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Good News For Dell's UK Vostro Customers

Remember a short while back it was reported that the Keyboard in the UK models of Vostro 1310 and 1510 has the zxcvbnm row on the keyboard shifted over one place effectively making touch typing imposs ...

Posted By:
dougadamsfan on 05-09-2008/ 1 responses

New Dell Inspirons Leaked

The designs for the next generation of Inspiron laptops have been leaked and Engadget has the story and some pics. They are numbered as 1435, 1535, and 1735. The 1735 and 1535 are due out the 9th of ...

Posted By:
dougadamsfan on 05-08-2008/ 7 responses

Remember that 500 GB Samsung drive?

Remember about two months ago when Samsung announced it was shipping its standard height 500 GB laptop Hard drive? Since then a few rumors have surfaced about it, occasionally it'll pop up on a retai ...

Posted By:
dougadamsfan on 05-07-2008/ 1 responses

Hitachi 7200RPM 320GB 2.5" Hard Drive

Well the title pretty much says it all. Hitachi is now shipping a 7200 RPM 320 Laptop Hard Drvie. Other features include bulk data encryption and 12ms seek time. source

Posted By:
dougadamsfan on 05-07-2008/ 3 responses

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Sager NP5793 Laptop Review

Intro

Although the Sager NP5791 put up some great performance numbers, people may be surprised at how much MORE power the NP-5793 offers. By going to our benchmark database and selecting Sager from the Make drop down and 3dMark06 from the benchmark drop down, you can see the improvement in performance between the models. This is a taste of things to come.

The Sager NP-5793 (like the 5791) should not be considered a ‘Desktop Replacement”. The large 17 inch screen may scare people, but the 5793 is definitely manageable during transportation while still boasting a powerful Core 2 Duo Extreme CPU and the latest and most powerful graphic card Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX.

Specs:
Sager 5793 Intel® Centrino® Duo "Santa Rosa" Gaming Notebook Silver trim
17" WUXGA LCD (Glossy 1920x1200)
Intel® Core™ Duo Extreme X9000 2.8 GHz Processor 6MB L2Cache - 800MHz FSB
4GB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz 2 x 2048MB (64-Bit Vista Required)
1GB Intel® Turbo Memory (Requires Windows Vista)
Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX w/512MB
200GB | 7200 RPM | SATA-300 HDD
8X DVD±R/RW/4X +DL MULTI DRIVE W/ SOFTWARE
4-in-1 Memory Card Reader (MS/MSPRO/SD/MMC)
Integrated 56K v.90 Internal Modem
Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN / 802.11N
10/100/1000 Mbps Fast Ethernet
Microsoft Windows VISTA ULTIMATE 32/64-Bit Edition
2.0M Digital Video Camera
Smart Li-Ion Battery Pack for 5793
Free Notebook Carrying Case
No Office Software
Built-In Bluetooth Module
Sager 1 Year Warranty, Lifetime Tech Support
(No Accidental Protection Policy)

SubTotal: $3,376.00
Shipping: $46.88
Ships in about: 15 days
Order Total: 3,422.88

What’s in the Box:

Software & OS

This is the first Notebook I have reviewed ...

Posted By:
Steve@NBF on 04-10-2008 / 8 responses

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Desktop News

ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula matched with P45 and Creative X-Fi [pictures]

The inclusion of Creative's X-Fi with this board comes as a bit of a surprise. ASUS and Creative have been bickering about ASUS' software emulation of Creative's X-Fi features for quite some time. http://www.hardspell.com/pic/article...4f1365726f.jpg http://www.hardspell.com/pic/article...d7c8d44f4d.jpg http://www.hardspell.com/pic/article...5dced540bc.jpg http://www.hardspell.com/pic/article...f3db8f45f2.jpg Source: HardSpell

Posted By:
Buck on 05-09-2008/ 0 responses

Intel X58 to be the First Nehalem Desktop Chipset

For those interested, there is quite a bit of 'hype' surrounding Intel's forthcoming Nehalem CPU architecture. The big deal with Nehalem is that it has an integrated memory controller, eliminating the Front-Side Bus (think AMD). Below is the latest info regarding Nehalem chipset support: Quote: Whether AMD likes it or not, Intel will be introducing the first 45nm-built Nehalem processors in Q4 and with them, a whole new range of silicon chips will arrive. One of them, the Tyle ...

