Official Sager NP5175 / Clevo W170HR Owner's Lounge

Hello everyone. I just got my NP5175: - Microsoft Office Software: No Office Software
- Operating System: ~Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Installed (64&32-Bit CD Included) w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's + Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - Included with OS Purchase
- OS Redline Boost: No Operating System Redline Boost
- Notebook Cooler: No Notebook Cooler
- Mouse / Keyboard Accessories: No External Keyboard or Mouse
- Headsets: No Headset
- Fingerprint Reader: No Fingerprint Reader
- Port Replicator / Dock / Adapters: No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- Spare AC Adapter: No Spare AC Adapter
- Car Adapter: No Car Adapter
- Battery: NO Spare Battery
- Case: Basic Black Business Case - Included
- Sound Card: Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- TV Tuner: No TV Tuner
- Camera: Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Wireless Network Accessories: No Network Accessory
- Wireless Network: Built-in 802.11 Wireless B/G/N - Stock Wireless Card + Bluetooth (SKU - S8R110)
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth Included (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- Back Up Software: No Back Up Software
- Memory Card Reader: Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
- Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
- External USB Optical Drive: NO External USB Optical Drive
- External Hard Drive (Back Up): No Back Up Hard Drive
- Optical Drive Bay Hard Drive Caddy: No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- Optical Drive Bay: Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (When selecting a Hard Drive in the Optical Bay, No Optical Drive is Included) (SKU - S7R455)
- Primary Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) - Default (SKU - S5R207)
- Exterior Finish: Standard Finish
- Branding: Sager Branding
- Ram: 8GB - DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) - Special! (SKU - S4P377)
- External Display Video Adapters: No Video Adapter
- Graphics Video Card: nVidia GT 555M 2048MB PCI-Express GDDR3 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology (SKU - S3R507)
- Thermal Compound: IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU (Cools better than all Compounds)
- Processor: 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-2450M, 2.6-3.3GHz, (32nm, 3MB L3 cache) (Supports up to 8GB - DDR3 1333MHz of Ram (2 SODIMMS)) (SKU - S2R159)
- Dead Pixel Warranty: Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Monitor Calibration: NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
- Display: 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - S1R506)


And for some reason Shogun2 will not recognize my Nvidia GT 555m 2gb GPU but instead the inferior Integrated Intel HD graphics is detected. I have tried going into the Nvidia Control panel to correct this but still the problem persists. This laptop is a mid range gaming laptop and it really sucks that it is not being used to its full potential. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The pic below show some of what I mean. The dxdiag pic shows that the display tab does not have the Nvidia GPU as the primary display gpu. The smaller picture I used the snipping tool on to show that in the bottom of the Graphics menu in Options for Shogun 2 Total War, only the weaker Integrated Intel card is detected.

 

Which Nvidia drivers are you running? Try grabbing the newest Beta ones off of the Nvidia site if you're running the newest WHQL or older. The problem with Optimus is that game support is nearly entirely dependent on the drivers you're using. If that doesn't help, have you tried setting a custom profile in the Nvidia control panel?

 

Hey Malibal #2. Thanks for the reply. On the recommendation of someone from the Total War forums I went from the driver the laptop shipped with (I forgot what it was) to the 290.53beta. Still the problem persisted. How do I set up a custom profile in the Nvidia Control Panel? Thanks for any help. Also I want to make sure that this problem does not continue with other games.

 

Here's a video showing the steps in the control panel to do it:

Nvidia Optimus Feature on the Alienware M11x- R2 - YouTube

Also, here's how to do it if you don't want the video

 

I did all of that and still the damn game won't detect the superior Nvidia GPU. The attached pic shows me selecting the correct .exe file. I have no idea what to do If you have anymore suggestions (ANYTHING) I am of course open to them. I am worried that this issue is happening with my other games as well. Thank you very much for and assistance.

 

Which application are you selecting there? I'm just going to assume that you should be choosing shogun2.exe in that folder. Go to steam, create a shortcut to the game on the desktop, then right click that shortcut > properties. It should list exactly which executable you need to be adding to the Nvidia profiles.

 

Thanks for the response Malibal#2. I created the shortcut and I added the shortcut to the Nvidia Profiles but still the same problem. Also I even added Steam to the Nvidia Profile list as well and right click on it and select run on High Performance Nvidia Processor. Also when you look at the last image I posted, the Shogun2 image is listed as and exe. Nothing seems to work.

What should I do when I get to Properties after right clicking the Shogun2 shortcut? Would reinstalling the game do the trick? Once again thank you very much for your assistance and patience.

 

At this point, I'm just guessing, but based on some googling you may want to find out if older drivers or some script edits work with it. Here are some of the links I pulled up:

STW2 and Nvidia Optimus GPU's - [3 workarounds/solutions] - Page 3
Optimus >and< Steam - NVIDIA Forums
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...-2-optimus-not-showing-nividia-card-help.html

 

Hey I havn't seen much action on this thread in awhile. Been keeping my eye on this laptop for some time now. I would like some feed back on how durable you think this baby is? I bought a Sager 8880 back in 2002. It just died last year. Im a mechanic & it sat on my tool box running, all day every day. I run scan tool software, internet, music ripping, occasional video editing & photo shopping & occasional gaming. Of course it was'nt much good for gaming the last couple of years. I went through 3 cd drives & two batteries. I never had a major crash in all that time, infact I never even wiped the hard drive once! So I was very impressed with Clevo. I'm currently rocking my old lady's hand me down HP pavillion with a 2.4 P4, its the same generation as my old 8800 and it never was near as stable.
I'm thinking the i7-2670QM, with 8Gbytes 1600mhzs & the 750 hybrid drive. Anyway What do you guys think, Will it last like my old 8800 did? Probably will, buy from Xotic. What do you think?



