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The secret is in tuning of GPU and CPU TDP to a lower level to ensure the thermals are much better. In a gaming laptop they come configured much higher while in
by option_greek 5y ago
The secret is in tuning of GPU and CPU TDP to a lower level to ensure the thermals are much better. In a gaming laptop they come configured much higher while in regular laptop its much lower. So to make this work, the laptop will have to be run a lower TDP mode (which will still beat normal laptops on thermals and power) and switch to integrated graphics. Most manufacturers provide software to do just that. The battery life also increases once the thermals become better. On top of that, manufacturers like Asus provide software to extend battery lifespan by capping the max battery charge to 60%. This helps a lot because most of the time battery life goes down when laptops end up being on adapter all time (like gaming laptops tend to be).
- bodge5000 5y agoOh believe me, I did. I did just about everything I could think of to cool my laptop (I had an nvme cooling pad in there, a shortcut to temporarily turn my fans up when the temps got a bit high, I even took a dremel to my laptop stand so it could get more air in and out, and of course as you mention the TDP settings). Either these measures were all taken too late (~6 months into owning it, though I had a stand and the nvme cooler from day 1), or they merely extended its life. It has been a hot summer here, and UK houses are built specifically to trap heat, plus I have another which generates a bit of heat a few metres from it for work, so I am in a fairly hot room, but the thinkpad is in the very same room, without any of the cooling measures taken (I usually use it in bed, the bane of a laptops cooler) and as I say, its still chugging along. Not saying its impossible to have a well built, well cooled gaming laptop, but in my experience, they're not the go to for reliability