np9262/D901 processor compatibility

I had heard that the sager np9262 has the ability to change it's processor. If so, would anyone happen to know which ones are compatible? Sorry if this has been asked before. (by the way, if I'm not mistaken, I believe hte board is compatible with most 45nm?)

 

Try the Sager Notebook forum. You'll get much more assistance there.

(I'll ask a Mod to move it)

 

Officially the 9262 is compatible with any lga775 processor up tot he Q9650.

Unoficially, you can stick pretty much any lga775 in there, but it might melt if you go too far with it.

 

Oh, sorry I posted on the wrong section.

@theriko
So pretty much all core 2 quads?

 

So far, based on the official Clevo position, the D901C can accomodate up to the Q9650.

 

Lets try to list all the LGA775 CPUs that are officially supported shall we.

First of all, pretty much any CPU that can be used on the desktop Intel P965 chipset... other than the ~100w+ CPUs.

Dual Core - LGA775:
65nm - E4x00, E6x00, E6x50, X6800
45nm - E7x00, E8x00

Quad Core - LGA775:
65nm - Q6600 (G0-stepping), Q6700 (G0-stepping)
45nm - Q8x00, Q9x00, Q9x50

The fastest supported CPU in each category:
- Dual Core: E8600 (3.33GHz 1333FSB 6MB L2 cache)
- Quad-Core: Q9650 (3.00GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 cache)

 

Do D901Cs from last year need a new mobo for the 45nm quads/3 GHz Q6600 (cause of higher bus?) or just a BIOS update?

 

apparently there was a motherboard revision to fully support the initially support G0-stepping quad core CPUs.... Q6600 and Q6700.

after that revision you can update the BIOS to use the 45nm quad-cores as well.

 

I believe they just need a bios update. PM me if you want the latest bios/kbc firmware

 

what do you think gophn.... is the e8600 faster than the q9650? i was just thinking of getting one of them as a backup.

 

a dual core has no chance against a quad-core in the new world of multi-threaded apps and games.

 

yeah....your right...was just tossing the idea around for the moment.

 

For longevity, quad core is the way to go, you should also consider for immediate performance if someone can't afford a 3ghz quad core, a much cheaper 3 ghz dual core is certainly plenty of speed. >.> people should also consider that 2/3 of the most recent releases including tomorrows cod5 are still dual core games. While farcry 2 does show gains with quad core its still not fully optimized for multicore cpu's like UT3.

Edit there is also one other consideration to make and that's which operating system you use for your quad core. Vista has shown as much as 4-5fps compared to windows xp. The difference can be even greater when using vista 64.

 

ok..both have valid points... maybe i will still get it and test it against my quads and see what i come up with.

 

my e8500 performs pretty fast, but then I have it at 3.8ghz so I can run my ram 1:1.

 

yeah... i was wondering what the extra 330 mhz would do for the np9262 and curiosity is sort of trying to get the better of me.
edit: not to mention it's 45nm and it's 65 watts at 3.3 ghz

 

hmm well as I've said in my other post gpu upgrades should take priority before cpu upgrades. Price wise though, you could probably buy a e8600 get a tad more performance and then sell your q9550 so that the upgrade wouldn't cost you anything. >.> neither one will really get you any more performance at wuxga gaming. Which leads us back to what I said earlier gpu upgrades before cpu upgrades if you have money to burn.

 

upgraded to gtx's from gt's
downgraded from q9550 2.83 to q6600 3.0 ghz

lol

 

>.> buy np9262 barebone and start all over again? Sounds like you really can't anymore out of your laptop.

 

i pretty much built this one.
i got from them
base
bluetooth
wifi
vga cards
screen

i put in 3 drives
cpu
ram
os