X7200 Pre-sale price is here!

the LCD is the same on the W870CU,AsusG73 JW-JH and W880CU that gives you an idea of how good it is

 

X7200 has brushed aluminium surface so is not 100% plastic.

 

Are you sure about that? I haven't seen anyone confirm as such. If true that's a very good step in the right direction. Flagship models should never be cheap plastic.

 

Yep. Its not only visible but justin says (its brushed aluminium surface almost all over the place (back lid and pal rest wich is what we need) YEah that is awesome for sure.

 

I'd just say the M17x has good competition. What I think may make the X7200 soar will be either 470M's or 485M's if they 485's bring power a bit more under control. Remember the 470's will have a bit lower memory, which saves heat and power, on top of being a slightly lower capable chip which should make for the right stuff for those who have been looking for 90% of the 480M power with a bit less heat and consumption.

 

The cost is more of a concern than power consumption for most haha

The 480m's are just too expensive for the performance they offer

 

Well got to thinking that "if" the Xeon's have open multi's (and I know at least the 3680 does) then if you went with a 95W 2.93, and saved the resulting power savings to OC the GPU's you might get some bigger scores, and some better battery life to boot when you are not OC'ing. Of course battery may be the last thing on anyone's mind...

Anyway, you can drop a tiny bit in speed and get 25% power savings, which seems like a good thing.

Since panels are panels, it seems sad that Clevo couldn't have snagged at least the RGB LED TN panel the M17x has. I can definitely say that I'd miss the 1200 vertical on a 17" panel if I went with the 7200.

The keypad being shortened seems a bit idiotic. They had plenty of space on the top of the machine to get a better and more spaced out keyboard. Both Dell and HP have managed it on 17" machines.

Is there some reason not to have gone DP vs DVI? We have a growing abundance of 10 bit capable monitors, not to mention forthcoming 120Hz models, which can't be driven in high res on DVI. Yet a DP to DVI adapter to maintain backwards standard would have been cheap to do. Meaning they seem to have chosen DVI yet not realized how soon in the market we're going to need more bandwidth than DVI offers. Perhaps the focus was on HDMI, but I don't think the noise of this thing is going to make it much of a Home Theater type of machine. I gather this to be a high end, graphic workstation/gaming/benching machine and I would think DP would fit that well.

80-95W Xeon, 470 or 485 SLI and you might have a machine that was both powerful and portable, if not for a few detractions like screen and DP.

 

Another cool thing they left out was the HDMI input feature, which has a spot for it but missing the hardware.
I know to most people don't give a rats about it but if was in the original plans they should at least have a option for it.
I know it's sacrilege with the most powerful gaming laptop ever made but I would have liked to hook up a PS3/XBOX 360 to use as a screen on the X7200. Have like mini gaming station for those with limited space in there tiny office/apartment

 

Did you guys notice the optical output next to the headphone jack?
That makes me happy! finally I can hook up a Toslink cable to my DAC

 

I think all clevo laptops have that.

 

No they actually don't. Clevo's all have coaxial SPDIF outputs.
There was a red light in the 3.5mm jack thus meaning optical

 

Nice catch handsomerob - it would appear that clevo has finally listened!

 

Hy,

got the first one *G*

here my Specs:

Barebone: X7200
CPU: I7 920 (stock thermal compound)
RAM: OCZ 2x 4gb @ 1333Mhz
GPU: GTX 480m (Liquid Ultra thermal compound)
HDD: 500Gb 7200rpm Segate SATA II
DVD: LGCT10 Bluray Read
WLAN: Intel 6300 450Mbit
BIOS: Phoenix


Got some problems and news.

News
1. Bios won't be open for OC, need help to OC my CPU or to get the right BIOS.

Problems:
1. Wlan only @72Mbit, should be on 450mbit
2. DVD Drive won't read driver disc
3. GTX480 Drive from reseller don't work, just installed one form laptopvideo2go
4. RAM only @ 1066mhz need help with OC

I am open for any questions. May I take some Pictures soon.

 

You need the intel extreme tuning utility (should be on cd) for any overclocking

 

Congrats my friend!

As the man said look on cd for OC software.

How much did it cost for you? Where did you buy from?

 

@ scook9

No I got none
My reseller told me that it is not possible to OC a none extreme edition with x7200. They got a BIOS where they can set up invidually but they don't share this biosverisom.

Do anyone have a exact tool, because the Mainboards is a clevo "custom" board which is not supported by other tools

 

waht about turbo? is that enabled?

 

Hello,

i've Updated the 1. Post.

About 2,5k €

no there is no OC Software :'(

In bios HT is enable and in CPU-Z the multiplikator steps between 12x - 20x and 22x.
I think 22x is the HT step...

 

Hmm, we need someone from Xoticpc to help you find exactly where on the cd the OC tuning software is, I hope they see this post soon.

