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    My Sager NP9262 Review

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ArmageddonAsh, Jun 6, 2008.

  1. ArmageddonAsh

    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    what games do you have? i have

    COD 4
    STALKER
    FM 2008
    Supreme Commander
    FEAR + Expansions
    and another game, i cant remember whats its called :D warhammer 40,000 or something
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 11, 2008
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  2. dazzyd

    dazzyd Notebook Evangelist

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    everything that u have plus timeshift, half life orange box, bioshock. and many others
     
    dazzyd, Jun 11, 2008
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  3. ArmageddonAsh

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    whats timeshift like? any good?
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 11, 2008
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  4. dazzyd

    dazzyd Notebook Evangelist

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    timeshift is pretty good i reckon.. the ability to stop time and rewind time is a really awesome feature :D
     
    dazzyd, Jun 11, 2008
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    I'm really curious on why you settled for this instead of the 5793. From what I have seen, it is possible to fit your specs into it and it would have been a smaller package. From what I understand, the 9262 is great for its SLI and multi HD abilities, non of which is really taken advantage of here.
     
    sujinge9, Jun 11, 2008
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  6. dazzyd

    dazzyd Notebook Evangelist

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    i believe he got this lappy as opposed to the 5793 is because for the upgradability factor. adding the second card and a quad laptop chip.
     
    dazzyd, Jun 11, 2008
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    room to grow. the 9262 is, in certain respects, a 5793 with room to grow; the 5793 is basically already topped out.
     
    Shyster1, Jun 11, 2008
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  8. ArmageddonAsh

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    thats right, though the 5793 is good it doesnt have the same kind of upgradability as the 9262, sure i dont have multiple hard drives or dual graphics cards but i plan on adding them as well as a quad core processor, 2GB ram and Vista Pro 64Bit

    i was going to get dual 250GB hard drives this week, then i heard about the iphone coming out on PayG (Pay As You Go) and if the price is right (£130-£150) then i will be getting one as ive had my motorola E3 for like 2-3 years and im in need of something new :D
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 13, 2008
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  9. theriko

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    The iphone will not be £130-£150 on payg...More like £300 I would guess
     
    theriko, Jun 13, 2008
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  10. ArmageddonAsh

    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    well if its like $200 in the US why would they charge nearly double for it in the UK? i could just buy it from the US and then unlock, right? it would be a hell of a lot cheaper if they do charge £300 for it.
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 13, 2008
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    dazzyd Notebook Evangelist

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    hmm iphone.. sighh not for me thanks im waiting for the xperia x1 or the htc touch pro. can use the winmo 6.1 interface or change over to the android UI from google.. oh so sweet

    oh by the way i re did my 3dmark06 score in 1920x1200 with 2x AA and got a score of 11219. wow. im stoked. basically i turned powermizer settings off in registry. lets see what i get now with default settings.
     
    dazzyd, Jun 13, 2008
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  12. ArmageddonAsh

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    dam thats a good score. i think if i knew what i was doing then i think i could improve mine a bit maybe get it upto 9,500?

    whats the xperia x1? ive never heard of it.
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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    Hmm...., Europe, .... the UK, .... taxes? :eek:
     
    Shyster1, Jun 16, 2008
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    @Armageddon, there are plenty of ways to improve the score, but you're not going to squeeze more than OCing can...
     
    eleron911, Jun 16, 2008
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    thats what i was thinking but that would be more then the 17.5% tax we get, if US gets it for $199 (8GB) then that would be £101.32 and with 17.5% tax it would be £119.05 and not £300. so if it is £300 then i would import it USA and unlock it, even with the delivery and everything it would still come to less then £300
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  16. lastrebelstanding

    lastrebelstanding Notebook Evangelist

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    You're right.
    You can save a lot of money buying from the US depending on the product you purchase, of course.
    Keep in mind though that many items bought in the US also only have a US warranty!
     
    lastrebelstanding, Jun 16, 2008
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  17. ArmageddonAsh

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    yeah that would be the only problem. my country sucks, any excuss they tax us enough as it is
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  18. dazzyd

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    the xperia is sony ericssons new phone touted to be the iphone killer.
     
    dazzyd, Jun 16, 2008
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  19. ArmageddonAsh

