Just Ordered: XoticPC NP9261

I literally just 5 minutes ago ordered a NP9261 through XoticPC.

17" WSXGA+ "Matte"
Intel Core 2 QUAD Q6600 2.4GHz
512MB 7950
2Gig 800Mhz RAM (1 Simm, will likely upgrade it to 4 Gig almost right away)
Standard Finish
160GB Seagate Momentus 3GB/S (heard good things about it!)
8x8x6x4 Dual Layer DVD
Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader
Built in Wireless/bluetooth
1.3 Megapixel camera
Standard sound and speakers
Windows Vista Premium 64-bit
3 year warranty

Total Price: $2,619

I got it for my upcoming deployment and will likely use it to replace my desktop once I get back from the desert. I love the fact that this thing is user upgradeable. Anyway, what do ya'll think? Worth the money? Will I be happy? It'll be almost exclusively used for gaming/multimedia. Lots of Oblivion, MTW2, FEAR, maybe HL2 if I can get it so I don't REQUIRE a damn internet connection to play it...

Mike

 

I (and maybe only I) would of chosen a different screen: the WUXGA.

 

That's one hell of a machine. Congratulations.

 

Oh, well, if I'd had the extra cash to burn, maybe I would have gotten a different screen as well...but I'm just a Cable Tech/Air Force reservist, I can scarcely believe I've spent the money I have on this thing, so...<shrug>

 

HI, Dalthius with that spec you will be very happy with your system. The only thing that I would do is to save up for the NVIDIA 8800M GTX SLI when it comes out. That is what I am going to do when it come out I am going to buy it from XOTIC PC.

 

Nice rig. Congrats.

Tell us when you get it.

 

My only concern (and it's a small one) with this system is its ability to play a game like Crysis or Oblivion with max or near-max settings. With just the one 7950 I will NOT be playing Crysis anywhere near max, but I should still be able to get a very good experience, yes? I don't give a rat's petunia about DX10 at the moment, at least not for a laptop.

 

You may be able to play at 1280x800 with all settings on high. I don't know exactly, because my experience is limited to the 8700m GT, which is slightly less powerful.

 

i played the demo at 1280x800 on all settings medium, and got 25-30 fps, which is decent enough for that game, which still has some optimization to be worked out: such as the game not taking advantage of multi-core processors OR SLI.

 

The 7950 is a good card it won't play Crysis at max but it should play it a decent res and eye candy. You won't have problems with Oblivion you might need to drop a res to play comfortable but I have played it on a 7900 go at 1440x900 and had it feel comfortable. Most of the time.

 

The glossy screen is very attractive. High contrast, vivid colors and high resolution. Your one memory stick will not run balanced, so you may loose some performance there. In case you buy another, be sure to get an identical stick. Otherwise sync delays and errors may occur. Better change your order right away...

 

i agree i have 2x 8700's coming but am upgrading as soon as theres a better one out there 8800's also i would go with more memory (sticks gotta be the same)

 

oh congratz Dalthius, u got a great machine!!!

 

So ya'll think its best to add that second stick of RAM right away as opposed to trying to find the same stick after I receive it? You think it is cheaper? Do you really think I'd see much of a performance difference with an extra 2 Gigs of RAM with Vista Premium 64-bit edition?

 

i dont know about cheaper but "easier"
if u dont get the same one u will have problems (its gotta match)
yes u should see "A" difference

 

its a GREAT lappy no matter what

 

Well I went ahead and told XoticPC to add another 2 Gig stick of 800mhz RAM to my order...what the hell, I'd already spent a truckload of money, what's another $130.

 

That's exactly what I said when I got the custom paint job on mine. Still waiting for it to be sent out though

 

Exactly how long have you been waiting? My lappy went into "production" yesterday, they SAY it takes 3 to 6 business days to build, but....I'm really REALLY crossing my fingers that it will be put together and shipped to my eager hands by the 13th/14th of November, but, uh, somehow I really doubt that is going to happen...

