About the chipset of the NP9262

Being desktop compatible and all, I have some questions about it... Can it support desktop HDD? Why it can't support 8GB of RAM, instead supporting only 6,5? It uses desktop RAM too? xD

Is it's mobo going to need modifications to support 9800 GTX in SLI? What about ATI support?

I ask these because, well, when/if I buy it I am going to need to upgrade it at some point.

 

No, that's one of the reasons why it is so small compare to desktops.

No x9999999

Ask Clevo, no ones know here.

 

Although it supports Desktop CPU's, this is the only Desktop Parts the 9262 supports. The remaining parts such as the wireless, bluetooth, Video Card, Ram & Hard Drive are all mobile versions.

The reason it can only recognize 6.xGB is because of chipset limitations. At this time there is no confirmed information if a motherboard revision will be required to accommodate SLI 9800M GTX's. Unfortunately there is no ATI support at this time.

 

Well, I'm gonna wait until the RAM and SLI things are solved before making any decisions. Thanx for the info!

 

I had a similar question:

It seems that only DDR2 RAM is offered with this model.

Does it not support DDR3? If not, is the 1333MHz FSB doing any good?

 

James, the FSB is for the CPU and yes, it does very good. DDR3 is not worth the money

 

I hope you realize that most people do not even utilize 4GB of RAM... let alone 8GBs.

Only those that are working on heavy rendering 2D/3D imaging would need that much memory... and I mean large images that are 20+ megapixels.

The Clevo D901C (Sager 9262) still remains king of notebooks since its still the fastest with the Quad-core, SLI 9800M's, and 3 internal HDDs.

The FSB is not an issue, people always have a misconception on the RAM speed and the CPU speed differences... they are not supposed to be the same. We covered this MANY times.

 

Just to clarify on the 6.5GB RAM point (I should probably just put this in a separate notepad doc so I can cut-n-paste instead of retyping each time ): The chipset is only capable of addressing up to 8GB of "stuff" - that is, there are only 8GB worth of logical addresses to be had to use for addressing, inter alia, GPUs, sound cards, USB hubs, and etc in addition to physical RAM. As a result, because a certain minimum number of those logical addresses must be allocated to components other than the RAM, that only leaves about 6.5GB worth of logical addresses available for allocation to physical RAM bytes. As a result, even though the system can accomodate up to 8GB of physical RAM, it can only address up to approximately 6.5GB of RAM.

Lastly, as Gophn states, it's really a matter of indifference, because you're very unlikely to see any improvement in performance from even that additional 2.5GB you would have available over and above the 4GB you would typically get.

P.S. Is there some reason why all of your posts come out in all bold type-face? It's not quite as bad as all caps (i.e., text-shouting) but it is disconcerting.

 

I don't want 8 gig of RAM, but I was curious about why it was cut to 6.5

I post in bolds because I have a really unpleasant voice XD

 

Indeed; I quite agree, extremely unpleasant.

 

I'd say this text settings do quite a good impression ^_^

 

Wait...wait...wait a minute!...u mean this model notebook supports desktop cpu's. WoooooooW!...this model Sager is the same one i've been eye-ing for couple days now, and I never realized...man...well I think this news just knocked me over the hill..I'm now officially in-love w/ the Sager NP9262.
I think she might be the one Tell me i'm reading wrong!

 

I have been eying this model for a long time now too... its the world's first and only quad-core notebook.... drool.

It using a desktop CPU is fine since desktop CPUs are well-priced and perform better than mobile ones.

And the best thing about this notebook IMO, is that it has the best thermal design that I have ever seen in any notebook.

 

Sorta like someone who's spent his entire life in Plato's cave, believing that shadows were reality, and who's just emerged from that cave to see the Platonic Forms casting those shadows, no?

 

Thats deep Shyster.

Maybe too deep to most people that have not taken philosophy courses yet.

 

Hey, like I keep telling people, I'm just full of it!

 

LOL. I don't doubt it. :wink:

 

Yea, that one is deep...I really can't comprehend/decode the meaning...that's not fair Shyster..u need to speak in my language.

Edit: So Gophn..how's that 9750 treating ya? Any real issues since you've had it? Edit: Hmm..especially w/ that AMP chip!

 

Plato's allegory of the cave, from one of the foundational philosophical treatises of the Western world, The Republic.

It contains a lot of stuff that's worth chewing over, just for its own sake, and not just 'cause you might be tested on it some day.

 

Have you read this yet?

Two years later... with my D900K

 

Cool..very interesting stuff.

Nice!...
+rep after I wait out my 24hrs