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    Sager NP8150/Clevo P150HM Review by Forerunner

    Discussion in 'Sager/Clevo Reviews & Owners' Lounges' started by The Forerunner, Jan 19, 2011.

  1. gryfindor1

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    @Forerunner: Hows the battery life with Crysis on High?
     
    gryfindor1, Jan 22, 2011
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    Planning to play it on the bus/subway :p ?
     
    elingeniero, Jan 22, 2011
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    [​IMG]
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 22, 2011
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    Forerunner, hows the screen at resolutions other than native res, example @ 1366 x 768? Works great, all text and graphics OK? Thanks!
     
    blacklight186, Jan 22, 2011
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  5. roastedpork

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    Loving the screen.
     
    roastedpork, Jan 22, 2011
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    When you say the power supply is big, how big/heavy is it? I'm really dreading carrying it around :(
     
    toschek, Jan 23, 2011
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  7. gryfindor1

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    @elingeniero: Not on the bus...

    I guess I'm entitled to a few rounds of TDM on Crysis and Bad Company 2 at the Uni....won't always have power outlets there...

    Not too out of this world I suppose...
     
    gryfindor1, Jan 23, 2011
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    what's your HoN account name, so i can't judge you by your stats? ;)
     
    rickster, Jan 23, 2011
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  9. furythree

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    any chance u can find out how many spare mpcie ports this laptop has? from everest if u have it installed, or taking off the bottom cover?
     
    furythree, Jan 24, 2011
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  10. mythlogic

    mythlogic Company Representative

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    Has one with a USB interface for WWAN datacards. In addition to the one WLAN + BT slot.
     
    mythlogic, Jan 24, 2011
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  11. mobiousblack

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    I am surprised nobody has given this thread a 5 star rating yet, well here it goes :D
     
    mobiousblack, Jan 24, 2011
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  12. raphaelrabadan

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    Same here... :)
     
    raphaelrabadan, Jan 25, 2011
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    Funny. As long as I've been here I don't think I've ever ranked a thread. Never think about it, and never even look at it in the threads...
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 25, 2011
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  14. Ryan

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    Added a five-star rating as well!
     
    Ryan, Jan 25, 2011
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  15. furythree

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    so does that mean 2? lol :p

    are they both used up?
     
    furythree, Jan 25, 2011
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    Anyone know how the 460m compares to the 485m? Is it worth fishing out the extra 500 dollars if all I'm planning to do on it is watch 1080p videos, playsome SC2 and Diablo 3 when it comes out?
     
    muffinkevin, Jan 27, 2011
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  17. mythlogic

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    If thats what you want to do with it, I would pocket your $500 :)
     
    mythlogic, Jan 27, 2011
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  18. LaptopNut

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    Apparently, the GTX 485M is on par with 2 GTX 460M's in SLI. I have even heard some suggest it outdoes that setup. All of the games you mentioned will perform perfectly with the GTX 460M though.
     
    LaptopNut, Jan 27, 2011
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    I think I'll go with the 485M then, how hot does the notebook get? I'm sort of paranoid about overheating laptops now since I have a G1S which surprisingly lasted 2 more years after one RMA.
     
    muffinkevin, Jan 28, 2011
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    With Sager / Clevo, they are known for their excellent cooling design. You have absolutely no worries about the GPU overheating. I don't remember the temperatures I have seen posted but all were within the safe zones. The cooling design of the G1s is nothing compared to the Clevo laptops, they are on a completely different level.
     
    LaptopNut, Jan 28, 2011
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  21. Tyresian

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    I five starred this thread too! Thank you Forerunner!

    I can't wait for mine to come! Ordered through LPC Digital. Too bad these delays are happening but it's still not as bad as when I ordered my Dell Studio XPS 16 when they first came out with the i7s late 2009. That was supposed to be a 2 week wait and turned into a 2 month wait and then they shipped it to the wrong address... The invoice was right but the shipping label had an incorrect digit...
     
    Tyresian, Jan 30, 2011
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  22. Bugler

    Bugler Notebook Guru

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    Well I'm now questioning buying an XPS or AW system. Your review is great and I'll be looking up LPC Digital. I don't game, but I want a sweet lappy.
     
    Bugler, Jan 30, 2011
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  23. Epsilon748

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    So how is the processor performance? I canceled my 8130 order to get the 8150 and have almost the exact same config. I wasn't sure whether to upgrade to the 2720qm, so I stuck with the 2630. Does it seem to work out just fine?
     
    Epsilon748, Jan 31, 2011
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  24. Ryan

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    What are you planning to use the laptop for?

    :D
     
    Ryan, Jan 31, 2011
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  25. roastedpork

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    Can I ask why you changed?
     
    roastedpork, Jan 31, 2011
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  26. KortexGR

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    I got mine with the 2720 it runs games and apps like a dream. I don't that upgrading to a faster, more expensive cpu is worth it.
     
    KortexGR, Jan 31, 2011
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    2630QM is fine. I got the 2720QM mainly for the VT-d and AES not supported in the 2630QM. If you don't know what that is then you probably don't need it.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 31, 2011
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  28. Ryan

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    Darn, the way you say it, it sounds sarcastic and makes people feel they should get the 2720qm, regardless of what VT-d and AES is!