Posted By:
Buck on 05-09-2008/ 2 responses

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NBF MobileForce Beta Testers (BetaCircle) Application Thread
Do you want to help test the next MobileForce driver? Report bugs, issues, etc?

We're always looking for new testers, as it expands the level of hardware that can be tested on, to improve functionality, and (if WE can fix it) eliminate bugs.

If you're interested in becoming a tester, please post ...

Posted By:
Fenuxx on 05-10-2008 / 2 responses

First P-6831FX with Blu Ray Drive Upgrade
Hello all,

I just wanted to confirm that the P-6831FX supports this Blu Ray Drive (Optiarc BD rom BC-5500a ATA) Installation is easy, just remove your stock drive/bezel and replace with this drive.

Blu Ray movies look sweet on the FX's LCD

Posted By:
Bryan'sM505x on 02-28-2008 / 17 responses

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Benchmark Averages

Averages benchmark scores by laptop to find the best performing laptop under each benchmark type

3DMark Vantage

1:	Dell XPS M1730
2:	Sager NP5793
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AquaMark3

1:	Dell XPS M1730
2:	Alienware Area-51 m15x
3:	Alienware Area-51 m9750
4:	Gateway P-6831FX
5:	Sager NP5791
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3DMark06

1:	Dell XPS M1730
2:	Clevo D901c
3:	Alienware Area-51 m15x
4:	Sager NP5793
5:	Sager NP9260
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3DMark05

1:	Dell XPS M1730
2:	Sager NP5793
3:	Sager NP9260
4:	Alienware Area-51 m15x
5:	Clevo M570RU-U
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Quake 4

1:	Sager NP9750
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3DMark Vantage

1:	Dell XPS M1730 8142 3dmarks by zolutar
2:	Dell XPS M1730 7615 3dmarks by McFly
3:	Sager NP5793 3422 3dmarks by Steve@NBF
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AquaMark3

1:	Dell XPS M1730 153102 aquamarks by McFly
2:	Alienware Area-51 m15x 129915 aquamarks by Steve@NBF
3:	Gateway P-6831FX 95850 aquamarks by GoHack
4:	Dell Precision M90 89848 aquamarks by reds2k
5:	Sager NP9750 75566 aquamarks by Wiley
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3DMark06

1:	Dell XPS M1730 14841 3DMarks by Silversaver
2:	Dell XPS M1730 14512 3DMarks by dajohu
3:	Dell XPS M1730 14467 3DMarks by zolutar
4:	Clevo D901c 12528 3DMarks by diefool
5:	Dell XPS M1730 10310 3DMarks by McFly
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3DMark05

1:	Dell XPS M1730 21042 3DMarks by dajohu
2:	Sager NP5793 15799 3DMarks by Steve@NBF
3:	Clevo M570RU-U 14693 3DMarks by Irrational
4:	Alienware Area-51 m9750 12715 3DMarks by TbbZz
5:	Alienware Area-51 m9750 12419 3DMarks by Robotguy
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Quake 4

1:	Sager NP9750 123.4 fps by Wiley
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1:	Dell XPS M1730 3DMark Vantage Score 8142 3dmarks by zolutar
2:	Dell XPS M1730 3DMark Vantage Score 7615 3dmarks by McFly
3:	Sager NP5793 3DMark Vantage Score 3422 3dmarks by Steve@NBF
4:	Dell XPS M1730 AquaMark3 Score 153102 aquamarks by McFly
5:	Dell XPS M1530 3DMark06 Score 4378 3DMarks by wiltedjoint

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