I've had my 5690 for a week now.
I'm very impressed with it.
Loadout:
2.8Ghz P4'
512MB RAM
60GB 5400 HD
SXGA+ screen
Netgear PCMCIA WLAN
'doze XP
Antec Cooling pad w/ reversed fans
maxfa/mobmeter.
I put this laptop through it's paces for serveral days, UT2004 in maximum detail mode @ 1400x1050 (much preferred to the UXGA's 1600x1200), was ~50FPS, turning evrything to normal yielded ~ 80 FPS (blows my Ti4200 @ 1024x768 same details out of the water).
The screen itself is nice, better than many laptop screens I've seen, the "low" view angle isn't noticible, in fact, it's a good thing, as at LAN parties, it's good that the guy next to you can't see what you're doing <g>
with 512MB of RAM, it's good enough to run anything I can throw at it, though the load times stink... the gig wasn't worth the money just yet.
Heat:
47C idle on the pad (pad off, internal fans off)
51 C w/o pad
with pad on + fans on, idle = 32C :-)
The pad also helps raise it up, considering i'm using an external keyboard (IBM Model M, that takes a beating), it helps with visibility.
Battery Life:
I didn't buy the 2nd battery off the bat (this was bought on a budget of $1700), so the uptime on battery really sucks, not that it matters, it's 'dug in' 90% of the time.
My only complaint thusfar is that the DVD playback won't work on the external display unless i turn off the panel :-( all I get is a blank screen, anyone know any fixes?
I'm very impressed with it.
Loadout:
2.8Ghz P4'
512MB RAM
60GB 5400 HD
SXGA+ screen
Netgear PCMCIA WLAN
'doze XP
Antec Cooling pad w/ reversed fans
maxfa/mobmeter.
I put this laptop through it's paces for serveral days, UT2004 in maximum detail mode @ 1400x1050 (much preferred to the UXGA's 1600x1200), was ~50FPS, turning evrything to normal yielded ~ 80 FPS (blows my Ti4200 @ 1024x768 same details out of the water).
The screen itself is nice, better than many laptop screens I've seen, the "low" view angle isn't noticible, in fact, it's a good thing, as at LAN parties, it's good that the guy next to you can't see what you're doing <g>
with 512MB of RAM, it's good enough to run anything I can throw at it, though the load times stink... the gig wasn't worth the money just yet.
Heat:
47C idle on the pad (pad off, internal fans off)
51 C w/o pad
with pad on + fans on, idle = 32C :-)
The pad also helps raise it up, considering i'm using an external keyboard (IBM Model M, that takes a beating), it helps with visibility.
Battery Life:
I didn't buy the 2nd battery off the bat (this was bought on a budget of $1700), so the uptime on battery really sucks, not that it matters, it's 'dug in' 90% of the time.
My only complaint thusfar is that the DVD playback won't work on the external display unless i turn off the panel :-( all I get is a blank screen, anyone know any fixes?
