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    The Sager NP8130 Review by Mr. Mysterious

    Discussion in 'Sager/Clevo Reviews & Owners' Lounges' started by Mr_Mysterious, Apr 3, 2011.

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    How many frames per second?

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    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 5, 2011
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    I think the fps, are on the images in upper right, seems like 30-60. Not sure abt average.
     
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    Ahhh ok. Didn't see that since the thumbnails were so small, lol.

    This is great! I didn't know the 460M was capable of such high resolution and textures with Crysis 2. I'm doubly impressed after playing Prototype all day with max settings...and the highest any component got was 53C (GPU). And that is on it's normal, default cooling!

    :D I love this machine!

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 5, 2011
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    [​IMG]

    stock speed gpu.

    [​IMG]

    overclock 820 shader 1400 memory 1640 shader
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    Wow, that's great! Thanks johnnyman! :D

    Do you mind if I add this post to my review? I'll credit you ;)

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 6, 2011
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    sure man np!! :D
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    Prototype looks awesome as well. I tht the 2nd screenshot was the best. The detail on the tentacles and the smoke was jaw-droppingly good. Waiting for more screenshots! Guess I have no choice but to play it now ;)
    But... I cant (rather dont want to) do anything on my machine until my OS fiasco is corrected again!
     
    ronnie_10, Apr 6, 2011
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    In the spirit of brevity, I've decided to limit the screenshots to 3 shots per game. I don't want people to go through an already-long review before thinking "Oh great....giant screenshots."

    I'm trying to make my review palatable, you know? People have told me to be brief and concise, and I'm trying to balance that against being very comprehensive and detailed.

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 6, 2011
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    er.. I just said i'm waiting for the screenshots of the other games in your list. I really didn't mean to request more per game!
     
    ronnie_10, Apr 6, 2011
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    Lol, ok sorry...I think the sentence was ambiguous anyways :p

    Am installing X-Men Origins: Wolverine right now. :)

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 6, 2011
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    he he.. Yeah, it was ambiguous.. my bad! :eek:
     
    ronnie_10, Apr 6, 2011
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    around 2000 points jump with the overclock, that cool !! also what program do u use to get that bar on the left ? like a shortcut bar or something

    What321
     
    what321, Apr 6, 2011
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    its rocketdock.here u are.
    Download RocketDock - RocketDock.com
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    what321, Apr 6, 2011
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    X-Men Origin: Wolverine screenshots are now up! :)

    As are my comments on the speakers and fingerprint reader. Decided not to comment on the RAM.

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 6, 2011
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    [​IMG]

    stock gpu speed

    [​IMG]

    overclocked.
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    Thanks for that, johnnyman! :)

    Finally, Borderland screenshots are up now.

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 6, 2011
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    u want some other benchmarks?im glad to help.
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    [​IMG]

    all ultra except msaa!!
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    3DMark06 ;D
     
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    [​IMG]

    stock gpu clocks.

    [​IMG]

    overclocked gpu clocks
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    thanks for all the nice work Mysterious! and the benches johnnyman! i'm not getting an 8130, but it's still nice to read good reviews

    not seeing any starcraft 2 love :D

    curious as to how it performs during multiplayer when a lot is going on (ie: zealot frienzy) or in the campaign on some of the more intense levels like "in utter darkness"
     
    hizzaah, Apr 6, 2011
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    Also btw what program are you using for overclocking ? and what are your like stable speeds?

    What321
     
    what321, Apr 6, 2011
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    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    Interesting tool :) probably will give it a shot on my 485

    Thanks
     
    hizzaah, Apr 6, 2011
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    its very good and need no install.its like gpu-z but with overclocking capabilities.enjoy. :)
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 6, 2011
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    Got a sc2 trial key if you need it mysterious
     
    hizzaah, Apr 6, 2011
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    Thanks, but I'm not into RTS....I haven't played games for long enough. :)

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 6, 2011
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    Wanna try it purely for the palatableness of the review? :D never know, you may like it. (plus it's free lol)
     
    hizzaah, Apr 6, 2011
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    Oh, don't get me wrong. It's an excellent game and when I was first intro'd to the original SC over a year ago, it was very addicting. Unluckily, I had a pretty sadistic teacher who destroyed me every single time, lol.

