*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[win32asmguy]

8 hours ago, 1610ftw said:

That sounds excellent regarding the palm rest! It makes me want to check it out, this always was something I did not like at all.

 

The CPU at 30W in combined loads seems to be a very low though, aren't you CPU limited in most games with such a low power uptake?

 

Ultimately the way this is designed it seems to be a good option for people who can make use of an external GPU so that all the power budget can go to the CPU when docked.

 

Yeah the palm rest is plastic but I like the feel of it more than a metal or rubber finish.

 

In Ultra Performance mode RAPL sets PL1 to 58W, and the GPU can go up to 175W. So in theory it is designed for up to 233W sustained. However I see battery drain at 200W sustained with thermal throttling so beyond that will need lower ambients or a repaste to see if it can really go higher. The Dell TB5 dock is also supposed to supply up to 300W. I do not know if that extra is utilized or could prevent the battery drain.

 

A TB5 eGPU could work well here if it has improved the latency and bandwidth over TB4. I saw they are starting to test TB5 out over at egpu.io forums so it will be interesting to see how they do. We have both TB5 and TB4 on this machine wired to CPU PCIe lanes so its easy to compare both.

 

https://imgur.com/jxLwhNE

https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/142596374?

[electrosoft]

12 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

For the lovers of Crocs it's not about looks. It's about how it feels. But I agree with Fernando in that it is better to look good than to feel good.

 

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