[Review] Sager NP9873 / Clevo P870DM3 Quick Review by HTWingNut

91 degrees? I need to check again if it throttle

 

I believe 91 degrees is the temperature it throttles at. If you place it in overclock mode the fans will run faster but it probably will not throttle.

 

Ok cool. What are your normal temps? And after playing a game or doing benchmarks does your temp goes back to normal ?

 

The only game I have been playin is BF1 and max temp of the GPU is 70C in overclock mode with fans running faster and it throttles some at 91C in automatic mode. I have not been running any benchmarks. The temps do go back to normal fairly quick when I exit the game.

 

It may hit 90C in automatic but then punch up to full speed, at least on my firmware.

 

Mine does not punch up to full speed when it hits 90C. Which firmware are you using?

 

I have a quick question is it still in warranty if you perform a repaste in your laptop?

 

I believe so as long as you do not harm the laptop; however, Meaker would be better to answer that question.

 

Yes it should be fine as long as you don't destroy your laptop while doing so!

 

So long as there is no physical damage and the paste/pads are applied properly it should be fine.

 

ok is this normal ? both of the Gtx 1080s memory speed is at 5005 mhz . its not even going down or even moving.

 

What is the power setting in Nvidia control panel?

In fact to those who are having fan speed issues can you set the Nvidia control panel power setting to Adaptive (from optimal power), set your windows power level to balanced, CCC to the power saving profile, set balanced in there and the fans to automatic. Also make sure windows is not eating up resources in the back ground and see what your results are.

Also the Clevo OC program being open on the desktop can trigger the clocks to be quite aggressive, the settings will remain if you minimise or close it

 

Cool thanks!! its memory clock moving down now. i just reset the Nvdia Global Settings and restarted the system. the temps went down from 45-50 now its not 60 degrees anymore.

 

Nvidia could REALLY do with improving their clock handling, there is no reason a GTX 1080 needs to go to 1550mhz to render the front page of youtube.

 

so ive been running performance mode for couple of days now trying to figure out whats wrong so i change the thermal paste from IC Diamond-> Grizzly Kyronaut -> Gelid GC Extreme-> Artic Silver 5-> MX 4 -> Grizzly Kyronaut again then IC Diamond! no wonder the temps are high 60's because its set to high performance mode.

 

NVIDIA drivers are shocking.. 9/10 are fundamentally broken.. Best driver I've seen in a bit is 373.06...

 

Eh, I would not say totally broken, the at drivers back in the radon 8500 days were a lot worse but they could use work.

 

I'm new to this kind of laptop: Sager NP9873-S / Clevo P870DM3
can someone tell me if their is really a difference between these 2 builds
as hardware or drivers?
Can I download drivers from the Clevo site and install in a Sager?
Thanks for helping a newbie..

 

Clevo P870DM3 is same machine (sold under different names). Rather download drivers from bro @Phoenix thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/clevo-p870dm2-3-drivers-mirror.795059/

 

Great... Thanks a lot. I also saw about the Prema bios if I can get it, will it work for the Sager NP9873-S? I bough a build from gentechpc

 

It would but Gentechpc is not a partner, you should be able to get a fair amount out of the stock BIOS though

 

Does it mean I can never have the Prema bios?

 

only if you buy it from a Prema partner

 

can you buy only the bios from a partner?

 

no sir

 

PM Prema and send a donation his way.... He'll do his best to help out.. You will void your warranty flashing it though..

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Anyone know what the black material at 11:34 in the review is?
I cut all but the spongy bit out and my Idle temps went from
CPU 41-51° C
GPU 43-51° C
Mobo 60° C

to

CPU 31-37° C
GPU 31-39° C
Mobo 40-49°C

I think it might be some sort of Anti-static or heat resistant material. The extra airflow is nice either way.
Did I Screw up?

 

If you're referring to the black plastic over the vents on the bottom lid, a lot of people remove it to improve airflow for SLI setups.

 

It's designed to direct airflow internally for the ram and M.2 along with the rest of the motherboard.

 

@HTWingNut you are a bloody god among reviewers*...

Really think you should be reviewing for a website, I know a small amount of freedom might be lost along the way, but dear god your eyes towards perfection is unique!

 

Thanks. If I could do it for a job, then yeah. But for a hobby, I can't live with the time constraints and limitations imposed by doing so. I would love to do something like that, but on my own terms, but there's no way I could make a living doing it, unfortunately.

 

Why not just write for NBR, I mean, that shouldn't be a problem given your track record.

This way the website generates more interest and additionally the review you made becomes a acknowledged review.

 

It's funny, I started out on this website by doing just that. Writing an article on my machine, I then went to the forum to answer questions and realised I could do a lot of good work regarding knowledge

 

I like to help. Just when it comes to work, kids, and then hobbies, hobby time takes a dive unfortunately. If I could make a decent amount of money doing it (like replace 60-70% of my current salary) I'd consider it. But any venture I've looked into, there's no way I could do that without spending significant time and losing lots of money.

 

hi there, there is some offer of this used laptop for U$ 2.740, is it a good deal or not? 6700k/4k res/1080 sli/32gb ram/complete package and can this laptop run without battery attached? (using power directly from the power bricks)

 

Hello. Yes, you can. Running it without a battery poses no issues. It performs and behaves exactly the same with or without, exactly like a properly engineered computer should. None of the hybrid power bullcrap like some of the other trash floating around out there. Price seems reasonable to me if the machine is in immaculate condition. The 4K is kind of a bummer, but otherwise really nice specs.

 

Depending on the storage you are looking at a bit of $4k for that kind of spec on the most modern platform for similar gaming performance (but a bump in CPU power).