    If anyone else would like to post some screenshots of SCII, I would gladly add it into my review and will rep and credit them for it. :D

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 7, 2011
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    i put some 3dmark06 benchmarks mrmysterious!!enjoy!
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 7, 2011
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    I saw that! Thank you :)

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 7, 2011
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    i have quastion , johnnyman27, are you running all time with overclocked gpu???? what's temperature in stress and idle???is safe to run all time with overclocked GTX460m
     
    Ziomall123, Apr 7, 2011
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    With the stock configuration, the GTX 460M automatically downclocks when you are not playing a game (or games). I'm not sure what the settings are when you overclock (use CPU-ID program to find out).

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 7, 2011
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    not all time overclocked.i overclocked only for those benchmarks.the idle temps are 37-38 celsius and while gaming is higher was 62-63 both overclocked and stock.the cooling system is superb.
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 7, 2011
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    i thought these only downclocked when they weren't plugged in to AC power..
     
    hizzaah, Apr 7, 2011
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    [​IMG]

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    some nfs shift 2 benchmarks!!
     
    johnnyman27, Apr 7, 2011
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    All NVIDIA mobile GPUs from maybe last 3 years have at least 3 sets of frequencies, or power status.


    one is 2D (P0)
    one is low-power 3D (P1)
    one is 3D (P2)

    Since 9600M (or earlier) a new P3 power state been used for full-speed 3D.

    I'm not sure about P3, maybe it's just VBIOS reading error for those diagnostic tools.

    But downclocking for 2D is not new.
     
    Richteralan, Apr 7, 2011
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    guess i didnt think about what i was saying lol.. wouldnt make sense for the GPU to be runing full all the time

    but indeed it does down-volt itself when not plugged in
     
    hizzaah, Apr 7, 2011
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    All these have been in my 9600M GT.

    I forgot about how Geforce Go 7900GS did it but I am sure it also had some form of downclock and lower voltage when in 2D mode.

    So not news-worthy... :)
     
    Richteralan, Apr 7, 2011
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    seems for lots of us, this is our first experience with gaming laptops. myself included. my current laptop has like a 128mb integrated card that doesn't handle anything lol...
     
    hizzaah, Apr 7, 2011
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    Well my previous laptop, HP HDX16t, had 512MB DDR2 of VRAM in it...it could play some of the newer titles (at that time) with low-medium settings.

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 7, 2011
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    yeah....
    desktop cards have the exact same capability.

    you'd think a GTX 580 constantly running at 3D clock, drawing 244W power plus full fan speed?

    :D
     
    Richteralan, Apr 7, 2011
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    Yeah, that doesn't sound very smart, does it? Lol, think of the electricity bills...

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 7, 2011
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    sheesh, i apologize for my ignorance lol
     
    hizzaah, Apr 8, 2011
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    Oh dude I wasn't talking about that! Noooo. I was just imagining the scenario. It's all cool :)

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 8, 2011
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    haha it's all good.

    gah! i can't decide if i like being able to track my package or not. it almost makes things worse lol.. mine's been "departed" from Hodgkins, IL since 1:27pm yesterday. at least it's down to "1 business day(s) left" until delivery :)
     
    hizzaah, Apr 8, 2011
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    cool down mate, dont worry, UPS ground did not change the status for my package for almost 60 hrs but it made it on time!

    I installed Forgotten Sands and started it on full settings 1920X1080 and 8x ani aliasing. There were a few frame drops, it wasn't flashing frames etc, but you would notice something was off. But then I turned off anti aliasing altogether, and its running ultra smooth now. No amount of dust or moving Zombies has any effect!
    And lets not forget here that I'm running this on Vista and not Windows 7!!
    Will do a lot more stuff over the weekend!
     
    ronnie_10, Apr 8, 2011
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    Lol excellent :D I'm home now, and I'll start uploading the pictures today.

    Personally, I'm a PoP fanatic, but the latest game (based on the movie starring Jake Gyllenhall) is just a disappointment, unfortunately. I still bought and paid for it anyways, since I'm a die-hard fan :p

    Mr. Mysterious
     
    Mr_Mysterious, Apr 8, 2011
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    No No, Forgotten sands is not based on the movie. It is actually a story set in the timeline between the first and the second game of the sands of time trilogy.
    I haven't completed it yet, but the review said that the story wasn't too strong, but the platforming was beyond awesome!
     
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