I'd be worried about the heat and noise though, many ultrabooks already sound like a jet taking off under load even without a discrete GPU. Adding more heat to dissipate is going to exacerbate the problem.
Just plain common sense. You've got to get rid of the heat somehow, and currently there's no other option than higher air flow to combat higher heat generation.
It would be nice for these machines, while on battery power and everything set to max battery, to have a fan that actually stops ever so often. It's almost as if they're not bothered as it's a part that'll eventually fail. Cha-ching
I have a feeling you know exactly what Rand was trying to say! Of the Ultrabooks I've tried (HP Folio, Samsung 9, Tosh Z8300) the fan hasn't stopped so adding a dedicated gpu will increase the damn fan noise,.
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bhima - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - link
In an ultrabook form factor the 650m would be a really awesome GPU. Can actually play games at 1600x900 with that... the other cards not so much.Rand - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - link
I'd be worried about the heat and noise though, many ultrabooks already sound like a jet taking off under load even without a discrete GPU. Adding more heat to dissipate is going to exacerbate the problem.1ceTr0n - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
Sounds like your an engineer that makes them. Care to elaborate?Spunjji - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
Does it? Sounds to me like he's just making inferences based on logic.MrSpadge - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
Just plain common sense. You've got to get rid of the heat somehow, and currently there's no other option than higher air flow to combat higher heat generation.damianrobertjones - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
It would be nice for these machines, while on battery power and everything set to max battery, to have a fan that actually stops ever so often. It's almost as if they're not bothered as it's a part that'll eventually fail. Cha-chingdamianrobertjones - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - link
I have a feeling you know exactly what Rand was trying to say! Of the Ultrabooks I've tried (HP Folio, Samsung 9, Tosh Z8300) the fan hasn't stopped so adding a dedicated gpu will increase the damn fan noise,.What's so difficult to understand about that?
P.s. It's 'you're' not 'your'.
Manyhigh - Monday, June 11, 2012 - link
Didn't you forget about the S-series?http://www.anandtech.com/show/5953/the-macbook-pro...