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    Is Sager entertaining AMD CPU's?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by HTWingNut, Feb 10, 2012.

  1. HTWingNut

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    With Trinity around the corner and the Llano APU's showing definite promise and performance, is Sager entertaining the use of AMD CPU/APU's at all? I'd love a Sager/Clevo built machine, but I've taken a liking to the unlocked CPU's and phenomenal performance of the integrated GPU. Yes of course I'd like a dedicated GPU as well, but the integrated GPU allows gaming on battery while consuming little power.
     
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    All I know is that I doubt it, which means i pretty much know nothing, but there's my cup of tea.
     
    hotblack_desiato, Feb 10, 2012
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    As long as it's Earl Gray, Hot! ;)
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 11, 2012
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    Meh, no news? AMD would be a great fit with their unlocked CPU's and good OC potential of the GPU's. The cooling in Sagers are usually excellent and would be great.
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 13, 2012
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    They may have some kind of standing relationship with Intel. Considering the past generations of their laptops that have used Intel. I'm just guessing here. It would be cool to see them use AMD. Call me crazy, but their APU and dedicated gpu crossfire idea is the way laptop gaming should be in the future.
     
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    I believe Clevo has an exclusive deal with Intel for a while to come, so any AMD-powered chassis in the near future is unlikely.
     
    ettornio, Feb 13, 2012
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    Brazos! LOL. I heard they were making them with Brazos, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Trinity, next step up from Fusion Llano which has proven to be a pretty impressive platform.
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 13, 2012
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    Compal is behind that slim looking Trinity prototype i saw online a few days ago, but would not mind seeing a awesome AMD Trinity build based on the chassis of a Clevo P150 or P170. :D
     
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    Yeah a Clevo P150 would be excellent. The cooling would be phenomenal.
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 13, 2012
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    The Llano ThinkPads are still the best AMD notebooks out there.
     
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    Which ones? Because I don't think they offer any with a discrete GPU.
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 13, 2012
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    Seems the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E525 only keeps the Llano GPU and not a discrete one like HP or Asus.
     
    DEagleson, Feb 14, 2012
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