AVADirect D900F Review

Laptop liquid cooling anyone? it has the space for a mini cooler

I suppose i can agree with people not liking the fact that this doesn't have SLI, at native, even this thing can be pulled down a bit from maxed out games (crysis there for example) but i would love to see this running gta, then someone tell me the PCU usage hehe.

 

I dont think any liquid cooling would fit in it.. held the smallest liquid cooling kit in my hand and i just dont see it happening.. if it didnt fit in my m17 it wont fit in there.. and the sli isnt so much of an advantage.. look for real world tests.. improvement of up to 40% in best cases in theory.. and up to 25% in real world gaming.. and dont compare crysis.. that game is coded so badly it makes me vomit.. it doesnt even support crossfire.

 

well if you want bettery and power the m17x clevo M98NU will get 2-3 hours while being faster then this one(gaming wise)

 

Design makes alot of diff

Like the usb to be on both sides

Yes D900F is Ugly
Wish they make the changes soon
its been 10 yrs same shape

 

Nice review and info

No point in me upgrading to either the 9820 or 9850, if only both were combined together it would be worthy imo (Not sure about 18.4in screen though). I want i7 and sli together, guess I'll wait for the next release.

 

It is very unlikely for the i7 and sli to be in the same laptop; the power requirements would be insane (130w cpu and another 130w for sli? i dont think so..), and the heat generated? there is already no more room in the lappy with the i7 since it takes up so much space just with its heatsinks.. and the temps are already VERY high..
And about the looks lordvader.. i like plain and simple laptops, that dont scream look at me! Thats a good thing for me actually and probably for many clevo fans.. I just find my M17 too shiny.. just wish clevo had a backlit keyboard.. that is getting pretty essential these days..

 

I'm still waiting for more info on the fan noise, and the temps seem pretty high. But then again, this is a 130W i7, so what was expected? I just wish someone would answer the questions asked here and in the forums.

Either way, the NP9280 is seriously THICK (2.35"), and for a 17", it weighs more than the Asus W90Vp. Some of these gaming notebooks are definitely getting chunky with PSU's to boot. I know the i7 needs room to breathe, but WHEW.....

Here is a short compilation of dimensions to put these in perspective:

NP9850.......................17.3 x 11.75 x 1.7 @ 12.50lbs

M17x.........................16.0 x 12.65 x 2.02-2.11 @ 11.68lbs

NP9280.......................15.5 x 11.75 x 2.35 @ 11.55lbs

Asus W90Vp...................17.4 x 12.91 x 2.48 @ 11.46lbs

OCZ Whitebook................15.5 X 11.75 X 1.75 @ 9.5lbs

NP5797.......................15.6 X 11.5 X 1-1.8 @ 8.35lbs

MSI GX720/GT725 (ID1/ID2)....15.55 X 11 X 1.05-1.37 @ 7.3lbs

Macbook Pro 17...............15.5 X 10.5 X 1.0 @ 6.6lbs

 

So I know this doesn't involve any bench pressing stories... but does anyone know if it is -in fact- hardware raid in the D900F?

I know HW RAID is rare in laptops but so are desktop CPUs.

I considering a new workstation lappy and I'd prefer a zippy raid 0 setup to a still expensive SSD setup (i know: back up everything on raid...)

S

 

So whats with the northbridge?.. and could it really have hardware raid?

 

I wrote to the seller im going to buy the system at and got this answer:
This notebook has HARDWARE RAID!
The southbridge is under the same two heatsinks that cool the cpu and ram and also some other chips.
The i7 extreme 965 and 975 are NOT overclockable via BIOS (or setfsb since i7 doesnt really have fsb) (heat concerns probably?).
The finish on the notebook is matte and the palmrest is not the same as the old chasis which wore out - this one is made of another material.

Hope I answered some of the questions now.. Im getting one of these definetely!

 

good luck hellcry whoot!

 

that 85c is not how you read the temps...it's the total temp..the first one. the one that reads 53'c and that is in no way near critical. i7's seem to read like 5 temps. one per core and the one that the system reads or the sensors pick up.

examples:

 

Any Real people here ?
Did anyone BUY this Laptop yet ?

Please upload a Video on Youtube

thxs

 

So Kevin is not real?

 

Some of us did.. but they still havent arrived.. at least not mine.. it will get to Germany at around 25th and im getting it on the 30th.

And there already are screenshots and reviews and a few benches.. and once i get mine ill post up some gaming benches..

No need to get so impatient..

 

lol

yeah, i was thinking the same thing...can you post the link to his review here....unless of course...i find it first...
edit: found it
a real user using a real d900f
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=388933

 

Where are the screens shots for the temps?

 

But no Videos yet

 

i ordered one and got it friday...great machine

 

HERE is my review.. i might add some more screenshots, but i wont make videos though, since i dont see a real reason to. Youve got videos of how the thing looks if you google D900F and you got benchmarks and reviews to tell you how it works so id say its covered.

 

still don't understand why they took the temp's off unless because of the bad press ......which would be shady