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Damn those stupid international bank transfer take ages! I want to get my laptop ;D Today the ocz vertex 3 is available in the Netherlands, I'm going to get one for my machine! 550mbs read 500mbs write! ;D

 

Hey guys, I just ordered a np 8150!

specs:
- Additional Hard Drive in Optical Drive Bay: ~ 500GB (w/ 4GB SSD Memory) Seagate XT 7200RPM NCQ Hybrid (Serial-ATA II 300 - 32MB Cache) in Optical Bay
- Primary Hard Drive: ~ 120GB Intel 510 Series Solid State Drive (SSD2 Serial-ATA III)
- Ram: ~ 8,192MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS)-
- External Display Video Adapters: No Video Adapter
- Graphics Video Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 460M 1,536MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
- Thermal Compound: - IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
- Processor: -2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM, 2.2-3.3GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)

 

nice man!!i ordered mine too 3 days ago!!!

 

You can reflash the BIOS again. Apparently some users are getting non working ports, and reflashing helped.

 

sequential read/writes dont mean much. but the vertex 3 also has very high random 4k performance at 60,000 iops and thats what actually makes it a blazingly fast drive.

 

Where can I find the BIOS? How do I install it? I'm new to Sager BIOS flashing xD

 

Maybe this will help? Software Upgrade

 

I looked there... But.. I don't think there is BIOS.

 

Nice man! What's the cost over there? Convert to USD?

Hopefully OCZ is making legit drives now. I know some people like their current stuff, but I've seen to much sketchy stuff to give them my money atm. Plus Myth told me that i can't make any more changes to my config

Guess that means it's getting built?

 

They haven't released it yet. If you want a copy of it, ask your reseller and explain your problem to them. I'm sure they be glad to give it to ya.

 

Well.. I'm thinking.. Maybe I should just return this for a refund since I have a 30days total satisfaction guarantee right? I think I want to go with the Eurocom Racer with 6970M and Core i5-2540 for a little bit higher price.

My reseller was friendly. I won't return this if the BIOS reflash fixes the port. It sometimes freezes the taskbar when I plug the USB 3.0 HDD in there.

 

If you aren't happy with it, why keep it? although I don't recommend going with Eurocom. Doesn't seem to be a good choice at all IMO.

Seems like the real release of the 6970 is immanent. Shouldve be too much longer by the time you get everything squared away, and get your $ back, it'll be April, and hopefully we'll have more word from Sager

Edit: how does the 30 days work? Is it thirty days from the time you get it, or from the day they ship it? Either way, you still have atleast 2 weeks before you need to start the process. I'd say play with it some more, and put up with the freezes for a little longer. Then send it back

 

30 days from your ship date.

 

Bought Crysis 2 tonight, was able to play on "Extreme" setting with 27-35 fps with the GTX485 stock. During slow scenes and action scenes, it stayed fairly consistent. Same goes for multiplayer as well.

 

Any chance of some videos mate there seem to be a lack of them?

Thanks

 

Some videos of Crysis 2? I can try making one later today. I'm not sure about the quality of Fraps, so if you know a better software, shout it out.

 

I'm quite curious as well! I think fraps will be sufficient, it does add a little bit of extra load on the cpu. I don't know if crysis 2 is harse on the cpu again, but you may notice a slight drop in FPS.

 

Ok, I may do it today after 5 pm est.

 

Guys, how much would the 6970 cost? Would like to get it for an upgrade once it's released

 

Hi all,

I am debating between the 8150 and the 8130. If I do not plan to upgrade the GPU to the gtx 485m, is there any benefit of going with the 8150 over the 30?

I was thinking the screen is better on the 8150? I know lots of people don't like glossy screens, but don't they have better brightness and contrast?

Also for those who own the unit, how do you like the rubberized finish?

 

It is already available here: MXM 3.0 Cards Store
I think it will be on ebay as well a bit cheaper, maybe takes a month or so.

 

Well, I actually booked the 8130 but then changed my order to the 8150. The upgradability of the 8150 was just the selling factor for me.

The 8130 will be unable to handle extreme upgrades such as the i7 2920x or ati 6970 or the 485m. Another factor would be the rubberized finish on the 8150. I havent seen for myself but many say the 8130 has a plasticky finish.

 

I see. Thanks man. I noticed you ordered your P150 with it preinstalled. Did you get it off Eurocom? I vaguely remember reading about it.

