When the GPU was put under load, the playing field evened out. Below are some figures clearly showing the differences in temperatures across the board.
Redesigned plate that rests above GPU/NorthbridgeĪll these changes account for the dramatically lower GPU temps at idle, even with the higher-end GPU that T61p has in comparison to the T60. Thermal pad connecting GPU heatsink to keyboard base structure as additional passive heatsink. Larger heat absorption block above the GPU chip. The fan structure and CPU pad are quite similar, but the GPU/Northbridge side changed quite a bit.Ī look at the GPU and cooling system ( view large image) To take a closer look, I removed the keyboard from both machines, and compared the heatsinks side by side. CPU temps were very similar, but compared to my T60, GPU temps were 15-20C lower at idle! Obviously something changed under the hood of the laptop besides the wider heatsink grills. Starting off with cooling system changes, I turned on the laptop and opened up tpfancontrol to watch the internal temperatures. Lenovo had advertised both items on how they were improved across the board, and I wanted to see just how much. The items that gained the most attention out of the box were system operating temperatures, as well as the new LCD cover construction. I’ll have to admit, as a current owner of a ThinkPad T60, I was quite eager to see what had been updated and changed with the T61. Weight: 6.77 pounds (w/ 9 cell battery, 5.67lbs w/o). #SMART CARD READER THINKPAD WINDOWS#
Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate. Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256MB). External Ports and Slots: Three USB 2.0, Firewire 400, one ExpressCard slot, one SmartCard Reader, one VGA, one 4-in-1 card reader, headphone / line-out, microphone-in, modem, 1Gb Ethernet. Optical Drive: DVD+-R Double layer / DVD+-RW Drive. Memory: 2GB x 1 RAM (PC5300, 667 MHz, DDR2 SDRAM) 4GB max memory. Hard Drive: 100 GB hard drive (Seagate 7200.1 7200RPM). Processor: 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 (4MB L2 Cache,800MHz FSB). The following are the features of the 15.4” T61p being reviewed: 
Other options include a fingerprint reader, Bluetooth, Intel Turbo Memory, N-wireless, and an extended battery version. The processor selection is the same, spanning from the Intel T7100 to T7700, memory from 1GB to 4GB, and hard drives from 60GB to 160GB in 5400 or 7200rpm flavors.
You receive a 128MB card in the smaller 14.1” model, and double the memory at 256MB in the 15.4” model. The key difference between both these lines, besides screen size, is the memory size of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M video card included with the system. The ThinkPad T61p comes in two sizes, one being 14.1” and the model being reviewed at 15.4”.
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