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    NP5793 worth it?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by mike130, Nov 30, 2008.

  1. mike130

    mike130 Notebook Guru

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    Right now the NP5793 is at $1400 USD at both xoticpc and powernotebooks. To my unexperienced eyes (I haven't kept up with laptops for about 2 years), this looks like a great offer which I might consider taking advantage of, but I'd like to check that the 9800GTS isn't secretly an overclocked integrated solution or something like that.

    The specs I'm currently looking at are a T8100 (2.1 gHz), 4 GB of DDR2667 RAM, a 250GB 7200 RPM HD, a matte WUXGA 17" screen and a 9800GTS with 512MB of GDDR3. There is a review for this laptop, but I guess it must be an older model or something, since according to the reviewer his GPU is an 8800, not a 9800, and I wasn't sure if it's valid to compare the two as other things may be different about it as well. Thank you in advance for any help you might provide.
     
    mike130, Nov 30, 2008
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  2. Deathwinger

    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, it definitely worth it. There is nothing wrong or outdated about the model really, especially if you are buying it just to play games.

    the 9800 GTS is a dedicated card and is 1% better than the 8800m GTX.
     
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  3. mike130

    mike130 Notebook Guru

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    Only 1%? Is it one of those models where the only improvement over the old one is DX10 or something?

    Thanks a lot anyways for allaying any of my possible fears. I'll have to talk to convince my parents I need it now :p
     
    mike130, Nov 30, 2008
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  4. ikethegreat

    ikethegreat Notebook Consultant

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    I love mine. I just got it a couple weeks ago and its absolutely great. All my games run beautifully.
     
    ikethegreat, Nov 30, 2008
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  5. theriko

    theriko Ronin

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    the 9800M GTS is actually slightly slower than the 8800M GTX, but not by much.
     
    theriko, Nov 30, 2008
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  6. Deathwinger

    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    Oh right, the GTS....I was thinking the GT.

    Yes, the GTS is slower by 1% but runs much cooler and has series 9 features.

    However, it has less shaders, so it will become dated faster than the GT.
     
    Deathwinger, Nov 30, 2008
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  7. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    I would get at least a 2.5 CPU...
     
    eleron911, Nov 30, 2008
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  8. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Yes definitely,just because there is something new doesn't mean old ones are bad.
     
    The_Observer, Nov 30, 2008
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