    :D
     
    Ryan, Jan 31, 2011
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  29. StZu

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    AAA Wheres forerunner, I need him to complete this review and give more benches. :) We all need to send him a cake or something.
     
    StZu, Jan 31, 2011
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    Sorry, I wasn't being sarcastic but serious. If you want the CPU power primarily for gaming then 2630qm is more than adequate. If you're into encoding, virtual machines using directed i/o, or encryption then the 2720qm is probably the better bet.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 31, 2011
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  31. Epsilon748

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    I wanted the 8150 for the 485m chip and the rubberized case instead of the hard plastic. I was worried about battery life and cost with the 485m, but the consensus has been that it's roughly the same battery life. The cost is worth it because it means I can go longer before upgrading (and the larger power supply means it's easier to upgrade). It only ended up being ~$400 more to get the 8150 with the better gpu anyway.

    Yes, I do know what VT-d and AES are, but they aren't strictly speaking important. While yes, I do plan to run a few VM's, they won't need much hardware support because it's just going to end up being small linux VM's for my scripting and network administration classes. Even then, it'd only be while I'm mobile because at home I have a pretty powerful desktop that I do most of my VM work on. The laptop is mostly going to be used for lower power vm's, gaming, and web surfing type stuff. As long as the CPU is powerful enough for that, that's really all I'm worried about. I just wasn't sure if I'd end up regretting not spending the $160 for the 2720 if the 2630 will end up being a bottleneck.
     
    Epsilon748, Jan 31, 2011
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    Considering the 2630qm is more powerful than all previous gen i7's I'd say it won't be a bottleneck.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 31, 2011
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  34. Ryan

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    We've all been talking about this since this morning.

    Not really going to cry though.
     
    Ryan, Jan 31, 2011
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  35. hizzaah

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    able to post a pic of how thick it is next to an iphone 4 or a deck of cards or something for comparison?
     
    hizzaah, Feb 1, 2011
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  36. hizzaah

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    ................bump.........


    nothin?
     
    hizzaah, Feb 3, 2011
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  37. trvelbug

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    The dimensions have been posted in this thread many times.
    I believe it is 1.6 inches at its thickest
     
    trvelbug, Feb 4, 2011
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  38. MALIBAL

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    iPhone 4 Depth: 0.37 inch
    8150 / P150HM: 1.69 inches
     
    MALIBAL, Feb 4, 2011
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  39. hizzaah

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    well EXCUSE me for being more of a visual person :p
     
    hizzaah, Feb 4, 2011
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  40. MALIBAL

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    The P150HM is basically a quadruple iPhone 4 with cheese.

    [​IMG]
     
    MALIBAL, Feb 4, 2011
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    Not sure why iphone, that's like comparing a go-kart to a winnebago, but here you go.

    From Sizeeasy.com:

    [​IMG]
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 4, 2011
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  42. Ryan

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    +1 for a super easy comparison.. haha.

    When yours arrives, I'll be on the lookout for some first impressions!

    :D
     
    Ryan, Feb 4, 2011
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    UPS just pulled up! Woot!
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 4, 2011
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  44. Ryan

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    I can already feel the vibe of eagerness and extreme joy.

    :eek:
     
    Ryan, Feb 4, 2011
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    I have THE BOX!

    Problem is I just got back from the grocery store, house needs to be picked up and pick the kids up from daycare at 4:30pm. Going to my mom's house this weekend, and Super Bowl Sunday evening which I'll be home for, but not sure if I'll have time to play with it much. I should at least be able to get some initial impressions out though. :)

    I will have to install my SSD, HDD, and RAM first though, then Windows, etc. So won't be able to do any benchmarks for a couple days probably. :(

    Maybe I'll go buy a few DVD's for the little guys to zone out with while I tinker... man I'm such a bad father. ;)
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 4, 2011
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  46. Ryan

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    Haha, I'll be lounging around in the P170HM owners' lounge.

    Probably shouldn't be spamming this thread any more..
     
    Ryan, Feb 4, 2011
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  47. HTWingNut

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    Oh yeah woops, see u in NP8170... Sorry forerunner
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 4, 2011
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  48. oz73942

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    +1 rep & 5 stars. Thank you awesome Review!

    I was wondering what kind of battery life you're getting under normal usage?
    (typing papers, surfing web, music/youtube, etc)
     
    oz73942, Feb 4, 2011
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  49. Bugler

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    That was cool!
     
    Bugler, Feb 4, 2011
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    I was wondering if you could give some idea of what the fan noise is like in two cases as follows:

    - When mostly idle when you are browsing, performing office tasks, etc
    - When running high CPU load but minimal GPU load.

    The reason for these questions is that I plan on using the NP8150 in an office environment where I do both office and software development. The software development can ramp up the CPU as I run multiple servers and build processes simultaneous but there is no GPU load. The only time the GPU load would kick in for me is at night at my house or in a hotel when I'm playing a game.
     
    GeraldNunn, Feb 21, 2011
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