New Gateway Will Have 8800 GTS- Only 1600

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/gateways-new-p-170-fx-series-of-17-inch-laptops/

What you get for 1600 :"Core 2 Duo T7250 processor, 17-inch 1440 x 900 screen, 3GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, multi-format DVD burner, 5-in-1 media reader, GeForce 8800M GTS graphics with 512MB of RAM, 802.11n WiFi and a 9 cell battery"

Man I can't wait! This is epic in terms of affordability

 

That bugger will essentially outclass any older 5790/1 laptop.
Bummer...

 

Sager better refresh their 15 inch line of laptops... I really want a competitor from Sager to the m15x

 

eww looks ugly.

 

Wow.....looks like acer start the battle..

 

All Gateways to me look a little cheap and flimsy, but for a budget laptop, their pretty big sellers. This one looks like it's trying to enter a new field of notebooks...

 

at first i was like drooling over the 8800 and the price but then i realized that it is only the gts and i just ordered a sager 5792 with the gtx. some people say that the gts, in terms of performance, only functions around the 7900 (not sure). anyway, i find gateway computers really cheap (in a bad way, like cheap build).

 

A slightly different model that was posted in the Gateway forum:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...=product&tab=1&id=1195599780039#productdetail

C2D 5450, 1280x800 res on a 17" notebook (wtf? actually it says WXGA+ which would be 1440x900...1280 must be a typo), 3GB RAM, 250GB HD, 8800GTS, BT, webcam, etc.... $1350.

 

I wish I had one of those, God damn it!

 

I hope gateway revamps their cooling systems. Every notebook my family has had from them always has overheating issues.

 

If Dell or Sager or HP make one similarly priced, I might bite. Only if it comes with XP though.

 

i like it. how much better is the 8800 gts than the 8600 gt?

 

If that were the case, then the 8800GTS is no better than the 8600M GT that I have. Since the 8700M GT is at least somewhat better than the 8600M GT, it'd be REALLY wrong to have the 8800GTS doing worse than that.

Anyone seen any benchmarks for the mobile GTS?

 

I've seen two, both with short reviews of the new HP HDX 20" notebook. It looks like the 3DMark06 score ranges from 7,500 to 7,900. However I believe this is on Vista64 which may or may not have decent drivers for the card.

http://www.laptopmag.com/Review/HP-Pavillion-HDX-Entertainment-Notebook-PC-Penryn.htm

http://computershopper.com/ces2008/hp_pavilion_hdx_penryn_edition_laptop_reviewed

 

A lot......

 

its an 8800M GTX with like 30 less shader processors

 

wow @ that freaking best buy deal for $1350....8800GTS for that little!>!

 

I would dare to say that it is on par or just under the desktop hd 3850 so IOW ALOOOOOOOOOOOT better than 8600m gt=desktop 7600gt

 

These notebooks look great, looks like they are shooting for the enthusiast-on-a-budget market. Only one problem with that... they don't let you custom configure them. I have been shopping for a multimedia/light gaming rig for one of my employees this week, and this looked like a contender, unfortunately the $1300 version has a 1.66GHz processor which will not do at all. There's no middle ground between that and the $2000 version, which I do not like. More options is better, although perhaps their low prices are partly due to the lack of configuration.

 

Acording to cnet, the $1600 one has a T7250 processor, that one is clearly a midpoint between the $1350 of the model being offered by BB and the one at $2000 offering a Penryn T8300.

Here is the article: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-13855_1-9842885-67.html

 

Didn't another company buy Gateway? Who was it? I still have an old Gateway notebook with a 133mhz Cpu it still runs great! I forget what year it was made. Gateway's looks are plain but well built and have the right parts.

 

acer bought out gateway. does anyone think it would be a good idea to trade in my best buy model 5920g for this gateway?

 

hmm... a 3dmark score of 7000+ isn't all that bad (gts)
happy to see all these other major brands offering something really close to enthusiast. hopefully the build is good and not crappy. for some reason, they always make the vents really small.

 

the $1300 has a P motherboard, which means its compatible with penryn, so you could spend another $250 and throw a penryn in it

 

Wow!! An attractive price!! Must take extra precautions though when using...

 

pictures updated, mods you wanna merge the threads?

 

3DMark it yet?

 

thats next

 

Is it light? Specs listed 8.3 pounds which seems too light to me. Did you weigh it with the battery in?

 

nice pics! When did you order it?

 

ThanX for pictures.BTW please post 3DMark06 pictures ASAP.It looks nice & better than i expected.Try to post review

 

Oh...BTW try to stress your CPU & GPU using Crysis & please post temp results.