**M980NU (X1/Commanche SLI/NP9850) Owners Thread**

Hey Guys

Well we didnt appear to have one so i will start

I have ordered a commanche SLI from Kobalt computers in the UK as follows having converted from Alienware, so this is my first Clevo!

P8700 (qx9300 waiting here )
4gb Ram
Dual 280's
1x 320gb HDD 2 x 250 gb HDD

Mine should be due around 05/08/09

What you guys got

We can add benchies to this start thread if you post links

Bring on the pwnage


Useful Links for M980Nu Owners

Awesomeness Thread

Bios Updates

 

Ordered mine from XoticPC, looking at second week of August for delivery hopefully.

P8700 (X9100 waiting here)
4gb RAM
Dual 280s
1x320gb HDD (120GB VertexII SSD waiting)

Debating Win7 out of the box vs. Vista, but I hate that I would be on the RC release. x64 either way.

 

i will be with 64bit windows but i will just have the vista then use my upgrade voucher for free windows 7

Im debating about getting an SSD for when windows 7 is released

Still trying to sell my M17 tho

 

I read some the other thread and it says no OCing for this system? Is this true at the moment guys?

 

ATM I believe this is true. No new BIOS that supports OCing. Other tools are available or so I've read.

 

it is possible to overclock this system (we suspect) but no one who is willing to do it has got thier hands on it yet

but there is no bios oc available, but FSB should be available

thats why i made sure i got 1333 fsb ram

 

New KBC/EC guys:

1. EC firmware 1.00.05.
2. Solve "sometimes touchpad can't work after system resumes from standby mode" issue.

get your fix here

As usual, extract onto a botable usb stick, boot into dos and type "update" (without quotes)

 

Ordered my Sager NP9850 from PowerNoteBooks, delivery hopefully 2nd week of August.

P9700 (Future QX9300 when needed)
4GB DDR3/1333
Dual 280M's
320GB HD - 7,200 RPM - 16MB Cache
Blu-Ray Read - DVD-CD R-RW

Going to go with Win7 RTM - x64

 

I just fixed up the title a bit to make it look more like the other owner's threads.

 

Ty Gophn,

hows that review coming?

have you been able to do much clocking on it?

 

finishing up the way too long review of the D900F right now... will move onto the M980NU next.

 

Looking forward to it.

 

Looking forward to both reviews as well.

 

Finally, an owners lounge for M980NU

 

Is it next week yet? I so want my beast to arrive...

 

hehe you have no idea im climbing the walls here lol

 

Lol .... Like a kid in a candy store.

 

that was when i was ordering it

now im like a racing driving waiting for the race!

 

So quiet... so calm... need more owners!

 

well i know in the UK that supplies are still pretty scarce, I know that Kobalt only got enough chassis to complete pre-orders

So I know that they will become more available, but we are all just awaiting our machines at the moment

Still got an eta of this friday (with a following wind)

 

What backpack does everyone get with M980NU? I was told that it won't fit Targus XL... OMG, how much does it weigh?

Also, how is the screen quality, how their screens are in comparison to M17x's screens?

 

According to notebookcheck.com's updated review for m980nu, it's a Samsung screen (reputation for grainy lcds) and it's not too bright and too reflective in all lighting conditions.

Display

In our test model from Cyber System there was an 18.4-inch Full-HD (1920x1080 pixels) display from Samsung (184HT03-001). Thanks to the high resolution the large panel pleasantly offers a lot of space to work with.

The biggest weakness of the panel in our test laptop was the measured average brightness of only 147 cd/m². Along with the strongly reflecting glass panel this leads to interfering reflections in almost all lighting conditions. For example playing GTA 4 during the day was almost impossible (indoors!). Our preview sample even had an average of 180cd/m², although with a differing panel from CMO - CMO1800, N184H4-L01.

The illumination of 74% isn't especially good due to the strong brightness wastage towards the corners. However the low black values and the good contrast achieved from it are positive.

Full Review here:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Clevo-M980NU-Notebook.18377.0.html

 

you soon learn not too trust notebookcheck after you see a couple of thier "reviews" and compare them to normal useage after owning the product

 

My screen is just fine although it is reflective. Overall, the picture quality is very good.

 

Ouch... how reflective is it? I hadn't counted on that. Hate reflective screens.

 

well to be fair i think all high res screens are, i know my M17 screen is reflective as well

 

Reflective screens have been around a while but it seems the trend is getting more reflective and not less.

 

Probably still not as bad as the M17x or the W90.

 

Well, I wonder if we're going to see these starting to go out in the US this week. Haven't heard anything new yet

 

I know that my OEM supplier has recieved the first units in the UK and are starting to ship mid week (hence me having mine by end of week )

 

Look forward to your first impressions this weekend!!!!

 

oh yus

10 char

 

Haha I finally decided Pmanuk! Here is my set up:

Sager NP9850 (Built on Clevo M980NU) Gaming Laptop - PRE ORDER
- 18.4" FHD WUXGA Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Dual Lamp Screen (1920x1080)
- Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
- ~Intel® QX9300 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Quad 2.53GHz w/12MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB
- SLi ENABLED DUAL (2) 1024MB PCI-Express nVIDIA GTX 280M's (2048MB Total) w/GDDR3 DX10 Video Cards (User Upgradeable)
- ~ 4,096MB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) (Requires Vista 64-Bit to utilize Full 4GB)
- ~ 2X Blue-Ray Read/8X DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive
- ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) - Default
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Channels 24-bit External USB - - ~Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit Installed (64&32-Bit CD Included) + Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Upgrade Coupon w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's

Though I have been thinking about going down to hte X9100 and then upgrading to the Q9300. What do you think?

 

hehe it s a good choice

i must admit that i have been going round in circles as to which cpu to use, i have elected to order a cheap one and save the cash by buying an ES chip.

Much better way of doing it imo and the chips are very easy to change out

Put the extra cash into a SSD

But all in all for gaming this is the best choice

 

Agreed - Cheaper CPU for now - then buy ES or OEM when prices are lower or when I need it which won't be for sometime (year or so maybe longer).

 

I'd also say wait on the Soundblaster but again that's more up to you and if it's desktop replacement or mobile, and your current sound setup.

 

The only reason I was gunna get the sound blaster thingy is because I heard that they don't make those anymore and I needed something along those lines to support my new 5.1 headphones that I am getting. Is there something better?

 

Wahoooo

picking my M980Nu up tomorrow in person from Vendor

Kobalt rule

 

Nice!!!! It may be a busy weekend.
Cough Cough... you may have to stay home from work. lol.

 

You are lucky. XoticPC just told me mid month now. Wish I ordered from RJTech and just gotten the bare bones.

 

XoticPC keeps changing their dates and it is starting to make me mad. They have already pushed it back twice and they are pushing it back to mid August now. I think I should get it somewhere else, where else can I go?

 

GenTech is very involved here.

 

nvm
10charr

 

Sager would be one of the first OEM's to ship out the M980NU. XoticPC just pushes paper for Sager. Just wait patiently, Jack_of_Blades.

 

Well I guess getting this thing by the 15th is out the window haha.

 

RJTech told me this morning that they have it in stock and will begin shipping by the end of the week.

 

installing vista on it now

oh yeah baby

 

so you got yours pmanuk, congratulations.

now get rid of that ruddy signature and replace it with a kobalt one.

 

Soooo lucky Why Vista though? Win7 RTM!

 

Looking forward to a review of this thing!