Upgradeability of Sager 5720

When the new Dual Core Sagers come out in April, do you think that it will be possible to upgrade the processor to the new Merom's coming out in september or are the platforms completely independent and impossible to upgrade.

 

The Core Duo > Merom upgrade is going to require a BIOS update. There is no telling of whether or not that will be avaliable, and we won't know until after Merom is released.

Rule of thumb - buy a notebook with the CPU you want.

 

and especially make sure it has the GPU you want,

Has anybody else seen the benchmarks for ATI's X1900 XTX!!! holy hell that thing is a beast, more powerful than 7800GTX SLI and X1800 CF!

i want to see a Mobile X1900!!!

 

Is that the GPU with 512 MB dedicated graphic memory?

 

There are quite a few GPU's with 512MB of memory these days.

Yes, it has 512MB.

 

the Geforce 7800 comes out in 512 mb versions now adays too, but i havent seen any in notebooks yet.

 

in Asus site, they said, the ATI's X1900 XTX can score over 10,000 in 3dmark05.

 

as can sli'd 512mb 7800gtx's

 

Well, I'v been in contact with Clevo's R&D, they say that the revision of the M570A (Sager NP-5720) will have a Mobility Radeon X1800PRO. . . no other details though. I posted somewhere about it I think.

 

ok i got my 5720....im happy but now wondering if maybe i should return it and get me something with a dual core....and i dont if you guys can tell but u think if i keep the 5720 it will last me atleast 2-3years

 

I wouldn't return it. You will really only reap the benefits of a dual-core right now if you are doing heavy multitasking.

What are you doing that would benefit from the dual-core?

 

mainly heavy gaming (tryin) right now but when i get to school might use it 4 something else....also after i installed some programs like aol, spyware doctor, and weather bug, for some reason it got kinda slow i dont know if you guys can also help me out wit that

 

Get rid of weather bug, and most of all, ditch AOL! That is the worst software you can have on your computer.

I was working on my neighbor's computer last week, and this week after they called me saying it had problems so I could fix it - they had installed Weather Bug. That is terrible, be sure to ditch it.

If you are using AOL instant messenger, get rid of it and get Trillian, Gaim, or pretty much anything but AOL.

In order to get the best performance out of your notebook, there is a tune-up guide in the Articles section, give that a read.

Cheers

 

cool thanks...so still wondering if stayin with it (if itll last me like 2-3years) or return it and wait a little while and get a dual core

 

Remember that 99% of PC users have a single core processor, so applications will be able to run on them for a long time, I'm going to say at least another four-five years.

By the time dual-core is necessary, you'll have a new computer.

Cheers

 

Dual cores are in the same class as SLI and 64bit processors they are available but the software is not really making any use of it atm. I agree with Chazman you are fine for another couple of years. Windows Vista (blah)