The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Nvidia 7800GTX

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by vasylko, May 5, 2006.

  1. vasylko

    vasylko Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    103
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Hi

    I am thing now of buying Sager 5720 and was wondering if this card is overkill for games like WOW and Guild Wars, which are the primary games I will be playing for long, long time.

    Just looking for real life experiances with people who played these two games on their Sager 5720

    thanks
     
    vasylko, May 5, 2006
    #1
  2. Unreal

    Unreal Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    50
    Messages:
    734
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Neither games are very demanding unless your playing at really high resolutions, so maybe a 15.4" w/x1600 would be more up your alley (maybe a Acer 8204WLMi or Macbook Pro).
     
    Unreal, May 5, 2006
    #2
  3. TwilightVampire

    TwilightVampire Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    362
    Messages:
    1,376
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Yea, neither of those games needs something as impressive as a 7800. Even an x1600 would be overkill for them. But it never hurts to be ready for the next big game ;)
     
    TwilightVampire, May 6, 2006
    #3
  4. mach_zero

    mach_zero Casual Observer NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    215
    Messages:
    1,011
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Both good points Twighlight. My kid plays both of the games mentioned by the OP on high settings with an X1400 just fine. But like you said, it's never a bad idea to be prepared if you can afford it. Having said that, though, games are always changing and new technologies are always being introduced. Games a year and half from now may need Pixel Shader 4.0 and Direct X 10 for optimum play, neither of which may be supported by even today's highest end cards. Sadly, nothing is future-proof. Kind of frustrating when you think about it, isn't it?
     
    mach_zero, May 6, 2006
    #4