X90 GTX 17 with Intel Core i7 920 Quad and Nvidia GTX280 1GB DDR3 GPU

Has anyone else noticed this on the Novatech website?

I was going to buy a new laptop about two months ago but decided to wait after hearing about new GTX GPU's and different laptops from Sager arriving (very glad that I waited).

For £2356.35 it is a bit too expensive in my opinion but that i7 Quad must have some great performance and could probably run GTA IV at 5 fps.

Is anyone planning on getting one of these?

I am still following so many conflicting debates about Core 2 Duo vs lower clocked Quads (QX9000). Of course in this case the Quads are clocked at a decent rate (2.66GHz or 2.93GHz) so its not an issue.

I am more interested in getting a 15.4 though.

 

what about the link?

 

Here is the link.

The M860TU with quad support should be out in the UK soon, that paired with a 260M will blow away any other 15.4" laptop.

 

May I know where to find QX9000 and Quads clocked at 2.66GHz and 2.93GHz?

 

I guess he means Q9000, and the quads at 2.66 and 2.93 are the i7's.

 

If you are looking for a faster mobile quad then the fastest mobile quad at the moment is the QX9300 @ 2.53Ghz.

 

I have seen the M860TU with Quad support on Kobaltcomputers paired with the 260M but it is a 2.0 Ghz. I wonder if this will still offer great performance.

 

At 2.0Ghz good performance will only come if you need massive multi-threading or play GTA:4. Otherwise a T9800 at 2.9 Ghz should outperform it in most games (as they are 2 core optimised).

 

I'm eager to test my T9800 versus someone's Q9000. Well, I'll have to buy the 260M first, to even the playing field.

 

will you really notice it most games?

 

5fps???? lol

 

I highly suggest you DO NOT get the Q9000 for gaming purposes (the 2GHz clocks are just too low, and with games only compatible with one core or 2 cores, this is a huge disadvantage). A T9550 or P9600 would serve far better in pure gaming.

 

After much debate and lots of consideration I did decide that I would be getting the Core 2 Duo and not the Quad Core Q9000 for gaming, possibly the T9800 Dual Core Processor 2.93 GHz 6MB Cache or a 2.66 GHz P9600. I don't know if I will gain any benefit going from a 2.66 Ghz to a 2.93 Ghz Core 2 Duo.

I will be using the laptop purely for gaming.

 

Btw guys, there should be a QX9400 out soon, with a 2.66GHz clock speed. That was rumoured long ago, dunno what happened to it.

zFactor should know

 

An engineering sample of the QX9200 @ 2.4Ghz has already popped up too, in kaltmond's M860TU.

 

I second this. Quads have very little to do with gaming. Raw CPU speed is far more important. GPUs need a fast CPU to keep them working, and if the CPU isn't fast enough, it will cause bottlenecks severely hindering GPU performance.

 

2.66 mobile quad sounds awesome. Though I suppose it wont be here until June, when CPU prices are to be cut.

Also I somewhat doubt that Qx9300's replacement will be named Qx9400, its gonna be probably Qx9500. (as 4 in Chinese, If I remember correctly, sound similar to 'die', which doesn't help selling premium CPU)

 

LOL...
yeah, IIRC, "4" is bad luck number in China. On the other hand, "13" and "666" is bad luck numbers in Europe and America. That's why we never saw Intel Pentium 666MHz or FSB 666MHz

The "8" number is lucky number in China

 

According to Dell there should be a QX9500 in the future....

 

One thing I loved about Hong Kong was on most high rises the 4th floor and the 13th floor were left out. Those floors were either a hollow shell or they called the 4th floor the 5th and the 13th the 14th.

 

Hm, i thought buildings in US and UK use the same mechanism, there is no 13th floor (either empty 13th floor or re-labeled 13th floor).

Funny thing is, if you labeled 13th floor as 14th floor, it still the 13th floor
Amazing isn't it, the power of negative mind

 

Interesting...though 1 and 4 together sounds like 'must die' in mandarin. lol

probably a bit off topic though...

 

yeah, really off-topic