Sager NP5791 - Display: 17" Wide Viewing Angles WUXGA LCD with Super Glossy Surface (1920 x 1200)[+$195.00] - Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7700 / 4MB L2 Cache, 2.40GHz, 800MHz FSB[+$140.00] - Video & Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GO 7950 GTX Graphics with 512MB DDR3 Video Memory[+$100.00] - Operating System: Genuine MS Windows® XP Professional[+$35.00] - Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 X 1024MB[+$60.00] - Primary Hard Disk Drive: 160GB 7200rpm SATA 150 Hard Drive[+$130.00] - Optical Drive: 8X DVD±R/RW/4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software - Wireless Network Card: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module - Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth Module - Primary Battery: Smart Li-ION Battery Pack - Integrated Security Device: Fingerprint Reader - Warranty: Sager One Year Standard Warranty - Carrying Bag: Standard Carrying Bag It's gonna set me back about $2500. I am not fussed about the fact that the vid card is DX 9. I understand it's the fastest mobile card out there. The CPU is not too shabby either.
thats a really good config for a laptop but only one thing that is bugging me is the card . its no dought a really good card but its a dx9. but if u want to play some dx10 games in the future then u will not able to play them
Yeah but, by the time DX 10 games are mainstream, I will be looking at upgrading again. I am not sure but it might be MXM config, where you can upgrade the vid card.
If it indeed is, then fine. Generally though, laptops have longer useful lifespans than desktop systems, so even if you're saying you'll just upgrade again later by buying another laptop, $2500 is a lot to spend on an "upgrade" in one shot.
HA! :O Actually I blew $3400 on the Sager laptop in my specs! That was 3 years ago though. I don't consider $2500 a huge amount of cash. EDIT: Actually they make a higher end gaming rig than that (SLI/Quad core extreme and all that happy horse****) but I can't justify the cost given the DX 9 nature of current vid cards.
For $3800 you could get an extremely overpriced Alienware with dual 512MB 7950GTXs and 4GB of ram....I think that would last a long time....
Look at this one from SAGER. It actually uses a Dekstop C2D CPU http://www.sagernotebook.com/product_customed.php?pid=14886&action=customize If not that laptop is quite good that you selected.
Thanks Scoutingwrath. Yes indeedly I worked the options on that BEAST of a laptop you mention. Had to poo poo it though because the config I wanted with that model was gonna run me over $4000. But I am here to tell you, fully optioned out that is the ants pants though. So I am shooting for the downscaled laptop in my OP. Fischju, yeah I looked at Alienware and drool, but they are overpriced for what you get IMHO.
