Sager NP9262 Review

Is it only me that really wonders why the crysis-performance under win xp was so insanely crappy?

 

its the driver and SLI support.

I helped remedy that issue on a friend's system with SLI 8800GTS's.

Crysis 1.1 update and Nvidia 169.44 are the minimal requirements to fully utilize the SLI setup and have stable experiences.

 

Best rev ever from Chaz!

Very well behaved at high res.

Unfortunately not good enough to handle Crysis Very High in any res that is worth playing while maxing all other settings. Also I believe the FPS count of 60 on COD4 is not so good even at 1900x1200 compared with a single card solution (only +17%). Unreal Tournement same thing.

Bottom line, a comparatively cripled SLi setup due to issues that no one ever explained in any other way besides being vague or blaming drivers. But if SLi drivers are so bad why they never fixed them in any video card within the NVIDIA M8000 generation? Maybe there is nothing to be fixed, it just crippled.

~17% increase in FPSs from 50 FPS (single card) to 60 FPS in SLi (using COD4). On a $600 second video card that is $60 per frame that it consumes from your wallet.

Thanx,

Trance

 

FYI;

the power brick is 220w, not 280w.

20v x 11a = 220w

 

thanks for the review chaz!! all i can say is i am prettty happy that i bought this baby!!... it shuld last me for quite a while.

 

Yea, I was looking at the 280W thing also. I recall users having said 220W or 230W for the power brick.
Nice review,I was actually looking forward to see the final results.

 

Isnt it annoying to have audio input/output at the FRONT of the notebook? If I was to plug in speakers I would have wires in front of my notebook which, although its only matter of estetics - is still annoying.
Also USBs on the side where your mouse is... not sure.

But hey I might be just looking for silly little flaws because this beauty is so epic I cant think of anything worse than unestetical audio buds

 

i had the same concearns. surprisingly the usb ports are actually raised due to the fact that the laptop itself is raised in the rear and this allows a full size mouse to actually slide underneath the usb ports. this saves the issue with usb ports on the right side for right hand users.

 

Yeah well I plan to have notebook cooler underneeth it so it should be even higher, however the tilt might cause additional problems with the audio input/output.
Id love to see some pics with this NB fully integrated into desktop equipment.

 

OK, bragging time.

Display: 17-inch WUXGA (1920x1200) Glossy Widescreen
DUAL NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT in SLi Mode w/1,024MB w/GDDR3 DX10
Intel Core 2 QUAD Q9650 3.0GHz (I S@#$ you not) Processor w/12M L2 Cache - 1,333MHz FSB
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
4GB (2 SODIMMS) DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory
200GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) No RAID
Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
Built-in Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 802.11a/g/n
Built-in Bluetooth Wireless
Smart Li-ion Battery (12 Cell) (2 of them)
Vista Ultimate 64 bit
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi 7.1 Xtreme Audio Notebook Express Card
MY LOGO ON IT.

THE THING IS A MONSTER.
Too bad it takes 3 weeks to arrive.... I don't have it yet. haha. But its on its way... cant wait.
HOOAH!

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