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Display 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - S1R506)
Monitor Calibration NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
Dead Pixel Warranty Standard Dead Pixel Policy
Processor 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM, 2.2-3.1GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache) (SKU - S2N222)
Thermal Compound IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU (Cools better than all Compounds)
Graphics Video Card nVidia GT 555M 2048MB PCI-Express GDDR3 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology (SKU - S3R507)
External Display Video Adapters No Video Adapter
Ram 8GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS) (SKU - S4R371)
Branding Sager Branding
Exterior Finish Standard Finish
Primary Hard Drive 750GB (w/ 8GB SSD Memory) Seagate XT 7200RPM NCQ Hybrid (Serial-ATA III 600 - 32MB Cache) (SKU - S5R421)
Optical Drive Bay 6X Blu-Ray Read/8X DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive - Special! (SKU - S7P557)
Optical Drive Bay Hard Drive Caddy No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
External Hard Drive (Back Up) No Back Up Hard Drive
External USB Optical Drive NO External USB Optical Drive
Floppy Drive No Floppy Drive
Memory Card Reader Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
Back Up Software No Back Up Software
Bluetooth Bluetooth Included (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
Wireless Network Sager Intel® Advanced-N 6230 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module + Bluetooth (SKU - S8R111)
Wireless Network Accessories No Network Accessory
Camera Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
TV Tuner No TV Tuner
Sound Card Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
Case Basic Black Business Case - Included
Battery NO Spare Battery
Car Adapter No Car Adapter
Spare AC Adapter No Spare AC Adapter
Port Replicator / Dock / Adapters No Dock/Hub/Adapter
Fingerprint Reader No Fingerprint Reader
Headsets No Headset
Mouse / Keyboard Accessories No External Keyboard or Mouse
Notebook Cooler No Notebook Cooler
OS Redline Boost No Operating System Redline Boost
Operating System ~Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit Installed (64&32-Bit CD Included) w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's + Microsoft Office Starter 2010 - Included with OS Purchase
Microsoft Office Software - Microsoft Office 2010 Home & Student Edition - Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote
Software Bundle (Not Installed) System bundled with Digital Creativity Suite 2012
Warranty LIFETIME Ltd Labor 1 Year Parts, Lifetime Sager Toll Free Tech Support (SKU - S9R202)
Outside of U.S. Shipping Coverage No Outside of US Shipping Coverage
Build Time Standard Production Time


After much hemming & hawwing I finally took the plunge & ordered the Sager NP5175 from Xoticpc Sunday night. Just got e-mail that its in the pending credit card verifation status. I'm excited. Debated back and fort about the 8170, but decided I wanted the extra battery life & portability. I'll keep you posted.

 

End of an Era...Sager has now discontinued the Sager NP5175.

 

Whats it going to be replace with? The W270HSQ? I see its available in Japan & Europe. It appears to be the same as the 5175 except it has a fingerprint reader & the new nVIDIA GT630. Will the GT630 be better for gaming & run cooler? If so then I'm already having Buyers remorse and I hav'nt even got mine yet? Its in stage 2 at Xotic. I called a couple days ago when I realized it was discontinued to see if there would be a problem, they did'nt think so. Any of you resellers know? Or maybe you can't say. This thread is dead I guese. :confused2:

 

There are thousands of Sager NP5175 owners...I wouldn't say this thread is dead. This thread is for 'owners', not so much for prospective buyers.

Let's wait to see what comes next...but I would expect it to be more like the GT650.

 

Notified by Exotic today. My 5175 has shipped. UPS tracking says it willbe here in Michigan next tuesday the 6th. Yay ! , I'm excited. Ordered -2670, 750 hybrid drive, 8 gig 1600, bluray read, intel 6230 & win 7 pro. I'll figure out how to put that in my signature some day. I plan on making a user review video, just because theres very few videos of this machine on youtube. Just a few ads, and one shakey walkaround with poor lighting.

 

Congrats on the computer johnezee!
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The Sager NP5175 & 5165 are back for sale on Sager's sight I see. Got my 5175 a week and a half ago. Couldn't be happier so far. Made an unboxing video, just for fun. I'll upload it to Youtube this weekend sometime. Thanks Xotic.

Nope there gone again. Maybe I was seing things, but last weekend the np5175 & the np5165 were on Sager's product page. Anyway there not now.

 

i lost my drivers disk and im having problems updating the drivers i dl from the sager website. when i try to install from the zip file it gives me this error about not installing correctly



and now my usbs are cutting in and out so i lose my mouse and i have to restart to get it working again

anybody else having these problems?

 

Have you extracted the files from the .zip folder? You will need to extract the files from the .zip folder before you can install them.

 

hi everybody

I'm thinking about buying a Clevo W170HR 17 inch

Anyone can tell me about the noise? Is it quiet ? total silence ?

I can't stand noise and it's my primary criteria when i chose a laptop

 

my intel graphics driver is constantly crashing, all drivers are current. anyone else having this problem

recently i rolled back the drivers to the standard intel graphics driver which is the default. it works better but the resolution is weird