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    OFFICIALLY RELEASED! P-7808u FX

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Logitech456, Jun 13, 2009.

  1. Logitech456

    Logitech456 Notebook Consultant

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    Logitech456, Jun 13, 2009
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  2. JohnWhoTwo

    JohnWhoTwo Notebook Deity

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    Hi Logitech456 -

    The 7808u has been out for awhile now and for a time was being sold at J&R.com and maybe Newegg had them for a time, too.

    PC Mag reviewed it back in March, h e r e.
     
    JohnWhoTwo, Jun 13, 2009
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  3. Kazeari

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    Yeah....been the talk of this forum for awhile then died down =P
     
    Kazeari, Jun 13, 2009
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  4. husky55

    husky55 Notebook Evangelist

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    For very good reason. Expensive and slow like molasses.

    :mad:
     
    husky55, Jun 14, 2009
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  5. idiotpilot

    idiotpilot Notebook Evangelist

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    I agree. The only excusable reason someone would have for buying a 7808 is to see how they implemented the quad core, then return it and fix their 78__ to allow quads :D :D :D
     
    idiotpilot, Jun 15, 2009
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  6. llynx

    llynx Notebook Consultant

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    Heh, my Crysis benchmarks beg to differ.
     
    llynx, Jun 15, 2009
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  7. AGlobalThreatsK

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    Your benchmarks may beg to differ, but if the only thing they changed was the BIOS and CPU then those same changes made to any other P78** would result in the same benchmark scores.
     
    AGlobalThreatsK, Jun 15, 2009
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