8800m gtx SLI Revied!

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2260174,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

I know that its not the sager being reviewed, but it will give us an idea of what to expect from the Sager. The framerate data look amazing, but the 3dmark score leaves something to be lacking (although I don't put much faith in it beyond 10k)...

edit: WOW, I can't spell -_-. Can one of the mods change the glaring spelling error?

 

seems alot less scaling that desktop Sli of the same cores... i blame mobo?

 

I think it's crap. The 9262 SLI will tear it appart in a thousand pieces.

 

So what? The Dell is a little more portable and it doesn't have a desktop CPU. You shouldn't compare it to a D901C.

 

WHy not? It`s Dell`s fastest, and this is Clevo/Sager`s forum. So I think comparing dell`s fastest with sager`s fastest is quite reasonable.Not to mention the D901C with 8800M GTX SLI will be CHEAPER than the system offered by dell,featuring 3 hdds,quad cores etc,which dell has yet to offer. Also. 12-13 k when people here got 11k with SLI 8700M GT seems terrible.

 

Yeah, but it shouldn't be done and it certainly doesn't need to be done here. The M17x will be 3 - 3.5 lbs lighter than the D901C and besides the desktop CPU has the same things as the Clevo. You can't compare them. The Clevo is a bug, ugly fast machine with a desktop CPU and it's the only one in it's category.

 

Getting back to the matter at hand, 8800M GTX SLI, right? The 9262 or D901C and siblings have the 8800M GTX SLI. The comparisson still stands, since people get informed and should now what the fastest and best bang for the buck systems are out there.
The 9262 is one . That dell is not.

 

I'd still say M17x. A lot less heavier, better looking, smaller dimensions, same capabilities, probably around the same price with SLI.

 

That Clevo must have fans running high speed all the time with that desktop quad core in it. These quad cores get´s quite hot frankly and even hotter in a notebook chassi which also means the GPU´s take a hit with the ambient temp in it. Well it probably has some big ass fans that sounds like a jet or something along those lines, don´t you think?

Now who the hell cars about that 3D mark score. When I had the 8700m GT in SLI I got these to perform really well, even managed to run Crysis at 1680x1050 with 25-40 fps with a custom config that looked great. Now I have no doubt in the updated M1730 with the 8800m GTX in SLI, it will kick some serious ass. Maybe even my desktops ass, but I doubt it

 

actually the 9262 is quiet and the fans rarely kick on high unless they are manually put there. I would wager that the cooling system is superior to what's in that overpriced dell pile

 

Well then they must have some great cooling, because I know desktops who have problem cooling Quad Cores for real. Still I think this one generates lots of heat. Though it´s great to see a Quad Core in a laptop, however useless by now since not many games uses Dual Core in the first place

 

Sorry, but I am going to have to disagree with you Magnus.

I've seen and built plenty of Quad Core desktops. They run very cool compared to those old pentiumD chips. I can always overclock a Q6600 chip to at least 3.0 on stock cooling without breaking a sweat. And this isn't in some max-cool gamer case, but cheap mid-towers with no more than two 120MM fans. They run cool. Even the QX6800 is a pretty cool chip at stock speeds. And let's not forget those Xeon Clovertown chips. Those things run even cooler! The X3220 is a beast if I've ever seen one.

 

You know, this is talked about quite a bit. About 5 minutes of research and you would find out that the 9262/Clevo 901c handles the heat of the Quad core with ease. Not ONCE, have my fans kicked into high gear, even after hours of COD4 at maxed out, or WoW, or HL2, or TF2, or Bioshock, or while running 3dmark06. Not Once. Only goes into high, when I force them. Never feels too hot.

So read a little, about a subject brought up hundreds of times in these forums, and then post.

 

Nice to hear BMonk, seems like there is some good cooling after all. Also I think the Black-Hawk uses AS5 on it´s core as opposed to the crappy thermal pads Dell uses, if they use thermal pads on the M1730 too, not sure.

 

"It is assumed that the Sager NP9260 runs hot and loud by many. However, this is simply not the truth. Even with two of the most powerful video cards available for notebooks, a desktop processor, and four large-diameter fans, the NP9260 runs surprisingly cool and quiet. The only audible sounds are the soft rushes of air flowing out of the back of the notebook (which is essentially all vents). There is no real fan motor noise. The air coming out of the back is definitely warm but not flaming hot as might be expected. Even at full tilt, while the fans spin faster the noise level is not significantly increased. Those four fans push a lot of air – while standing behind the notebook I could feel a warm breeze, even 5 feet away. The NP9260 will be a nice companion in the wintertime.The surface of the notebook is lukewarm at most. The touchpad area and the left side/keyboard area where the dual video cards are located gets warmer than the rest of the notebook's surface, but it is not close to hot. I observed that the surface heat level remained constant – it did not increase while gaming. The engineers of this machine should be commended for creating a cooling system that works this well."

Chaz's review of the 9260

 

This is the truth. I am truly amazed at mine for these reasons and more!