 

Mine took about 10 business days to ship when it entered the building/testing phase.

 

Umm I ordered mine on 10/17 it went into build on 10/18 and now custom paint on 11/01 so yea it can take a while because of the great testing that they do on the machine before shipping

 

I was thinking about getting the exact same configuration except no OS since I can just my own copy of XP 32 bit. Does rigorous testing still apply to systems with no OS. I mean how can they test if they aren't putting an OS on it?

 

I had mine ship without an OS, and as previously mentioned, it took 10 days. :/

 

they are pretty thorough so i had them install everything.
so i dont hear any crappolla
i need it running right so i can install all the drivers and clocking lol

 

hey man, good luck to you. I just got mine in the mail yesterday... I went with the e6800 though.

One word of warning, when I opened the box on mine, I found two broken keys on the keyboard, a dead pixel in the middle of the screen, and this strange plastic strip just south of the space bar that won't stay clipped into it's little connectors...

Xotic isn't returning my tech support emails... which is a big change from the before purchase care where they were all over any emails I sent them, and answered within an hour.

I'm wondering if after purchase/ payment support is weak from this company, it really makes me not feel to warm about having this thing especially after having spent THIS MUCH MONEY.

 

Try calling them. If nothing else they will give you the support number to set up an RMA.

 

Please contact our 24/7 Tech Support on our Contact Us Page here. They will assist you there.

 

I have used their support and it does work fine. I just paniced and called. But it appears they are about and giving new information.

 

well, it gets better. My dvd drive isn't reading my Adobe Production Suite CS2 discs.... nice. Had some problems with my Vista disc too.... much nicer.

I can just see this becoming a nightmare.

 

you can just contact your vendor, they will cross-ship you another DVD drive (so you do not have to ship the entire system back)

 

dbmata, let me ask you one question: why don't you call XoticPc and talk about it? it looks like your unit got damaged in transport..things like that happen from time to time..we all know how UPS works i am confident that XoticPc wouldn't send you damaged unit and they will help you with that issue..just let us know how it finished!

..and enjoy your new BEAST!!

 

yeah, I need to clarify though, I'm thinking that this is going to become a nightmare because I'm heading to the east coast for a week, won't be able to address the problems in a timely manner, etc.

I'm a bit precious about my electronics, happily though, after getting off the phone with Xotic (Daniel), I'm really impressed with their service.

I'm thinking my email was just lost, as opposed to ignored. (I think I've dealt too much with other computer providers that have left me jaded.)

I mean so it sucks, having two broken keys, a stuck pixel cluster, etc. etc. but I'm pretty happy in knowing that they (Xotic) want to help me get this fixed, ASAP.

 

bobeer, time has been in factor in me not calling them until now, and frankly, I was completely in the wrong, these guys are making me really happy with the support.

Now, as far as the machine goes... omgwtfbbq! I'm actually thinking of getting rid of my desktop because this thing is almost 100% perfect for me.

Anyone who can afford one of these, and is in the market for it should get one, and I'd go so far as to say they should call up Justin for it.
*end threadjack*

 

I can't speak for everyone but I know my dealings with XOTIC PC have been really good to this point. They went out of their way to make sure I made informed decisions and the customer service afterwards was top notch. I hope you get your problems resolved in a way that meet your needs as well.

