First 8800m GTX SLI Sager 9261 available for pre order!

http://www.pcmicroworks.com/blackhawk.htm

Not a bad price, about $3300 USD with SLI 8800m GTX's.
(Ships december)

Now lets see some reviews of it!

"Up to" quad core, 4GB DDR800mhz, and SLI 8800m GTX's, 900GB max HDD space, what more could you possibly want!?

 

*Drolllllllllllllllllll* Any rich guy out there can sponsor me with no reason?

 

If i had bought a Clevo 901c, will i be able to upgrade the graphics card to the 8800?

 

wow man, that's CRAZY !!
But yeah, I will stay for year of 2 with my 8600M GT (Asus G1S)

I will do vacation jobs and so on, than: BUYING THE CRAZIEST THING OUT ON THE MARKET

 

Wow....if only i had the money to buy that monster....Moreover i still love my Sager 5790.......I guess i'll stick to it for a couple of years.....

 

WOW!! That looks impressive. I can't wait for other competitors and their pricing.

 

ah... i wish them would sell those in sweden

 

Damnnn, Quad-Core? I don't think Alienware is even doing that yet? Might have to switch over to the Sager...

 

PC MicroWorks Corporation Releases Quad Core Black-Hawk XR5 Dual 8800GTX Notebook

 

A thorn in Alienware's side.

 

I think this proves the MXM type rumors, as the 9261 has the thermal set up for MXM III and MXM IV. And this also means that if it fits in the Sager 9261, then it will fit in the Sager 5791.

I wonder if this thing can break 18000 in 3Dmark 06! That would be crazy!

 

upgrade anyone? i can't wait to put that thing in my 5791! hopefully in December!

 

Oh god YES! that mean the m570ru will be upgradable! im getting a 7950 and ill upgrade for a 8800 in 8-10month when the driver will be optimized for vista64

anyway theres no real dx10 game for now...

 

is this better than the alienware?

 

Are they listing this because they have confirmation from Sager or are they jumping the gun and assuming it will be available in Dec?

 

*Runs off to get a job*

 

Looks awesome. Only need another couple grand to afford one.

 

You have Crysis that´s a real DX10 game.

 

I thought laptops were supposed to weigh less than desktops?!

 

Hahahaahahahaha

 

I talked to them a bit through email in regards to availability. They said if you pre-order now, it WILL ship in December. They seemed pretty sure about that. If you don't pre-order you are subject to supply/demand issues. I'm assuming they've secured at least a set amount of these chips..at least I'd hope so if they put out a press release about it. Doing a big press release and then not having any chips/delaying production of those laptops would be really bad for them in a sector that relies on word of mouth to stand out amongst it's competitors.

I think this is who I'm going to go with for my new notebook..these guys seem on top of their game and from what i've seen/heard, they take care of their customers. Plus I can't find any who can match what their warranty provides, even if it is on the expensive side.

 

yeah sure... crisis is a dx10 game... lol

 

Yeah. Right.

A "real" DX10 game, in my eyes, is a game that either

a) has DX10 features that can't be hacked into DX9 (Bioshock's water effects, anyone?)

or

b) runs smoother in DX10 mode.

 

Do those hard drives really have 21,000 RPM?

 

Yes, if you add up the three 7200rpm drives with RAID 0 it will be 21600rpm.

 

im deff thinking about financing one of those beasts

but the thing is it is worth the $400 for the dual sli upgrade??

 

It seems Eurocom is introducing the same, but then again it seems to be the same platform. ETA Dec 20.

 

that eurocom model seems cheaper

should i invest in a quad core?

 

The eurocom model is m u c h more expensive..!

WUXGA
Q6700
4096mb 800mhz ram
2x160gb sata300 7200rpm HDD's
8x dual layer dvd-rw
SLI 8800m gtx's on PCMW and Eurocom.
802.11AGN 300mbps Wireless Adapter
Vista Buisness 64bit

PCMW is $4209 usd

Eurocom is $5558 usd

But as I said before i'm having doubts about PCMW. I'm still waiting for answers..

