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    What is up with this GPU crud?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by MrPeanut, Mar 10, 2008.

  1. MrPeanut

    MrPeanut Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey wazzup
    I DON KNOW WHAT 2 DO!!

    Some people say that the Sager NP5793 has a user upgradeable GPU, some don't. On the official site it says its 'User-Upgradeable'. convincing enough.
    on all these other forums people say "the only thing u can upgrade is the RAM and CPU" others say upgrading the GPU will void the warrenty, when Sager says specicficly its user upgradeable. i really dont know what to belive.
    can i please have some clarification here?
     
    MrPeanut, Mar 10, 2008
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  2. Justin@XoticPC

    Justin@XoticPC Company Representative

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    The video card can be taken out and swapped and upgraded with another compatible card yourself without voiding the warranty. We have posted a brief tutorial on how to remove the card here. At the present time the video cards that are available are the 8700GT, Quadro FX1600 and 8800GTX.
     
    Justin@XoticPC, Mar 10, 2008
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  3. Lithus

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    It's MXM ?IV?
     
    Lithus, Mar 10, 2008
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  4. MrPeanut

    MrPeanut Notebook Enthusiast

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    thx
    also, can u upgrade CPU? im thinking of gettin' a 2.4, than shortly after ugradeing to 2.5. theres some confusion on this topic too.
     
    MrPeanut, Mar 10, 2008
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    It's definitely possible, though you'd be better off burning the money for heat.
     
    Lithus, Mar 10, 2008
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  6. MrPeanut

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    y, does it cost a ton? if its more than 700, im not doin it! also,
    #1., does it void the warrenty?
    #2., do u send it back to do it? or can u do it urself

    p.s. is 2.4 good? like, could i run crysis wth a 8800m GTX and 4gb RAM?
     
    MrPeanut, Mar 10, 2008
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  7. MrPeanut

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    what does Intel Robson Turbo Memory do?
    does it effect gaming?
     
    MrPeanut, Mar 10, 2008
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  8. Justin@XoticPC

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    You can read about Intel Turbo Memory here.

    The best bang for the buck in processors is the T9300 2.5GHz w/ 6MB L2 for the 5793. You can always upgrade the processor yourself and it will not void the warranty. For gaming the GPU is more important then the CPU. You could easily run Crysis with the 8800/4GB.
     
    Justin@XoticPC, Mar 10, 2008
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    Intel Robson Turbo Memory is basically a waste of money if you have over 2GB of RAM I hear. No noticeable results are gained.
     
    Jaycee8980, Mar 10, 2008
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  10. Vedya

    Vedya There Is No Substitute...

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    I it wont cost that much. FOre example, many users have got the 5791, with a 8700 or 7950 about 1 year ago. THey were able to upgrade to the 8800 which is 2-3x better through Sager for like 700, which is not that much if u think about it.
     
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  11. MrPeanut

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    Thanks :) :) :)
     
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    So who has the cheapest 8800GTX?
     
    BMW135i, Mar 10, 2008
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  13. Vedya

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    Try Sager Eurocom, Rjtech


    I remember Wu jen telling me that PCMW was giving the original D900C owners FREE upgrade to the 8800m, with Motherboard :)
     
    Vedya, Mar 10, 2008
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  14. Nirvana

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    nowaday people kept asking if a machine "can run crysis"
    let me tell you, even my 8 years old samsung can run it with half frame per second. "run" is very subjective, you gotta be more specific when asking questions like this
     
    Nirvana, Mar 10, 2008
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    The 8800M GTX handles Crysis at HIGH , 1440x900, even with a 2.0 CPU and 2 gb of ram.
    25+fps.
     
    eleron911, Mar 11, 2008
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