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Weight of the laptop a problem/On battery Gaming?

Coombzy
Level 7
Hello I was wondering whether the weight on the JW variant is a problem I noticed it was 4.6kg compared to the 2.7-3kg of most GTX 765M laptops however I really like the look of the laptop so I am considering it as a college/portable powerhouse system
would I really care if I carried it in a laptop bag until I needed to get it out in lessons etc or should I consider other options?
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there's an upper limit to the safe power output of a battery pack and the peak power draw of a gaming GPU + a stressed CPU is well above that ceiling.
ASUS G750JX -- i7-4700 - 16GB - 128GB 840 PRO SSD + 1TB HDD - Nvidia GTX 770M - 120Hz 3D glossy display

Myroslav wrote:
How?

there's an upper limit to the safe power output of a laptop battery pack; the peak power draw of a gaming GPU + a stressed CPU is well above that ceiling.
ASUS G750JX -- i7-4700 - 16GB - 128GB 840 PRO SSD + 1TB HDD - Nvidia GTX 770M - 120Hz 3D glossy display

Flea0
Level 10
it is physically disabled, aka no software fix for that, which is both a curse and a blessing since it avoids all the headaches that optimus still causes but obviously handicaps the laptop when off the mains.
ASUS G750JX -- i7-4700 - 16GB - 128GB 840 PRO SSD + 1TB HDD - Nvidia GTX 770M - 120Hz 3D glossy display

ah its a shame then I was hoping I could disabled the dedicated gpu when off the mains surely there is a BIOS option or is that locked as well?

Coombzy wrote:
ah its a shame then I was hoping I could disabled the dedicated gpu when off the mains surely there is a BIOS option or is that locked as well?


Intel gpu is physically soldered off. It works fine with 765m throttling back. For regular use, jw holds for 3-4 hours without issues.
G750JW: i7-4700HQ, 12GB DDR3L 1600MHz, GTX765M 2GB GDDR5, OZC Vertex 4 256GB+Hitachi HTS727575A

does it perform like a 4600 or better off battery I may want to sit and game in the cafe for a little while on break if I can't get to a classroom

Coombzy wrote:
does it perform like a 4600 or better off battery I may want to sit and game in the cafe for a little while on break if I can't get to a classroom

I have the 770M, perhaps Myroslav could try running 3dmark on battery on his JW?
ASUS G750JX -- i7-4700 - 16GB - 128GB 840 PRO SSD + 1TB HDD - Nvidia GTX 770M - 120Hz 3D glossy display

3dmark or any game will do I will mostly be on AC power but sometimes you have to move to a cafe or something don't want my laptop to suddenly be as slow as my old one.

Coombzy wrote:
does it perform like a 4600 or better off battery I may want to sit and game in the cafe for a little while on break if I can't get to a classroom

I have the 770M, perhaps Myroslav could try running 3dmark on battery on his JW?
ASUS G750JX -- i7-4700 - 16GB - 128GB 840 PRO SSD + 1TB HDD - Nvidia GTX 770M - 120Hz 3D glossy display

Myroslav could you run 3dmark or a benchmark off battery? Flea said it would give me an accurate comparison of the slower GTX 765m on battery vs something like intel 4600