Energy Star means nothing!!

[Thinkpad4by3]

I don't know if anyone noticed but I find it funny that the W700 came with an energy star logo. I mean It had a QX9300, FX3700M, 400nit dual CCFL display, two spinning hard drives, a DVD drive, and sometimes another display and it is still considered Energy Star?

[TheForgottenKing]

I don't know if anyone noticed but I find it funny that the W700 came with an energy star logo. I mean It had a QX9300, FX3700M, 400nit dual CCFL display, two spinning hard drives, a DVD drive, and sometimes another display and it is still considered Energy Star?

No you see, it's power efficient.

Efficient at using tons of power.

I'd be interested in your "powertop" readings

[Thinkpad4by3]

I don't know if anyone noticed but I find it funny that the W700 came with an energy star logo. I mean It had a QX9300, FX3700M, 400nit dual CCFL display, two spinning hard drives, a DVD drive, and sometimes another display and it is still considered Energy Star?

No you see, it's power efficient.

Efficient at using tons of power.

I'd be interested in your "powertop" readings

Probably limited by my 170W power brick . It was 35W idling(dim brightness) and 55W browsing(full brightness). My T430 maxed around 75W. Well I'm only going to get a few seconds of run time when my battery only has 3.5Wh and that is not a mistake for 35Wh. 3.5Wh. 4.5% health. I'm not buying a new battery for it. I'm going to put on unigine heaven and see what an FX3700M and Q9000 will do. Let the hellraising begin!

[TheForgottenKing]

No you see, it's power efficient.

Efficient at using tons of power.

I'd be interested in your "powertop" readings

Probably limited by my 170W power brick . It was 35W idling(dim brightness) and 55W browsing(full brightness). My T430 maxed around 75W. Well I'm only going to get a few seconds of run time when my battery only has 3.5Wh and that is not a mistake for 35Wh. 3.5Wh. 4.5% health. I'm not buying a new battery for it. I'm going to put on unigine heaven and see what an FX3700M and Q9000 will do. Let the hellraising begin!

May god have mercy on your power bill

[Thinkpad4by3]

May god have mercy on your power bill

Oh I'd never try this at home. I'm letting someone else pay for my power!

75W and thats ONLY the CPU. Just wait and see when we get the Quadro involved!

[TheForgottenKing]

May god have mercy on your power bill

Oh I'd never try this at home. I'm letting someone else pay for my power!

75W and thats ONLY the CPU. Just wait and see when we get the Quadro involved!

Here's to hoping my soon-to-be W701ds will be better

[Thinkpad4by3]

Oh I'd never try this at home. I'm letting someone else pay for my power!

75W and thats ONLY the CPU. Just wait and see when we get the Quadro involved!

Here's to hoping my soon-to-be W701ds will be better

Ok Unigine Heaven ultra settings + HeavyLoad + Full Brightness = *drum roll* 123W. Yeah you heard me right...123W. This darn laptop uses more energy than my 70" TV. Also temps are a quite respectable 80 degrees on the CPU and 90 degrees on the GPU after 3 minutes.

Edit...full battery life came out to....31 seconds !!!

[TheForgottenKing]

Here's to hoping my soon-to-be W701ds will be better

Ok Unigine Heaven ultra settings + HeavyLoad + Full Brightness = *drum roll* 123W. Yeah you heard me right...123W. This darn laptop uses more energy than my 70" TV. Also temps are a quite respectable 80 degrees on the CPU and 90 degrees on the GPU after 3 minutes.

Edit...full battery life came out to....31 seconds !!!

Well, the original battery is 85Wh so this isn't too great of a sign

[wujstefan]

It's still around what my eGPU uses itself

And a 1/5 of what a decent desktop eats these days

I just noticed that the precision 7520 I've got from my job does NOT have EergyStar rating.