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    Why Sager 8690 is sooooo costly as compared to Asus N61JQ ?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by URPradhan, Jan 22, 2010.

  1. URPradhan

    URPradhan Notebook Deity

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    Why Sager 8690 is sooooooooo costly as compared to Asus N61JQ ?
    Whats in that laptop justifying such huge cost, even though it has low powered hardware than Asus ???

    Lets compare the both as below ...

    Sager 8690 :: $1799
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    1. Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor (1.60GHz)
    2. 2GB DDR3 RAM
    3. 15.6" 1600x900 screen
    4. nVidia GTX 280M with 1GB GDDR3 Video Memory
    5. 250GB 5400rpm SATA 300 Hard Drive
    6. 8X DVD±R/RW/4X
    7. Sager 1 Year Limited Parts and Labor Warranty


    Asus N61JQ-A :: $1065
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    1. Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor (1.60GHz)
    2. 4GB DDR3 RAM
    3. 16" 1366x768 screen
    4. ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5730w/1GB GDDR3
    5. 500GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200RPM Hard Drive
    6. 8X DVD±R/RW/4X
    7. Global Two Year Warranty + 1 Year ADP + 24/7 ASUS Support
     
    URPradhan, Jan 22, 2010
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  2. Judicator

    Judicator Judged and found wanting.

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    Well, for one thing, the screen resolution on the N61JQ-A, as you noted, is much lower than the 1600x900.

    Additionally, the HD 5730w, although newer and thus DirectX11 enabled, only has a 128 bit memory bus, as opposed to the 256 bit memory bus of the GTX-280M as well as only half the shader cores of a something comparable to a 280M (like the 4870) and thus probably won't perform quite as well, although the lower resolution of the N61JQ screen will help it in that aspect.

    Basically, a lot of the cost is going to the fact that the N61JQ-A only has a mid-range card (more probably comparable to, say, a GTS 160M) while the 8690 has a high end graphics card.
     
    Judicator, Jan 22, 2010
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  3. Purlpo

    Purlpo Notebook Evangelist

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    You pay a premium when you buy Clevo machines. So, even if the specs were the same, you would still pay about $200 more for the Clevo because of superior build quality and better display (higher contrast ratio, better viewing angles, etc.).

    Theres also the plus that you can actually configure Clevo machines quite easily, and usually you get a very liberal warranty (allowing you to change components such as the CPU and the GPU).
     
    Purlpo, Jan 22, 2010
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  4. Budding

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    Trolling is strictly against the forum rules. URPradhan, get your facts straight and do not post something like this again. Your forum account will be banned if you attempt to provoke a flame war again.
     
    Budding, Jan 22, 2010
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