That particular solution is I agree ha!Yea thanks. That is cool but absurd lol.
This makes the difference of many games simply being playable or not... it has nothing to do with gaining the 3-5fps you keep referring to. It's the difference of actually being able to play a game smoothly or not.
But, that doesn't mean a well placed 5V USB Blower that clips to the top couldn't achieve similar results.....
I see a market opportunity for a custom fit cooling caseYou missed *MY* point:
If you're struggling to play a certain game or games on your device and you have to stoop to these levels to make it playable. . you should have purchased a device designed to actually RUN these types of programs. I guess I just can't imagine anyone that wants to run AAA games and has $1,200+ to spend actually BUYING this for their one and only machine. If you HAVE to have the ultra portability of the SP3, There are ultrabooks out there with better performance and cooling solutions for similar prices.
Or if portability and gaming are both priorities, for $2,100 you could pick up a base model 2014 Razer Blade. Sure, it's pricier, but a 14" UHD touch screen with a FULL POWERED i7 and an 870m? Of course, you'll still complain it runs hot, but that's just how they're designed these days. If you want cool, you're almost stuck building a desktop and throwing water cooling into it.
I doubt you'd get the kind of volume you'd need from something that small and low powered, plus you' d need to rig some kind of funnel or channeling device to force the air into the ventilation holes in the SP3.
I would blame panos panay for the misleading information at the announcement, he made people believe sp3 is able to handle mediocre 3d games. besides, at this point, I think microsoft should not release the i7 version at all. if sp3 is designed to handle web browsing and spreadsheets, why would I want a i7 in it?You missed *MY* point:
If you're struggling to play a certain game or games on your device and you have to stoop to these levels to make it playable. . you should have purchased a device designed to actually RUN these types of programs.
I would blame panos panay for the misleading information at the announcement, he made people believe sp3 is able to handle mediocre 3d games. besides, at this point, I think microsoft should not release the i7 version at all. if sp3 is designed to handle web browsing and spreadsheets, why would I want a i7 in it?
What is tdpFeel like MS kinda shot themselves in the foot, or rather Intel did. This is a marvel of technology, so many positive reviews, but the last couple days just playing Asphalt 8 as a tablet, the thing would heat up in the upper right corner, no big deal right? But because of the metal chassis, the heat started to dissipate downwards to where I was holding it and get almost unbearably hot. It really is an amazing machine, but the chip gets too warm and I think that's more of Intel's responsibility of getting chips optimized and compete with ARM chips. This heat issue almost makes me want to just wait for the next Surface, which shouldn't have this heat problem, a lower TDP thus requiring less throttling.