it has. I don't know if there is some problem with Windows, or somehow they blocked the installation of non-Lenovo drivers. The Nvidia driver version it came with is 188.38, or some number like that, which sounds old to me. GPU-Z said it doesn't support OpenCL or PhysX, so I don't know if that's a result of the old driver. Anyway, I'll keep this short, I don't want it to sound like a review. ;)
Here are a couple of pictures:
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F115304%2Fpictures%2Flappy%2Flappyclosed_thumb.jpg&hash=8e56059dbe782092125bbd8d7209e00f)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/115304/pictures/lappy/lappyclosed.jpg)(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F115304%2Fpictures%2Flappy%2Flappyopen_thumb.jpg&hash=d1e3b3ba84db064a06c46b0aa437c944) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/115304/pictures/lappy/lappyopen.jpg)
And finally here are a few tests:
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F115304%2Fpictures%2Flappy%2FCPUZ-1.png&hash=21c1a3cd37e3789a12841fd013e51e82) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/115304/pictures/lappy/CPUZ-1.png)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F115304%2Fpictures%2Flappy%2FCPUZ-2.png&hash=5cd00f87c3e0310205a25c717e7a52b6) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/115304/pictures/lappy/CPUZ-2.png)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F115304%2Fpictures%2Flappy%2Fgpuz.gif&hash=a4ee7b46331da683024ca0af1afc9071)
SuperPi 1M score:
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F115304%2Fpictures%2Flappy%2FSuperPi.png&hash=793a1615627f5d169ebd04ca84aa5849)
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Looks nice :)
I wouldn't use a pre-installed Windows OS however.
BTW, how much was this laptop?
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Ohhh, that's a nice finish on the outside lid :) I'm with blueblaster, I wouldn't use it either but I've heard a lot of reports about Windows 7 OEM computers not coming with a re-install disk and that's what happened to Delta so I didn't recommend formatting to him :) However, he should be able to download Windows 7 and install the proper certificate and key and be valid.
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Yeah, I would reinstall it if I had a disc, but it only came with a manual.
BTW, Spanky modded an Nvidia driver for me, so I was able to update to the latest version.
BTW, how much was this laptop?
It was $787.53 with a 3 year warranty and tax.
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I added a SuperPi 1M test. 8)
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That laptop is better than my desktop. :'(
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Don't feel bad if you sunk 800$ into your desktop it would be better :P
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Don't feel bad if you sunk 800$ into your desktop it would be better :P
True. :D
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This laptop was an investment for me, and I plan on having it for quite awhile. I didn't want to live with a cheap laptop for the next few years. :)
Anyways, it was $699, the tax and warranty is what made it $787.59.
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Next computer investment for me will be a good laptop. Mostly because I start collage in the fall.
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Yeah, so far I am really happy with this laptop. And it seems faster than my desktop at some things. My only real complaint is that it seems to attract dust. :)
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Wow, I just looked up my super Pi 1m score and I come in at 000h 00m 17.458s.... Mind you my Q6600 runs at 3ghz, so your 2.27ghz cpu is just the tiniest bit slower than mine. Sigh.
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Yeah, the i series has a little ground on the cores, but not much. The i5 can also turbo boost itself up to 2.5GHz when I need the power. I was really surprised I got that though, it's lots faster than my AMD in my desktop. I might just use my laptop for video encoding now. :)
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Well went back and tried to get a little more outta my poor q6600. I couldn't have delta beating me with a laptop now could I? :P
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5939142/SuperPI.15.495s.jpg
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Not fair, my laptop only clocks to 2.5GHz. :)
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:P Yeah I'm a little competitive. But Delta you have to understand that you are on a fresh install of windows where as mine is going on 2 years old and has so much junk clogging it up! Any ways nice lappy, can't wait to get one of my own :) What kind of temps do you see on that thing, idle/half/full load?
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I don't have a program to monitor temperatures. Spanky said speedfan is good for the job. But is there a program that can stress the CPU and watch temperature, like a 2 in 1 bundle? :)
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A two in one? No. But you can use Linpack, orthos or any other benchmarking program. I use World community grid :P Speed fan is crap IMO go with Real Temp MUCH better.
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Cool, it's been awhile since I've used Windows, so I didn't know what the latest and greatest benchmarking tools were. Also I'm sure Spanky will be glad to here what you think of Speedfan. :P
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He knows :)
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Temps:
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F115304%2Fpictures%2Flappy%2Ftemps.png&hash=b7729f32fb98152700c71a11601eb25e) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/115304/pictures/lappy/temps.png)
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Not bad but I would try and undervolt some and get better temps :D
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I don't think I can do that, but I haven't really looked in the bios yet. Anyways, those temps are higher than any normal program will get them.
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Hmmm, a hyperthreading dual core... interesting. I doubt you will be able to change anything in the BIOS but who knows on the newer stuff. If you can't, I'd suggest checking out CrystalCPUID. I used it to undervolt/clock 2 AMD computers.