 

Yeah I did! review here: Eurocom Racer: Why the Radeon HD 6970M Rocks - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

 

Sounds great. However I've read nasty stuff about Eurocom. Hope nothing of that sort happens to you though

 

There was a Canadian reseller (Aikimox) selling the 6970 cards, and I know I saw one on the NBR marketplace (fresh from an R3 w/ heatsink). Just fyi )

Only a matter of time till we get official bios support. Hopefully new bios will be much improved over the current lack-luster ones currently in use

 

As long as the laptop is being shipped and doesnt break down right away I'm happy, I can do maintainance myself!
Just ordered a ODD caddy to fit in my 640gb hdd ^^

 

Hope someone will do a temperature test. The results in the review are not very optimistic.

 

Don't know about the 6970m but the 485 runs pretty cool...

P2972 3DMarks on 3DMark 11 with stock config and 270.28 drivers...

Maxed at 67C under load, processor went to 69C...

This was running unigine Heaven followed by vantage followed by 3DMark 11

 

that is pretty and without a cooler i presume. what ambient temps did you have?

 

Anyone else getting low 3DMark 11 scores with similar specs as mine? (see sig). I'm only scoring 2770 marks with stock settings and the newer 266.40 drivers.

Any ideas what I can do to bump it? I know some people were getting scores over 3k.

 

Guess it OC's pretty ok? I know that's what some people are doing.. Ther was someone that had like 3400 or so in 3d mark 11. posted on the 485 overclocking thread.

But I don't think that's a bad stock score. Think some other people had around 2500 stock

 

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1080p!

This is one of the earlier matches I played, so don't my lack of skill!

 

guys where can i find an ODD caddy for np8150??thx

 

here: New SATA 2nd HDD caddy for 12.7mm Universal CD/DVD-ROM - eBay (item 120697741483 end time Apr-13-11 02:32:54 PDT)

by the way, crysis looks awesome! Its really smooth! Can you turn on the FPS meter next time? Im quite curious how many fps you get at those settings!

 

I had the back elevated about 3/4 of an inch on a rail on my desk, and ambient temperatures are around 70F I'd say, so 21 C?

With even minor OC or newer drivers it should break 3k then I guess. But I wish the official version of these drivers would come out because the hacked ones crashed the system once last night. Not from Heat though I don't think... Unless its built to crash in the 70s C?

I ran it with fans forced to max though!

 

Nice video! I can't wait to get mine even more now! Any chance you can fraps some starcraft 2?

 

Guys, how long do you think before the 460m becomes obsolete? Im just an occasional gamer. I play games like bad company, COD and MOH.

Just try to squeeze in time between wards and classes for a few rounds. Haha, thats why I didnt think getting the 485 was justified. What do you guys think?

 

For the 460M, I'd say you still have a couple of years before it becomes a mid-tier graphics card. The great thing about Sager notebooks is that they are easily upgradeable.

Mr. Mysterious

 

Yeah I get that they are upgradable. However, I find that mobile GPU's are pretty much rare to be found. Usually the only way to upgrade is to ship back to the reseller yeah?

 

That's because we DO know how to apply IC Diamond

 

ATI 6970 was "suppose" to be released in March...we are heading into April...still no news...anyone know when this beast will be released to public? (X7xxx I don't care about)...

 

great job in getting some vids up showing what 485m can really do please up some more games when you can.

ps just saw videos of battlefeild 2 running on 6970m YouTube - Alienware M17x R3 - BFBC2 Vietnam Gameplay (looked amazing) hope the 485m runs the game as well or better

Thanks again

 

The game runs at a steady 30 fps +/- 3 even during high action times in both single and multi player.
Fraps wont show the FPS in the video, I can't find a setting to change that. There's likely a command in-game that will display it, however.

 

The P150HM with the 6970M is available in Europe on 04-04-2011. So I guess it won't take much longer now.

 

Guys, would this fit inside the 8150? Sorry for the noob question lol.

Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB SSD Review | The SSD Review

 

Yup. I've got a Kingston SSDnow in mine. Got the 128GB cheap on a Newegg Shellshocker deal.

 

SC2 runs at a steady 60fps with average action. Under heavy scenes (full supply of units for yourself vs opponent), it may dip to 50fps. I have yet to see an instance where its gone below 50. This is with 1920x1080 res on Ultra settings.

When attempting to record with Fraps, the FPS drops to 30, even with little action on the screen. I can't figure this one out at all especially when running it on Crysis 2 made no difference at all.

 

Hows it compared to the ocz vertex 2? I cant seem to find any review that have them side by side

 

just check out the overall benchmark results on that side for pcmark vantage, atto and crystal diskmark and orientate urself at the corsair F90, since it performs at like +/- 3% of the vertex 2 (they both use the same sandforce controller and NAND flash 34nm chips)