Quad core is a good investment but there is not alot of programs yet that can benefit from the four cors. So in some testings, the dual cors with slightly more ghz/core get higher points. Even though 2,6Ghz x 4 is more than 3,0Ghz x 2

This will hopefully change in the future.

 

I bought my D901C (this notebook - Different Motherboard revision) almost a year ago. Have not had any problems with PCMicro for support. They will work with you.

 

Crysis not a real DX10 game? Yeah Far Cry ran smooth on that hardware when that was released, did it? No it didn´t. It took at least a year until the hardware catched up with that game. Same for Crysis, next gen GPU´s will run Crysis smooth. Those "DX10" hacks doesn´t look like DX10 in-game in action anyway. You don´t have real volumetric smoke for instance in DX9.

Anyway Crysis definitely is the first real DX10 game, but that doesn´t mean it can be played on DX9 hardware. It is not the first real DX10 only game though. Why would they do that when not lots of people have DX10 anyway.

But talking about the game being badly optimized is just stupid. I remember when Far Cry was released, it was the same then as it is now. No current hardware maxes Crysis out with playable framerates.

 

mmm... anyway

 

Damn this laptop is quite cheap if I count it in swedish kronor. Now when the dollar is so weak against the swedish krona one might be this beast now Got damn, I configured the laptop for around $4000 and that is around 24000 swedish kronor Not that expensive.

 

Well, buy it then

 

That's untill customs will charge u the extra TAX.

And when it get's to retail in Europe believe me.. They will add your extra klingons to the price.

 

Yeah I do wonder what the tax costs, I configured it for around 3500 and added another 500 to tax and shipping. But that might not be enough. Anyone have any idea of how much tax it costs to ship to europe?

 

almost 1000$ for BD?

 

Shipping to Europe : 223 $ standard flat shipping, 5-9 bussiness days.

 

Just contacted them and got a reply $150 for shipping here to Sweden. Now if I would order one I think I would go with the E6850 3 ghz with a 1333 FSB instead of the slower Quad Core CPU with a 1066 FSB.

 

thats not bad at all...to canada its about $100

 

For me as swedish I have to pay Tax on both the computer itself and on the shipping.

 

That's a good question. I called Sager the other day and asked, and they said they won't be able to give me a positive answer until Dec 6th. I had them put my 9261 on hold until I heard the official word.

Another thing, do you guys think it might be a little overkill to SLI these cards? Are there any games that won't be able to run well with just one?

 

Hmm when the SLI support for Crysis works better I think that will do that game just great. But a single 8800m GTX should be able to run all games out there fine and hopefully at 1920x1200 resolution

I would like SLI because of running games in native resolution for a while 1920x1200 would be just great.

This laptop surely brings notebooks really close to desktop performance. Hmm this laptop should perform better than a 8800GTX Ultra performance wise if both 8800m cards are used in SLI in a game.

 

i wouldnt go as far as to say an Ultra....maybe the GTX in SLI, these cards are like 2 320mb GTS's and two of those were equal to about one GTX

 

Hmm I had hoped it at least kicked my desktop 8800GTX. Oh well if it is almost equal in performance in SLI I would be happy. Actually thinking of ordering it, though it looked ugly I must say.

 

hey, just to note.. don't mix shipping costs up with taxes.. it's not that the seller charges u for the tax, it's your country that does.. the seller just ships.. if the shipped item runnes to customs and get's checked and there is a difference between the amount of tax counted by the seller and the amount that needs to charged in your country they will charge u for that.. now mostly when buying from outside Europe these days it is cheaper but it could be that it will be, talking about the price, the same when u buy it locally and with warranty issues in mind u probably, when it's not that more cheaper, buy it locally then

 

Do you know how much in tax it will cost to order one to sweden???

 

I suggest you contact your local customs office. However, as far as I know most countries in Europe "only" add VAT to the US price (if it is a notebook). In the case of Sweden that would be 25%.

 

Awsome and for around 1380 pounds for a single 8800GTX , that is a steal in UK money. DPCtech in the UK sells the old ones for 1500 quid minimum , with single 8800 GTX expect the same one to retail for 1800 pounds - thats the UK for you . I feel like going over there and buying one maybe I should , I have a mate in Long Island .......