[TheArmy]

Just wanted to here what you guys think of this setup that I may commit to buying.  Anything that doesn't look good to anyone or something that I should be aware of just let me know.

Sager NP5793 Laptop:

Silver Trim
17" Wide Viewing Angles WSXGA+ LCD with Super Glossy Surface (1680 x 1050)
45nm Intel? Core? 2 Duo Processor T9300 / 6MB L2 Cache, 2.50GHz, 800MHz FSB
Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX Graphics with 512MB DDR3 Video Memory
Genuine MS Windows? VISTA ULTIMATE 32/64-Bit Edition
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 X 2048MB
250GB 5400rpm SATA 150 Hard Drive
8X DVD?R/RW/4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software
Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio
Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module
Internal Bluetooth Module
Smart Li-ION Battery Pack
Fingerprint Reader
3 year labor, 1 year parts warranty and lifetime 24/7 Toll Free Tech Support

All for the price of $2336.73 (on xoticpc.com NOT sagernotebook.com, save about $75.00).

[werth]

i dont know much about sager. but yea the specs look good. go 64-bit so you can use the 4gb ram.

[TheArmy]

yea it is that line just meant that the disk is compatible for both 32 and 64 bit

[pcgamer]

Google takes me to notebook reviews page which states the following specs:

    * Screen: 17-inch WUXGA (1920x1200) glossy widescreen
    * Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 (2.8GHz/6MB L2 cache/800MHz FSB) - 45nm Penryn
    * Video card: Nvidia GeForce 8800M-GTX 512MB
    * RAM: 4GB DDR2-667
    * Hard Drive: 160GB 7200RPM Seagate Momentus 7200.2 SATA
    * Optical Drive: 8X DVD Burner
    * Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
    * Wireless: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4956AGN and Internal Bluetooth
    * Battery: 8-cell Li-ion

holy jebus a 17" with 1920x1200 res?!?!?! thats simply amazing! rest of the specs are solid and this laptop will easily outperform many desktops out there. Looks great!

[werth]

the one pc posted has WAY better specs. 1920x1200 on 17 is nothign. ive seen it one 15

[smitty1258]

$1,349.99
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8780198&type=product&id=1204332501169

4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 memory for multitasking power; 667MHz frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 1.83GHz processor speed

17" WXGA+ TFT-LCD widescreen display with Ultrabright technology and 1440 x 900 resolution

320GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)

NVIDIA GeForce Go 8800M GTS graphics with up to 512MB discrete GDDR3 video memory; HDMI connection; high-definition audio (2-channel support)

Upgrade CPU to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819111002 t8300 2.4ghz o/c to 3.0 or higher. +$244.00

Upgrade HD's to http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148249 7200rpm in RAID 0 +$260

Upgrade ram to ddr2 800mhz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227251 +&$60

Brings us to $1927 ish

the thing stock gets nearly 10,000 in 3dmark 06.

Plus youll be able to sell the shit you removed for upgrades and get some cash back. I think you can also run a quad core in this board, youd have to google it, which you should do to find all the badass reviews of the lappy, and see the things guys are doing to it.


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I had 2 CPU already in my Gateway FX:

T7500 2,2/4MB/800

3DMark 05 - 12880 ptk
3DMark 06 - 8263 ptk
PCMark 05 - 5743 ptk
wPrime 32M - 38,331 s
wPrime 1024M - 1211,323 s

Vista Experience Index: 4,8
Processor - 5,4
RAM - 4,8
Graphics AERO - 5,9
Graphics Gaming - 5,8
HDD - 5,2

T7800 2,6/4MB/800

3DMark 05 - 14155 ptk
3DMark 06 - 8623 ptk
PCMark 05 - 6193 ptk
wPrime 32M - 31,246 s
wPrime 1024M - 1005,64 s

Vista Experience Index: 5,0
Processor - 5,5
RAM - 5,0
Graphics AERO - 5,9
Graphics Gaming - 5,8
HDD - 5,2