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    How does my NP9850 stack up against my desktop?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by isamu, Sep 11, 2010.

  1. isamu

    isamu Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys. I would like to know, in your opinion, how my Sager NP9850 notebook stacks up against my home desktop for gaming, and which do you feel gives better performance?

    Here are the NP9850's basic specs:


    Processor: 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9900 / 6MB L2 Cache, 3.06GHz, 1066MHz FSB

    Video & Graphics Card: *Dual* Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M Graphics with 1GB DDR3 Video Memory in SLI Mode

    Operating System: Genuine MS Windows® 7 Ultimate 32/64-Bit Edition

    Memory: 8GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 2 X 4GB

    Primary Hard Disk Drive: 160GB Intel SATA2 Solid State Disk Drive

    2nd Hard Disk Drive: 500GB 7200rpm SATA 300

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    Desktop Basic specs:

    #Operating System: Genuine MS Windows® 7 Ultimate 32/64-Bit Edition

    #CPU: INTEL, Core™ 2 Duo E8500 Dual-Core, 3.16GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache, 45nm, 65W, EM64T EIST VT XD, Retail

    #Motherboard: ASUS, P5Q Pro, LGA775, Intel® P45, 1600MHz FSB, DDR2-1200 16GB /4, PCIe x16 CF /2, SATA 3.0 Gbit/s RAID 5 /8, HDA, GbLAN, FW /2, ATX, Retail

    #GPU: SAPPHIRE, Vapor-X Radeon™ HD 5870 870MHz, 1GB GDDR5 5000MHz, PCIe x16 CrossFire, DVI /2, DP, HDMI

    #Memory: OCZ, 4GB (2 x 2GB) Reaper HPC Edition PC2-8500 DDR2 1066MHz CL 5-5-5-18 2.1-2.3V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC

    #Hard Disk Drives: 2X WESTERN DIGITAL, 640GB WD Caviar® SE16 (WD6400AAKS), SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200-RPM, 16MB cache
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    So, from a gaming perspective, which of these two machines should theoretically yield more performance?
     
    isamu, Sep 11, 2010
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  2. emolitor

    emolitor Notebook Enthusiast

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    Your desktop should certainly yield better graphics and cpu performance which should translate into better gaming.
     
    emolitor, Sep 12, 2010
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  3. Pman

    Pman Company Representative

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    desktop by a country mile
     
    Pman, Sep 12, 2010
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  4. fzhfzh

    fzhfzh Notebook Deity

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    Your desktop graphics card is better than anything currently available in the laptop world, dual GPU setups included.
     
    fzhfzh, Sep 12, 2010
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  5. Alexrose1uk

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    Aye, dual 5870m are somewhere between the 5850 and 5870 when you're getting the potential out, and the 5870ms are about 10-20% or so faster than the GTX280s so draw your conclusions from that.
    The NP9850 is just a lot more mobile than your desktop. The laptop in most scenarios will only be about 75% of the speed of the desktop at most, as the desktop CPUs are faster clock for clock ( the difference is more noticeable between I7 desktop and mobile than core2), and the desktop GPU is faster.
     
    Alexrose1uk, Sep 12, 2010
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  6. isamu

    isamu Notebook Guru

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    Interesting. Thanks for the replies.
     
    isamu, Sep 12, 2010
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