I don't know how important it is, but I certainly have gamed on battery. A couple examples include the Trackmania racing series, playing on airplanes, and party games where you can pass the laptop around on battery more easily than where it's plugged in (Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a good example).
The 6700M and 6800M still seem far too power-hungry for these use cases, but the 6600M at 50W might be doable. In a good case, you're looking at 1.5 hours of battery life, remembering the screen + CPU et. al. also need some power. Still, I suspect lower-end options (an eventual 6500M?) would be the real sweet spot for unplugged gaming. The laptop I used the most for airborne gaming has a 20W dGPU, and a 86 WHr battery. Other parts were less efficient than today's parts (CCFL screen versus LED, for example), but even so a couple hours of mobile gaming was not too much to ask, better than any result you can hope for with a 50W dGPU today.
It probably wouldn't be a deciding factor for me today, but it's interesting to hear AMD is at least thinking about, "can you game on this while unplugged?", and I'd like to see a modern laptop where the answer is, "maybe not at max settings, but yes, for several hours!" And even if not, more power efficiency means less noise, and having heard my flatmate's helicopter-like 2080 laptop, that's definitely a good thing.
I think that potentially even the 6800M and 6700M should be able to drop to 50W for gaming on battery, but I don't know what they do in practice.. I think it's unfortunate that Anandtech's review didn't test battery life for gaming and performance while gaming on battery.
If the 6600M can drop to 25W on battery (and still perform reasonably well), that'd be great.
Nothing can start a war quicker in a preschool classroom than different colored chairs. Some kids will refuse to sit unless they can claim their preferred color. If someone else has that color, an argument ensues. There may be tears. Or a tussle. Teachers must arbitrate.
Sadly, falls will come. Points will be lost. But the program isn’t over as long as the skater recovers and continues. You can be sure the performer will be working on that element to assure future success!https://en.wikipedia.org/ In the world of competition, winning is everything. But in the Christian life, losing can be winning!
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Hulk - Monday, May 31, 2021 - link
Mobile mining?IBM760XL - Monday, May 31, 2021 - link
On the subject of gaming while on batteries:I don't know how important it is, but I certainly have gamed on battery. A couple examples include the Trackmania racing series, playing on airplanes, and party games where you can pass the laptop around on battery more easily than where it's plugged in (Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a good example).
The 6700M and 6800M still seem far too power-hungry for these use cases, but the 6600M at 50W might be doable. In a good case, you're looking at 1.5 hours of battery life, remembering the screen + CPU et. al. also need some power. Still, I suspect lower-end options (an eventual 6500M?) would be the real sweet spot for unplugged gaming. The laptop I used the most for airborne gaming has a 20W dGPU, and a 86 WHr battery. Other parts were less efficient than today's parts (CCFL screen versus LED, for example), but even so a couple hours of mobile gaming was not too much to ask, better than any result you can hope for with a 50W dGPU today.
It probably wouldn't be a deciding factor for me today, but it's interesting to hear AMD is at least thinking about, "can you game on this while unplugged?", and I'd like to see a modern laptop where the answer is, "maybe not at max settings, but yes, for several hours!" And even if not, more power efficiency means less noise, and having heard my flatmate's helicopter-like 2080 laptop, that's definitely a good thing.
nandnandnand - Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - link
Intel made a point of AMD performing worse while on battery when they launched Tiger Lake. So that's probably why AMD is highlighting that stat.https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ryzen-4000-APUs-...
ads295 - Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - link
I guess the only serious option there is to use a good AMD APU with a high performance iGPU.ET - Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - link
I think that potentially even the 6800M and 6700M should be able to drop to 50W for gaming on battery, but I don't know what they do in practice.. I think it's unfortunate that Anandtech's review didn't test battery life for gaming and performance while gaming on battery.If the 6600M can drop to 25W on battery (and still perform reasonably well), that'd be great.
Otritus - Wednesday, June 2, 2021 - link
Where is the 5.5 FP32 TFLOPS for the 5600M coming from? At 1.375Ghz that's 6336 GFLOPS, and at 1.560Ghz that's 7188 GFLOPS.Ryan Smith - Thursday, June 3, 2021 - link
It comes from an inability to do math, apparently. Thanks!Gracie C. Wilson - Thursday, June 10, 2021 - link
Nothing can start a war quicker in a preschool classroom than different colored chairs. Some kids will refuse to sit unless they can claim their preferred color. If someone else has that color, an argument ensues. There may be tears. Or a tussle. Teachers must arbitrate.Gracie C. Wilson - Thursday, June 10, 2021 - link
Sadly, falls will come. Points will be lost. But the program isn’t over as long as the skater recovers and continues. You can be sure the performer will be working on that element to assure future success!https://en.wikipedia.org/In the world of competition, winning is everything. But in the Christian life, losing can be winning!