 

well i just placed my order with xoticpc for the sager np9261 (cancelled my alienware m9750 after the extremely long wait and really crappy customer support they kicked back my AW from phase 4 to phase 3 for no reason)...but heres wht i ordered

17" WUXGA "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1920x1200)
- Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
- Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Intel Core 2 Duo EXTREME X6800 2.93GHz w/ 4MB L2 Cache - 1066MHz FSB
- SLI ENABLED DUAL (2) 512MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 7950GTX w/GDDR3 Video Cards (User Upgradeable)
- None Standard
- ~ 2,048MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory
- Entire Laptop Painted with Any Color, Logo or Graphic (Details of Painting made after order)
- ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
- ~ 200GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA 150)
- ~ 200GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA 150)


cost me a fortune but i think it would last for some time...tell me wht u guyz think

oh and im also getting it full painted in piano black with the image o the lambo gallardo on the lid with the lamborghini logo on top of the car image...any better suggestions are ofcourse always welcomed

 

My NP9261 just shipped out yesterday. I ended up upgrading shipping to "overnight" since I'm leaving town on a prolonged trip (read: deployment) next week.

I'm psyched, can't wait to get that thing. Since it's Vista Premium 64-bit, am I going to have to do some searching for workable drivers, or is that something they should have already covered in the testing phase?

 

nice rig, but why get a X6800, when its more feasible to get a Q6600 or Q6700.

 

well for me right now fortunately money's not the issue...i dunno much about the differences between the x6800 or the q6700 i thought maybe the x6800 would give better performance....but if it doesnt do lemme know i placed the order couple o hours ago n i can still mend it before it heads off into production...

 

Pretty significant difference actually.... in CPU heavy processing.

Look here at the multi-threaded test table.... the Q6600 (quad-core) still crushes the X6800 and the other dual cores.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=123570

 

umm..im sorry to b a total d*** but i got no clue about all the processor stuff....umm shudnt the q6700 be better than the 66??

 

Yes the Q6700 is slightly better than the Q6600... worth the difference in price... IMO no.

But in your case, I would get the Q6700 if you have no budget restraint.

 

oh and one more thing....does xoticpc offer blu ray drives on the sager??...cuz i hrd they did n u have to call em to get it....but if i do get it installed since the processor change wud b saving me an easy $500, would the screen support hd resolution??..i mean does it support 1080p resolutions??

 

oh yea.... thats a great idea.

Get the Q6700 (rather than the X6800), and get a Blu-ray drive (specify it, then they will get it for you).

And if you have WUXGA (1920x1200) screen, then you are set for 1080p (1920 x 1080p).

Thats what I am hoping to do in the near future with my unit... getting a blu-ray drive to go with my WUXGA screen.

 

I tried to upgrade to a blu-ray with XoticPC and they said they did not offer them.

 

they do not normally offer an expensive and unpopular item... such as Blu-Ray.

However, they will special order about any item you want for your notebook if you specify the item type, model number, manufacturer... etc...

Its a waste of money to stock Blu-Ray drives, when only less than 1% of people are interested in getting a drive when purchasing a notebook.

 

well if they dun offer then i can get an extra 200gb hdd n still save a lot on the actual order i placed b4.....btw whts better raid 0,1 or 5??...whts the difference between em?

 

No... you can still get the Blu-ray drive through them (contact XoticPC), just ask them to special order it for your notebook. thats all.

Read about RAID:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

For example:
With 2x 200GB drives . . .
RAID 1: You will see 1x 200GB drive (in My Computer), the other drive will mirror the data
RAID 0: You will see 1x 400GB drive (in My Computer), but it's actually two drives with the data striped across them
Separate drives: You will see 2x 200GB drives

Don't bother with RAID 0 because it provides less than a 5% improvement in everyday activities and it doubles the risk of losing your data.

 

thanks a lot gophn appreciate it

 

another thing.

Get 1 stick of 2GB... so you will have another slot of RAM free for future upgrades.

And maybe you can get yourself a slick custom paint job (with its own warranty) for your notebook if you are going through XoticPC... they have made some crazy nice paint jobs for people.

here are some great examples:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=104024&page=2 (and the pages after it)

 

well as a matter of fact i am going with complete painted laptop...im thinkin o gettin it as piano black and then have them paint the lamborghini gallardo on the lid in yellow with the lambo's logo on top o the car seperately....if theres any better suggestion obviously its welcomed