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Aug 31, 2016Explorer
Tuna: yes.
My Alieneware 17 r3's 240w power supply will draw a steady 180 watts when I am processing, and I typically have a process running in the background. The reason that it can draw this much power is that the nVidia 980m gfx card can function as a coprocessor. Very speedy for a laptop, but ridiculously power hungry also--and hot.
My 8-inch tablet, on the other hand, barely sips power, but is just there for web surfing and email.
FWIW the r3 laptop is a major improvemnt over the r2, which under 100% processing couldn't hold a charge.
My Alieneware 17 r3's 240w power supply will draw a steady 180 watts when I am processing, and I typically have a process running in the background. The reason that it can draw this much power is that the nVidia 980m gfx card can function as a coprocessor. Very speedy for a laptop, but ridiculously power hungry also--and hot.
My 8-inch tablet, on the other hand, barely sips power, but is just there for web surfing and email.
FWIW the r3 laptop is a major improvemnt over the r2, which under 100% processing couldn't hold a charge.
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