The guy you purchased from does not know what he is talking about because it is proven you can OC even without extreme cpu.

Post us many many pics please!!!!! NOW!!!!!

I can't see who your reseller is, post their company name please

 

turbo on the i7 920 should be the 21x multiplier

 

Yes I first typed 21x in my post than i looked at cpu z and it's truely 22x

It sucks that my RAM is only at 1066mhz grrr

 

your cpu is running @ 2.93Ghz? O_O

 

Look:




But only sometimes... @ Prime95 it's only 20x !

 

HMM, so prime making it throttle back eh, no option in bios to disable throttling?

What are temps with prime?

 

I will start it now, just look in 5-10min

 

I'm so excited! See my private message too please

 

i have done

looks like 80°C is the top with 20x (stock thermal compound, don't got enough Liquid Ultra for GPU and CPU)

 

OH, You are using liquid metal for cooling cpu only

 

No Liquid metall for GPU, for the CPU I only got the stock compound left. 1 or 1,5g is really not enought for both

I think you need about 2 - 2,5g for CPU and about 1 - 1,5g for GPU

 

I see, brave man, because I hear the liquid metal can be dangerouse. It is the best for cooling though. Tell us everything you can about this beast, look forward to your game benchmarks!!!

 

Not throttling, the turbo multi is lower when all cores are loaded

 

I maybe wrong but what we are seeing here with this machine is performance that simply does not match the price. I was expecting desktop 465 performance and I dont think its going to happen. Price v performance this unit is a bust.

 

We already knew it was expensive for what you get. Lol

It MAY be able to overclock to GTX 465 levels but that is yet to be determined (I am not hopeful). The price was just nvidia shooting themselves in the foot. I am sure many people are waiting for the 5870s or GTX 470 options to drop $1k off the price (literally )

 

I would say that alienware with dual 5870 with an extreme cpu about 3.5k
Sager x7200 with dual 480ms and a 950 about 3.5k. Its not so expensive is it.

Mobile extreme cpu not even close to speed of 950 Sager Wins !!!
5870s not even close to 480m Sager Wins !!!

When i said expensive I mean 3.5k is alot of money not comparing it because if you compare it becomes cheap fast.

 

Here the 1. Bench Mafia II

YouTube - Clevo X7200 Mafia II Bench 1600x900 Ultra

 

The i7 920/940xm have been shown to be about as powerful as a stock i7 965 when the mobile chips are overclocked. If the overclocking on the x7200 for cpus turns out to not be that much, then there goes the processor comparison. As for the gpus, 5870m CF has yet to be shown to be significantly slower than the GTX 480m. And unless the GTX 480m's offer about 80% more performance the 5870s remain a better value for the buck

 

why don't you test at 1920x1080?

 

He may have a lower resolution screen? I did not think there was an option for that but his reseller has done a few other things oddly so hard to say

 

If thats dual gpu and running mafia 2 that slow, wow. Total crap you cant play a game at 25 fps. This game unplayable on the x7200
Is it dual 480M or a barebones with with a single ?

 

Looks like sager fixed the mistake +725 for sli

 

He has a single GTX 480m

 

Well this is just not fair, comparing overclocked chips to out of the box.

The sager needs bare min OC 950 . 80% oc on gpus are you crazy.

In my office 3 alienware systems running cf 5870 one guy has single 480m

5870 cf score 17k in o6

480m single does 15k in o6

these are non oc scores as these guys use them daily and dont want to OC.
where is the comparison remember they both cost 3.5k

I think the warranty and service Dell wins. Let me say this also I have sager, alienware , hp laptops I own right now. I use my elitebook with dreamcolor daily but I like gaming laptops the reason why I am reading these reviews. ready to buy a new gaming lappy with dx11

 

single gpu

 

I qualified my comparison citing the possibility for little overclock headroom. If the CPU overclocks well in the x7200, then I agree, it will be stronger.

I was not saying 80% OC on gpus, I was saying the GTX 480m need to perform about 80% better than the 5870s to justify their price and hold value.

06 is not a gpu benchmark......it is a cpu benchmark that uses gpus. For a direct comparison look at the Vantage gpu score. At stock clocks it is 14k for 5870 CF, 15k for GTX 480m SLI (not sure on the single card numbers)

 

LOL, I wonder if they'll honor purchases bofore they rectified the price??

 

Highly doubtful lol

 

My cousin went ahead and ordered it from sager at the low price, I'll let you lot know how it goes

 

No point now....the opportunity is gone for anyone else to get that deal. But interesting to hear how they handle it

 

It sure will be interesting, I thought about it but for warranty purposes its too much hassle, my cus is crazy

 

I think your cousin better call frank. He may be getting a single gpu and not what hes expecting