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    Excellent gaming laptop!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Undsputed, Jul 11, 2007.

  1. Undsputed

    Undsputed Notebook Evangelist

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    Undsputed, Jul 11, 2007
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    Yeah it is a nice laptop (Clevo/Sager M570ru). It will get an option for a blu-ray drive sooner or later. Eurocom also sells the same notebook and they already mention a blu-ray drive although you can't configure it yet.
     
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    Yep, excellent gaming laptop with a fat price
     
    illmatic2609, Jul 11, 2007
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  4. FREN

    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    For the price, I'd rather get a dirt cheap laptop and build myself a nice desktop for $2,000 :(
     
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    u could build yourself a much faster desktop for $1000 and buy yourself a nice $1000 laptop
     
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    ~$2000 isn't too bad considering the gaming power it has. (of course, it has nothing on a $2000 desktop, but that's a different matter). I'm an out-of-state college student, and a desktop just isn't an option for me. A gaming notebook like this is perfect for me (which is why I ordered one).
     
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    That's essentially a Rock Xtreme 770
     
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    Joga Notebook Evangelist

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    Rock Xtreme 770 = Evesham Zieo NX600-HD = Sager NP5790, and all three of them are just re-brandings of the Clevo M570RU.
     
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  9. Undsputed

    Undsputed Notebook Evangelist

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    Hah...well this is a laptop forum ;) I mean, gaming on a laptop is not cheap because it requires high-end hardware.

    An 8600m with 256mb is a solid card. An 8700m with 512mbs is really really good. The eventual 8800m is likely, but the 8700m has to be considered an enthusiast option.

    Core 2 extreme CPUs getting set to come out for laptops also.
     
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  10. FREN

    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    Congrats on your new laptop purchase. The NP5790 is great, I especially like the brushed aluminum lid that they put on it. It "looks" thicker than the NP5760, but that's because Sager played optical illusions with the NP5760. I went the other route with my laptop purchase. Small, but still quite powerful.
     
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    Yes, but the 8800 doesn't come out for like... ever
     
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  12. Undsputed

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    I believe the 8800m will be out within 3 months....if you think it's big enough of a jump over the 8600m/8700m to wait, that's the question!
     
    Undsputed, Jul 12, 2007
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    I really don't want to wait for the 8800m as in September I'll be in uni, so I'm hoping I can either upgrade or the 8700m is alreadya great card.
     
    Business Man, Jul 12, 2007
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