Hey Guys, just found this forum! wondered where everyone from NBR was disappearing to
Steve, you may remember me from the M11x, M15x and BFBC2 threads. Haven't got an m14x yet but as soon as my m15x sells I am going to get one.
Couple of questions though. Whilst gaming on battery with your profile is the laptop much quieter?
Why disable turbo boost in BIOS? If you set it to max of 75% that should also disable TB.
I have a MBP 17 with the 2720qm and 6750m, I do this all the time (on battery and mains, I leave it at 90%). I find the laptop is much much quieter even with the gpu overclocked but I still get really good fps.
I think the TDP on these SB cpu's is well over 45w with full TB. I did some power draw readings at different settings (50/75/90/99/100) whilst also monitoring fps of games. I found 90% was the most efficient on the mbp. I can dig them out if it helps anyone