New to the Sager 9260 club

I've been checking out these forums for the past month or so, trying to get an idea of what laptop I wanted to go with...and finally decided on the 9260. I ordered it today from Xotic with the following specs:

1x XOTIC / SAGER NP9260 ( Clevo D900C ) Intel Core 2 DUO / Core 2 Duo EXTREME / 17" WSXGA / WUXGA / 512MB PCI-Express GeForce 7950 Video / SLI / DDR2 667 / SATA
- Warranty: 3 Year Labor* 1 Year Parts Warra
- Software Bundle (Not Installed): None Standard
- "Medialess" Microsoft Office Sof: None Standard
- Operating System: ~Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit I
- Notebook Cooler: Full Size Notebook Cooler - Dual
- Optional Mouse or Keyboard: None Standard
- Fingerprint Reader: None Standard
- External Monitor: None Standard
- Docking Station / Port Replicato: None Standard
- AC Adapter: 110/220V 120W Auto Switching AC
- Battery: Spare Smart Li-ion Battery (12 C
- Case: Basic Black Business Case - Incl
- Wireless Network Accessories: None Standard
- Wireless Network: Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 496
- Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR
- Speaker Systems: Integrated System Speakers - Inc
- Sound Card: Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audi
- TV Tuner: None Standard
- Camera: Built in 1.3Megapixel Camera
- Memory Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/
- Floppy Drive: None Standard
- Raid: Raid 0-Stripe (Combines primary
- Third Hard Drive: None Standard - 9260
- Secondary Hard Drive: ~ 100GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA 150)
- Primary Hard Drive: ~ 100GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA 150)
- Optical Drive: ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +
- Exterior Finish: Standard Finish
- Ram: ~ 2,048MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) D
- External Monitor Video Adapter: None Standard
- Video Card: SLI ENABLED DUAL (2) 512MB PCI-E
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz w
- Dead Pixel Policy: Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Arctic Silver: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
- Display: 17" WUXGA "Glare Type" Super Cl

Woops, bad formatting, sorry about that. Anyways, any tips or advice feel free to send my way I've been tearing apart the forums looking at all the great info you all have here.

*crosses fingers and hopes she doesn't have to wait a month to get her shiny new toy*

 

WElcome to the WONDERFUL club of D900 owners, you bought the most powerful system and will enjoy it. Its VERY fast, and i only have ONE 7950... Vista ultimate 64... is also a very good choice! as i have myself only drawback both of us have is having Vista and no Dx10...>_< but, luckily YOUR system is MXMIV upgradeable enjoy endless gaming!!

 

Welcome to the club. I've tried the E6700 and the X6800 in this D901C and find that indeed the E6700 a great value for the pricing. The Laptop is so fast, that I found myself crazy at work with the sloooow Desktop. I upgraded the Desktop, and now my hair is growing back! - Actually, now its faster than the Laptop, but not enough that I really care to notice. LIFE IN THE FAST LANE.....

 

Idykllr, Wow, sorry I didn't notice that address stuff! GO BLUE! From the little town to the north...

 

Thanks Doodles and AlanP!

*waves to AlanP down in Howell*

GO BLUE!

 

nice setup...hope you enjoy the beast.

 

That is an incredible setup, enjoy it indeed.

 

Looks pretty tight. Since you're going with Vista Ultimate 64-bit, a memory hogger, you could boost up your RAM to 4GB. Not necessary, of course, but Vista Ultimate 64-bit will be able to see all 4GB RAM, I believe. And since you're going with Vista, all you need to do now is get a beta driver to feel and behold the awesomeness of SLi! Check out the owners' forum.

BTW, what brand of notebook cooler is XoticPC selling?

 

I was going to go with the 4 gb and I'll probably upgrade in the very near future, the only reasons I didn't were that I was pretty stretched at how much I wanted to spend already, and that I wasn't sure that Vista would see the 4 gb. I have heard that it only sees up to 2.8 gb. Can anyone confirm if 64-bit Vista will see the full 4 gb on the D900C?

And I'm not sure which cooler they have, it didn't specify, and I can't find it on the website. I figured I'd try it out and if I don't like, can always get something else. I've seen people recommend the Zalman, any other suggestions? I'll be using this between home, school, and work (when I travel). Something that isn't terribly loud but works well.

 

Definitely the Zalman ZM-NC1000 is the best at the moment... nothing else quite like it.

 

64 bit Vista will see the full 4gb so you're good

 

I personally think the cooler is completely unnecessary if you dont overclock. FN+1 keeps things cool as can be, to a shocking amount. If you do OC, then you could use all the help you can get.

 

How would OC under Vista 64 bit, haven t found a utility that does it. And the motherboard has none of the needed option to overclock.

 

Hes got Dual GPUs... so if he OC's those, even with FN1, he may get a lil bit more cooler... i would ONLY get a cooler under his circumstances in fact.. with dual Gpus and That processor... im not gonna buy a notebook cooler myself until i go SLI.. other than SLi, this thing is a cooling beast already.

 

cant agree more. mine feels like it came out of the freezer when its on.

 

My Sager arrived this afternoon and I have never been so pleased with a computer in all my life Was a bit surprised (although I did know the exact dimentions) of the size of the laptop, but I like it. So far flawless, no dead pixels, and runs like a champ.

I'll post some benches later after I get stuff set up.

Also, I just want to say for those that are looking for a reseller, Xotic PC is great. Smooth transaction start to finish. Only thing missing was the notebook cooler, and when I called they said it would ship today.

*goes off to play with her shiny new toy*

 

Hi all... just gotta say thanks for all the advice flotin around these threads. I'm a new owner of a 9260 with sli 7950's and was wondering if anyone has come up with some stable overclock numbers for xp? Thanks!