JGRiopel852 Np8660

BTW, which reseller did you buy yours from?

 

ok tune in later cause i will put together a video covering all these topics

the keys on the touch pad are rather still. and the scroll thing isnt that good. it only works about half the time but i have never had good luck with those.


Reseller: Xoticpc.com

 

The screen is tank quality; there's absolutely not a sound from mine, even when I move it back and forth rapidly.

 

Is the touchpad a Synaptic?

If so you can adjust the scroll area width (make it wider) and sensitivity. Although that may be general touchpad sensitivity and not specifically the scroll area sensitivity, I forget...

 

Can you make a video or a few photos, showing the screen with either paused dvd/video file or a photo and how it looks from different angles, both left to right and eh bottom to top.

 

Immediately after two hours of Mass Effect.

 

Looks great, but what is ACPI 78C is a little high.

 

sorry if someone asked you this but sorry to make you repeat ^^

what is your average battery life doing normal stuff ( internet, word )

 

I believe he said it was 2 hours.

 

2 h?
****, even my sager 5791 got more than that...

 

Like with any lithium ion battery, battery life will get a lot longer after a few charges.

 

Its a little over two hours just normal Power Save mode. I have not done a test on Silent mode but i bet i will see about 3 hours. Ill keep you guys posted.

I got 2 videos made and i am putting them on youtube now. they are kinda big so it will take some time.

 

Well duh. It is a 15" gaming laptop after all. What were you expecting, a Thinkpad T60?

No one's going to get this, or any other gaming notebook, for battery life. You'd be barking up the wrong tree.

 

I believe 2 hours is fine. I was expecting about one.

 

A fraps video of gaming would be sweet!

 

Apparently, the new video is up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4FH4JD56Yc

Thanks JG!

 

There's also a COD4 video.

The NP8660 looks sweet! I want mine now.

 

cool thanks a lot it is a great video, though I wish it is longer than 3 mintues.

 

In the second video, are you boiling eggs or something? Is the HDD defraging or what? I keep hearing a noise.

 

Well it seems like u guys found the videos before i got to post the links lol.

 

Thanks a lot JGRiopel! Please post a longer video! The last one was sweet!

 

The mic isnt that great. But no it was not defraging and no eggs lol. Its just air blowing past the mic i think.

The Video doesnt do Silent mode justice.

but at least you can hear generally how loud the space bar is comepared to the rest of the keys.

tomarrow i am going to the store to get a laptop cooler and im gunna pick up Crysis.


Ill try to get fraps and when i get everything ill make another video =P

 

>.> I'm so confused as to why these new units have a fan in the powerbrick? Is this something that should have been there all along? Are the 9262 models getting something like this?

 

Thanks for the videos. Asus should learn from Clevo on how to build a nice aesthetically looking gaming laptop. Their G50 is so **** ugly, I don't know why anyone would spend lots of money to lug the orange fugly thing around.

I went the mid low range route and purchased an Asus M50VM-B2. Although, this clevo does look very tempting!

We really do need an official review, I wonder why it's taking Jason so long to review this puppy.

 

should i get 200GB 7200 RPM or 250GB 5400 RPM?

 

I like the 7200 rpm one for speed, but some people are saying 5400 rpm one is cooler?

 

I would try to go for the 320GB 5400rpm... since it will perform just as well as a 7200rpm 200gb drive... but with more storage and less heat.

 

Good man!
Now we need you to test some games!
Crysis' demo has a benchmarking tool if I'm not mistaken.

Looking at other benchmarks I can see the difference between 2.5ghz with 2gigs of ram and 2.8ghz with 4gigs of ram is 2000 points.

 

I would say more like ~200 points

 

Yeah, NCG's scored 9279, and JG's scored 9454..
The difference in points is almost half the price difference in dollars!

 

I went for the 2.4 8600 cpu and I doubt I will see that much of a difference from a 2.53 and who knowns, perhaps Intel will manage to release a quad core that can be used on this one

 

I think its just that the video card pulls the scores up so high that the CPU doesnt even matter. Im sure OCs will start to really make the scores pull away though.

 

I ordered mine with 2.2 Ghz would that be a lot slower than 2.4 Ghz?

 

Nope. wPrime would complete like 1 second sooner with the 2.4.

 

I went with the 2.53 Ghz solely based on the fact that the lower CPU's only had a 3 mb cache, where as the 2.53 was the first with a 6 mb cache. Personlly i think the 6 mb cache is a definate advantage. If the 2.2 had a 6 mb cache i would have saved the money and got that.

 

Hi, I would like to find out if the windows vista you choose is "locked" on sager laptops? The reason why I ask this is because I have my own windows XP and would do a clear install. If the vista I get from NP8660 can be installed on other
PC, I could install it on my desktop. Thanks for any information.

 

The laptop comes with the O.S. already installed but when i look at the O.S. CD it says its a recovery cd for windows. Im not sure if you will be able to install it on other computers or not im guessing no.

 

3mb or 6mb cache doesnt change alot maybe 10% more. If you are using some big scientifical unknown programs then 6mb cache will help yea

 

hey!! gratz on your 8660. looks really good, esp the videos! great effort!!

but the unboxing video kinda scared me... you holding the camera with one hand and the laptop the other.. could have dropped the laptop that kinda feeling.. haha.. and yep, can see your reflection when you're playing COD4.. nice vids anyways.. thanks!!

 

ya i know lol thats why fraps will be a better test.

ya 1 handed was a bit risky but it was all for the NBR crew

 

Were you seeing your own reflection as you played JGR?

 

i hope not lol but in his video we could see him

 

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JGR that COD4 looks nice, please post more videos

 

thanks for the COD4 video, i'm looking forward to a fraps version!.... next time, no friendly fire

 

cache matters more than clock speed imo.

 

After looking at the video i realized that you guys can see me. But when playing there is no reflection.

I have seen alot of glossy screens and this one is one of the best. you can see the screen from all angles.

Stay tuned for another video tonight

 

Lol, not neccessarily a good thing in an open public area. But then again, those areas are limited due to the glare induced by glossy.

But it must look wicked crisp in COD4 I bet.

 

Agreed. Especially since clock speeds have generally been the same for the last several years. Where's my 256GHz CPU already?

 

okay i'll be waiting for it!!

and please don't do the 1-handed thing again.. freaks me out.. and yep, we definately benefited from the vids!! (or at least i did)