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    Battalion 101 D900F Notebook

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Burcham, Mar 1, 2010.

  1. Burcham

    Burcham Newbie

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    Hello all,

    I was wondering if this is a good all around gaming laptop?
    With these specs:
    Intel® Core™ i7 960 Processor (4x 3.20GHz/8MB L3 Cache)

    6GB [2GB x 3] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Notebook Memory] Corsair or Major Brand

    Mobility DDR3 1GB NVIDIA GTX285 PCI-Express 3D Video [D900F]

    320 GB 7200rpm Serial-ATA Super Slim Notebook Hard Drive
    and the basic things from IBUYPOWER.
    This will cost $2,850. Is it worth it to get it now or wait til I go off to college in 2 years. I will primarily be playing W.o.W, warhammer online, and Crysis along with many other games(still havent decided).
     
    Burcham, Mar 1, 2010
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  2. IKAS V

    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    Yeah with that setup you can pretty much max out almost every game.
     
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  3. Burcham

    Burcham Newbie

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    ok are there any other systems that are possibly better or around this set up that are cheaper?
     
    Burcham, Mar 1, 2010
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  4. Histidine

    Histidine Notebook Deity

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    The desktop CPU won't actually help you much in games. You might try looking for a W870CU/W860CU (ibuypower sells them, but I think they're a little higher priced than you can get elsewhere... try XoticPC, PowerNotebooks, RJTech). It's got the same GPU, same screen size, and the mobile i7 CPUs. Just the 720qm is enough to max out most games, the 820qm is about 10-15% more powerful, but you won't see that increase in most games.

    They're also much lighter than the D900F. That thing is a tank. Made out of neutron star.

    You could also get the X8100 - it should cost a bit less than the D900F, but it has SLI so you *will* see a modest gaming performance increase.
     
    Histidine, Mar 1, 2010
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  5. treysoucie

    treysoucie Notebook Consultant

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    i agree... gaming is your thing... that x8100 sli is king. if you want the processing power for multitasking and encoding video etc... get the desktop chip
     
    treysoucie, Mar 2, 2010
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  6. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    Save some cash and change the 6GB down to 4GB and I also recommend getting a W860CU instead. Also ask yourself if the added weight and heat of an SLI setup is worth the potential 20% performance increase in gaming when with the single GTX285M, you are already getting great performance as well as upgrading to a better single GPU in the future.
     
    LaptopNut, Mar 3, 2010
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  7. treysoucie

    treysoucie Notebook Consultant

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    not possible with triple channel memory and x58 chipset, unless he did actually go with the w860cu which is dual channel
     
    treysoucie, Mar 3, 2010
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  8. snoozeulooz

    snoozeulooz Notebook Geek

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    He can go to 3GB though. That will still be plenty for gaming and then can upgrade at a later time when he has more money
     
    snoozeulooz, Mar 3, 2010
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    Eriand Notebook Consultant

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    3GB is far from enough! Seriously dude, what games do you play? :p On a fresh Win7 install I regularly push my 4gig rig when I play Project Reality.. Granted, that game is a memory-hog, but I doubt 3gig would work for much in the next year or so...
     
    Eriand, Mar 3, 2010
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  10. treysoucie

    treysoucie Notebook Consultant

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    ibuypower does not offer that config, nor do alot of other places ive seen, he would have to buy a barebone from rjtech to go with 3gb... and newegg shows a cost savings of roughly 60 bucks.... well worth the upgrade from 3gb to 6gb
     
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  11. Histidine

    Histidine Notebook Deity

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    Actually, 2GB is plenty enough for almost any game. As long as you're not running CAD, you probably don't need more.
     
    Histidine, Mar 3, 2010
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  12. Mutant_Tractor

    Mutant_Tractor Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi dude im selling my D900F W/ i7 975 for cheaper than you can buy your originally specced one if you see my sig :)
     
    Mutant_Tractor, Mar 3, 2010
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