And low battery profiles are more common. I understand nowadays company starts to minimize their circuit board, and maximize internal space and cram in largest battery as possible. and since we are comparing 17 inch gaming laptop to thin 13 inch tablet, I cannot say surface book has much bigger battery. With similar size battery, you should expect about same capacity.
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Of course, intense gaming and watching video are not same, but 12 hour running times with similar power consuming GPU is still impressive for me, because battery technology has been stagnated and not improved at all. With thin form factor, it is very difficult to cram in high power consuming processor without having problem.Ībout 7~8 years ago, I have used 17 inch gaming laptop with Geforce 9800M GS(which has similar TDP compared to GTX 960M), and my laptop battery ran out within 2 hours if I play intense gaming. And more heat means it needs more cooling solution, which is more copper/aluminum heatsink/heatpipes and fans.
NVIDIA 960M DRIVER SAYS ITS NOT COMPATIBLE PC
Dedicated GPU is one of the most power consuming components in PC if not the most(In this case, I believe it is the most). It means this GPU likely consumes about 4 times more electricity, and generate 4 times more heat than CPU. Note i5-6300U has TDP of 15W, and low power consuming family of i7 has also similar TDP. To me, 960M is still fairly impressive considering how thin the form factor is. I mean, I believe it is unrealistic expectation. I was about to instant pre-order, but the lack of 1TB version and the uncertainty regarding GPU model, I'll hold my breath.I doubt GTX 980M is even possible to go into that keyboard portion with current spec. Sure, 960m is way better than Intel chips, but yet I'm afraid it won't be enough to handle any serious 3D games at Surface Book's native resolution.Īt least there should be an option for 980m, after all it's supposed to be the most powerful laptop on any planet.
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I really truly hope that it will be better than 960m.