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9300 w 6800 Ultra heat & Battery life

post #1 of 6
1/24/06 at 4:00am
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Ok, the search is acting funny and I've spent the last hour looking through threads but there are loads of them about upgrading the 9300.

I just got a 6800 Ultra off of Ebay (would love the 7800 GTX, but don't have the dough right now)

I was wondering how much that will affect the Battery life (9-cell of course) and how much hotter my lappy will be?

Thanks.
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post #2 of 6
1/24/06 at 4:23am
The 6800 will get hot when you're gaming, but it won't be bad if you set the Powermizer settings to conserve power when using the battery.
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post #3 of 6
1/24/06 at 4:33am
I have the 9300 with the 6800ultra upgrade.

I went from about 3 hours to around 2.5 hour on battery life (I haven't optimised anything yet - might be able to squeeze more life with a bit of stuffing around). Oh, this is with a 9 cell.

Temps - CPU temps, no real noticeable difference. GPU idles around 53 degrees C, and the highest I've seen it go is 95 degrees C after a pretty long, intense gaming session. This isn't a concern, as nvidia have the throttle temp set in the drivers at 101.

Oh, and I should mention that I've overclocked my card to 500/1200, so obviously you won't see quite the extreme temp (although idle will be the same). I would guess that you will see a load temp of 80 to 85 degrees.
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post #4 of 6
1/24/06 at 4:03pm
When i tested the 9cell battery before swapping the card, it lasted more than 4 hours with ATI X300 128, but now seems like it lasted only about 2 hours with 6800 ULTRA. Isn't there any modded bios that allows us to boot and use the computer in a lower power when not gaming? So that also we can use the 90W AC power and 6 cell battery for booting the system? I was wondering whether there are any smart people in this forum working on this mod... That would be really nice. I missed the long battery hours before swapping the card.
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post #5 of 6
1/24/06 at 5:56pm
Yeah we need a dang stickie on battery life conservation for the 9300s. I was at school and my sorry 6 cell barely goes 1:15 and I need it for 2 lol. I ordered a 9 cell last night should be here by Friday, but I would still like to see some tips.
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post #6 of 6
1/24/06 at 7:00pm
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Thanks guys. I should be getting my Ultra and power brick by the end of the week
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