Sager 5760 on its way!

Hey after weeks and weeks of reading this forum and many others i finally ordered a 5760 last night from Xoticpc.com ... the suspense is killing me i can't wait GAH ! here is what 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 2.0GHz (T7200) Processor (Merom / 4 MB L2 Cache / 667 FSB)
- 512MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 7950GTX w/GDDR3 (User Upgradeable)
- None Standard
- ~ 2,048MB DDR2 667 PC2 5300 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory
- Standard Finish
- ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
- ~ 100GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA 150)
- Internal 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO)
- Integrated Digital Video Camera
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- Integrated System Speakers - Included
- Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g
- Internal Bluetooth
- Basic Black Business Case - Included
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- 110/220V 120W Auto Switching AC Adapter - Included
- ~Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Installed (64&32-Bit CD Included) w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's
- 3 Year Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty Lifetime Toll Free Tech Support

Price: $2259.00 w/ shipping

GAH I CAN'T WAIT

 

I just ordered mine on Monday as well with nearly the same specs (mine has the TV tuner in place of the bluetooth) I am just excited as you are with my purchase. Good luck with your purchase. With any luck I'll get mine before you and brag about it to drive you nuts

 

lol the suspense is killer jeez

 

Congrats to you both. You won't be disappointed.

 

so far very impressed and excited heh great people there ... received a pm here a email and a voice mail on my phone from Justin at xoticpc to confirm the order and notify me that the shipping needed to be upgraded to be able to ship to PO box was really glad that i called to verify that instead of them just shipping it and it not making it here Thanks Xotic!

 

congrats on the new beasts.

I remember waiting for mine.
it feels like a kid opening a present that knows there is a cool toy that they have been wanting.

 

Same spec as mine

The wait is well worth it. I'm starting to regret ordering the glossy screen though, after an hour or so my eyes are feeling the strain.

 

congrats, and i hope you wont need to send back to sager soon

 

ive seen your posts and if you hate sager so much why post in there threads? just throwing gas into he fire imo

 

I love mine... this 5760 is sweet.. about the same specs as mine... didn't get the TV tuner but thats ok.. I use the blue tooth with my cell phone.. I have also migrated to Vista 64.. Experience so far is very good.. not one blue screen or random reboot.. Making programs work on Vista 64 hasn't been too much trouble. Best tip if you ever get vista is to install DX9 so you can run all them games that just have to have some DX9 DLL.

anyways sidetracked.. Congrats on the new system.. You will love the new system.. I'm glad I didn't wait for Santa Rosa as it's not that revolutionary, main difference is FSB but still uses the same ram speed.

 

ya i got it with vista 64 bit installed already. have you ran any games? had any trouble with getting them to work?

 

Hi,

Anyone can tell me which firewire chipset use the 5760's

Thanks a lot!!

 

I'm really close to ordering this laptop, but there is one thing stopping me.. the lack of directx 10.

I know the 5760RU will have the capability to switch out the video cards. I was wondering if anyone (especially the knowledgable Gaphn) could explain how that works, and if it is possible with the current 5760?

Thanks

 

Pretty much the all of the High-end gaming notebooks from Clevo have modular videocards. Its about 4 screws to remove. Pretty straight forward.

The design has just changed (for the better) in the newer models [D900C and M570RU] because they have shown it to be upgradeable to high-end DX10 cards when they become available.

So up until the new models, all of the current and previous Clevo's can upgrade up to (last generation module):
- NVIDIA 6800, 7800GTX, 7900GTX, 7950GTX
- ATI X800, X1600

 

Thanks for the quick response, but I'm still confused.

Does this mean the current 5760 can not be upgraded to a DX10 card later?

 

I hope it will be possible to upgrade with a dx10 card.

I have also a question (hoping it isn't in a wrong thread): Do ya have problems with the dvd player (the hardware itself)? When i play movies or when i start a game from the dvd player my soundcard is making strange sounds. For example: If i copy a DVD to the harddisk i can't play music because it's been streaming very slow. Also i get 100% cpu usage of the first core. Even moving the mousecursor isn't a easy job because it goes very slow.

 

Worst case what'll happend is maybe an upgrade possibility, but definitely not for a 8800; power and heat dissipation are too different. So even though they make a DX card compatible with the slot in the 5760, it will probably be slower than the 7950gtx.

 

Its not impossible... but very doubtful.

Hopefully Clevo will release a mid-high end DX10 card (like 8600 Ultra or 8700) for the current-gen notebooks... but that is still doubtful.

Only time will tell.

 

Sounds like a bit of software issues there. What processes and services do you have running in the background and starting up?

100% CPU usage for casual use is a RED FLAG for software issues (usually malware, and/or resource hoggers)

 

Now I need to debate on weather its worth it to wait for the RU and DX10. I know Clevo hasn't released any solid information yet, but would the 5760RU cost the same as a current 5760 or would it be in the 3 grand range?

 

Definately not 3 grand..I would estimate a few hundred dollars in price increase. If I had to throw a number out there I would guess maybe 2300-2500 bucks.

 

It's possible it is an software issue, but i get only 100% cpu usage with my 1st core when i copy data from DVD to harddisk. It only happens when i use my DVD player. When i play a movie with the dvd player i don't get 100% core use of my processor, but i can't play a movie well. the first minutes it goes well, but after a few minutes the movie is streaming slower.

 

What DVD player software are you using?

I would recommend Media Player Classic, if you haven't tried it yet.

As for the 100% of CPU usage when copying/ripping DVDs to HDD, that can occur if you have an Anti-Virus on... which scans (on the fly) the files that are being copied.