Recent content by Arcturus314

Could you give us a picture? It'll make things much clearer for us. Edit: I apologize, I didn't see your previous post.

Hows the Asus C300? It seems to have similar specs to the C720 but using a Broadwell proc instead of Haswell. I've heard it has far superior build quality, is it still fast enough for linux / general use?

The 670 would be faster, but may I ask why you want to buy a card two generations out of date? A 970 would be a far better choice than either of those.

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks for clarifying.

Why not? I need a small laptop for word processing and web browsing and a Chromebook is the cheapest option

Ok, that's good to know. I have never really had to manage my RAM usage that much before, do you think the extra 2 GB is worth $100? EDIT: Good to know, thanks. I'll get the C720 then.

Hi all, I'm looking to buy a Chromebook as a portable laptop for school and while I'm on the road. I'm looking for a Chromebook with an 11.6" display, fairly long battery life, and good build quality. I have a max budget of $300 but would like to keep it as cheap as possible. I might also try...

Well it was the best solution :). Thanks again for the help.

I think I figured it out. In catalyst the number of displays was set to 6; I changed that to 1 and then I was getting around 40FPS in CS:GO. I'll try Planetside 2 now. EDIT: Planetside 2 is running great now too; 60FPS on medium. Thanks so much for the help, feel like a bit of an idiot now.

Hi all, I just received my new Precision M6800, and installed CS:GO and Planetside 2. My laptop is running an i7 4810MQ and a FirePro M6100. I turned on "high performance" in global settings in Catalyst and changed power plan to "Ultra Performance". However in both games I am getting 15-25 FPS...

Lithium rechargeable batteries like in laptops are highly unstable in laptops, that's why they can store so much power in such a small space. Because of this if a battery is not charging right it can catch on fire, which is why a battery has more than two connectors on it: so the laptop can...

Also: Is it possible to use Nvidia Optimus with a gaming card like the 780M on the Precision M6800? Is it supported?

It could be that the way they measure battery capacity is not all that accurate, so they could either be taking the average of many readings or have their sensor calibrated for a few values, so it only changes when it reaches one of those values. Your battery health is a gradual decline though.