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    Which for the sacrifice: i7 or the 555M?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by dklittl, Jun 23, 2011.

  1. dklittl

    dklittl Newbie

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    I'm looking at a Sager, but my budget is right at about $1000. I want a gaming rig that has an extended life, so it's probably either the NP5160 or NP5165. The problem is that if I go up to get the NP5165 I would have to get the i5 processor to stay in budget but the NP5160 has only the 540M and I want to play games like BC2. Which way should I go?

    Also, I'm leaving for Australia around July 10 for about 6 months so I need to make sure that I can get it by then. Which are the resellers that I should go with.
     
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  2. Tyo

    Tyo Notebook Deity

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    I would go with NP5165 since if you add the 1080 screen option to np5160 than the difference between the laptops is only $80.
    And if you want gaming capabilities than 555 is a better match and i5 is as capable of gaming as i7 is :)
     
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  3. Anthony@MALIBAL

    Anthony@MALIBAL Company Representative

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    You may find the chart below to be helpful, as you can get a good idea of how the 540m/555m will do in games.

    Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List - Notebookcheck.net Tech

    A stronger GPU will have a more noticeable performance increase than the i7 versus i5.
     
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    J.P.@XoticPC Company Representative

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    edit1754 Notebook Prophet

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    Sacrifice both the i7 and the 555M, and get the NP5160 with the 95% gamut display :D
     
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  6. Tyo

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    Sacrifice the wallet and get np8130 :D
     
    Tyo, Jun 23, 2011
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