Sager NP9280 Questions

1: This laptop comes with a single gtx280, but says its "user upgradeable" - Does that mean in the future we can make this be SLI with a second one, or perhaps upgrade to a newer card once released?

2: If a user chooses raid-0 with 2 harddrives is that going to be software or hardware raid? Can the user later disable this?

3: Can this computer handle 1333 ram or is stricly 1066 ? What is the max amount of ram it can handle?

5: Lets say you buy the 920 version- In a year from now or so, could a user buy a 975 and swap that in? Up to what processor # will this support?

6: If a user purchases the 920 model will he get LGA-1366 , or does he need to pick the 950 or 975 to get that?

 

1. It's single GPU only, and it's upgradeable
2. hardware raid, yes it can be disabled but I'd imagine you'd need to format first
3. Any speed and any amount, thanks to the i7
4. ???
5. The CPU is swappable, it takes 15 minutes to do
6. All i7 CPUs are 1366 socket

 

Im confused-

So this laptop doesnt have SLI?

When I do a google search for SLI Laptop ( http://www.google.com/search?q=sli+laptop+&pws=0&hl=en&num=10 )

You see the first result from pctorque saying:
www.pctorque.com Quad Core i7-965 Extreme, 17" WUXGA 2 x GeForce GTX 280M SLI, 3 x HDDs
http://www.pctorque.com/sager-9280-gaming-computers.php?gclid=CM2moq3F9poCFRK1FQod61Iddg

And it says its SLI Capable?




Additionally, Are you sure it can support 1333 ram? Im reading on a few places that its 1066 only.

Also, one more question- They offer a "TV Card" option addon on most resellers- Would that be internal or external?

 

It can support 1333 ram. The i7's will gobble up as much bandwidth as you can toss at them, triple channel.

Pctorque is wrong. Check Sager or Clevo's homepage. It has 1 GPU only. It is user upgradable for when a new GPU arrives. MXM 3.0B standard, so it is using the new standard.

LGA-1366 is i7 only and you have a choice of:

920 - 2.26ghz (c0 or d0 depending on batch date)
940 - 2.93ghz (c0 stepping)
950 - 3.06ghz (d0 stepping)
965 - 3.20ghz (c0 stepping)
975 - 3.33ghz (d0 stepping)

d0 is the newest stepping.

 

"Notebook BIOS do not allow FSB:RAM ratio adjustments so short of a BIOS hack 1066Mhz is it."

 

It can support 1333 but to be honest there isn't any benefit:

Go Here

“Product information
• 3.20 GHz core speed
• 8 processing threads with Intel® HT technology
• 8 MB of Intel® Smart Cache
• 3 Channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory
”

• “Intel® QuickPath Interconnect is designed for increased bandwidth and low latency. It can achieve data transfer speeds as high as 25.6 GB/sec with the Extreme Edition processor.
• Integrated memory controller enables three channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory, resulting in up to 25.6 GB/sec memory bandwidth. This memory controller's lower latency and higher memory bandwidth delivers amazing performance for data-intensive applications. ”

The 9280 will only support one GPU. Anyone listing otherwise is incorrect or a typo.

 

Thanks for clearing that up- I actually bought this machine from you guys a few hours ago.

-Dan

 

Thanks for the info mine is on its way too

 

I know this is a dead subject and there is no way for SLI configuration but, it is still on Clevo's website...

http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/products/prodinfo.asp?productid=19

 

Yeah, I pointed that out on a thread a few weeks ago. I ask again, maybe this means a future update to the D900F series (D901F?). If this is coming fairly soon this is going to make the current owners of the 9280/D900F upset to say the least. This will have to be a new motherboard design +, expensive indeed to upgrade...

 

It's not going to happen, clevo often has mistakes/typos on their website and very rarely updates pages for current systems.

Notice it only says sli in the general description, and nowhere in the specifications...

Also notice that it hasn't been updated with the i7 950/975 (or even 940 for that matter...)