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    ASUS G50V-A1 vs Sager NP5796

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by heukyung, Aug 4, 2008.

  1. heukyung

    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, i recently ordered an NP 5796 but put the order on hold as the g50v was brough to my attention. Im looking for a laptop with good gaming capabilities, quiet and cool running and that will be able to last me for a long time.

    here are the specs for the different laptops:

    Sager NP5796:
    P8600 2.4ghz 3mb cache
    9800M GT (#4 on benchmarks)
    320 SATAII 5400rpm HD
    2GB DDR3 RAM

    Asus G50v
    T9400 2.53ghz 6mb cache
    9700M GT (#22 on benchmarks)
    dual 250GB SATA 5400RPM HD (might upgrade one of em to SATAII for 120$ from xoticpc)
    4GB DDR2 RAM

    i want to be able to play upcoming games like diablo 3, farcry, and SC2 smoothly without having FPS issues... settings arent a big problem for me im happy with medium graphics.

    I like the sager more for huge graphics difference in performance and cool temperatures (also the newer penryn core running at 25watt), and the inclusion of a fingerprint reader is appealing too.

    The asus looks to be better overall, i dont like the fact that its a T core and SATAI hard drives but i dont know if that makes a huge difference... that goes the same for the 9700M GT as im not sure itll be able to play future games smoothly; i havent heard much about that card. Also... it might not be a big thing but the 'republic of gamers' written on the back of the laptop kind of turns me off... but its something i can look past :p .

    Thank you in advance for any help, i will be posting this on both sager and asus forums to get a better/less bias idea.
     
    heukyung, Aug 4, 2008
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  2. Rorschach

    Rorschach Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    >.> a 9800m gt is around 2-3 times as powerfull as a 9700m gt. Thats probably all you need to know since you want your laptop to last you and be able to play games.
     
    Rorschach, Aug 4, 2008
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    jonhapimp Notebook Virtuoso

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    not 2-3 times more powerful but it is a lot more powerful than the 9700n gt
     
    jonhapimp, Aug 4, 2008
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  4. heukyung

    heukyung Notebook Enthusiast

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    would the 9700M still be able to play all the future games smoothly though? even though the 9800M is better i dont necessarily need to play everything on high
     
    heukyung, Aug 4, 2008
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  5. Patrick

    Patrick Formerly beat spamers with stiks

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    Yeah... This thread is going to be closed because we don't allow cross-posting. You can continue the discussion Here.
     
    Patrick, Aug 4, 2008
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