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    thanx i will have to have a look for it.
    how much will it be?

    ive had a look at some pics, not too keen on it, i prefer the iphone
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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    Wow,you're hijacking your own thread.
    And I thought it was all about the 9262 :D
     
    eleron911, Jun 16, 2008
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  21. ArmageddonAsh

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    yeah ya right.

    right back to topic i hope to have some more screens up as soon as i have sorted my HD out
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  22. lastrebelstanding

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    The 120GB Fujitsu that came with your 9262 died already?
     
    lastrebelstanding, Jun 16, 2008
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  23. ArmageddonAsh

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    i dont know whats happened to it, it was making a strange noise and was quite hot so i switched it off and will try it again tonight
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  24. eleron911

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    I also have a 120Gb Fujitsu,probably the same drive.
    Runs usually at 45C, can get upto 57C at high disk activity. Pretty normal.
     
    eleron911, Jun 16, 2008
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  25. ArmageddonAsh

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    with some clock reader thing it was saying it was going around 60-65C, but i might had read it wrong, and mixed it up with the GPU temp, but it still was getting quite loud so i decided to give it a day off :D
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  26. eleron911

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    HDTune and HWMonitor both show temps. I trust them for HDD monitoring.
    60-65C? NO freaking way man. Were you playing with matches or something? :D
     
    eleron911, Jun 16, 2008
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  27. ArmageddonAsh

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    i was COD4, SC and stalker for a couple of hours, like i said i may have mixed the numbers up with that of the GPU. i will have another look tonight.
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  28. lastrebelstanding

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    Mine is also idling at 45C-46C and running at ~55C when pushed really hard.
     
    lastrebelstanding, Jun 16, 2008
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  29. ArmageddonAsh

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    i did get a warning a couple of times that it was 55c or over.
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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    55C would still be alright but 60C-65C now that's way too hot!
     
    lastrebelstanding, Jun 16, 2008
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  31. ArmageddonAsh

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    does that sound aroub right for a GPU? maybe i mixed them up.
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  32. lastrebelstanding

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    My gpu is idling at 42 at the moment but it can get over 60 during gaming.
    Chances are you mixed them up but you said something about a weird sound coming from the drive?
     
    lastrebelstanding, Jun 16, 2008
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  33. ArmageddonAsh

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    :D ooops, well i have to wear glasses maybe i need to get stronger ones :D

    yeah, it sounded like it was struggling. but i had played games before on it for longer without hearing that noise.
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  34. lastrebelstanding

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    Was it loud clicking noises or scratching sounds?
    Go into HDTune and run the full error scan and also check the health tab next to it.
     
    lastrebelstanding, Jun 16, 2008
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  35. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    It's under 3 year warranty anyway :)
     
    The_Observer, Jun 16, 2008
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    it wasnt really a scrathing sound more like a clicking noise, maybe it was with the stuff that i had open or soemthing? oz i had the games open (not all at the same time) with some word docs and itunes.
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 16, 2008
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  37. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Still it sounds strange.I am very careful with my laptop.
     
    The_Observer, Jun 16, 2008
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    How about you video it and put it on youtube?
    I have a hard time imagining the sound.
     
    eleron911, Jun 16, 2008
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  39. lastrebelstanding

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    Was the sound there from the beginning or did it suddenly appear?
     
    lastrebelstanding, Jun 16, 2008
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  40. ArmageddonAsh

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    i dont know what it was but its stopped now. if it appears again i will take a video of it.

    getting crysis today. will add pics tomorrow :D
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 17, 2008
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  41. eleron911

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    Good, that should keep you busy and forget about the noise :D
     
    eleron911, Jun 17, 2008
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  42. ArmageddonAsh

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    i got crysis and im loving it. i will add screans. im getting around 35 Frames Per Second with all settings on HIGH
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Jun 20, 2008
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  43. Emor

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    Sorry if this question has already been answered, and that if I'm bumping an extremely old thread, but when setting up your operating system, you probably chose a US keyboard, instead of an UK keyboard(Windows says in the Windows XP installation that for a default keyboard go for US, thus a lot of people have wrong keyboard layouts).
    Yet again- sorry.
    EMZ=]
     
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