New Sager 8790 Model release pics are up - Page 32

Cec, uneducated guess from me says the screen's the same as the 4780.

No quoting allowed Pure conjecture on my part.

I am %99 sure these will be the specs on the monitor that comes with the 8790.
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Supported Resolutions
1440 by 900 (native), 1152 by 720, 1024 by 768, 1024 by 640 and 800 by 600 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio;
1024 by 768, 800 by 600, and 640 by 480 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio

Contrast Ratio: 300:1

Viewing Angle: 90/120

Response Time: 25 ms

I have a 17" HP Notebook and the screen resolution only goes down to 800x600, no 640x480 is available.

That's a limitation of Windows XP rather than your LCD screen. There are workarounds available for that problem.

Hypersonic GX7 - no DVI port?

The specs posted here in December indicated the 8790 would have a DVI out port. On the Hypersonic version, the DVI port is noticeably absent. I am this close to ordering the Hypersonic GX7 configured the way I want it for $2810. Will the Sager 8790 have DVI port?

if you have powerstrip you can change the rev under 800*600

The Hypersonic does as well. They fudged on their spec page a bit, copy-and-pasting a lot (including the photos) from their ZX-7(4780 page) to their GX-7(8790) page. The 4780 does not have DVI, the 8790 and the GX-7 do.

yo sager said their new state of the art, bleeding edge, 256mm dildo was coming out like 3 months ago, I'm getting blue balls over here

eos42

Based on your post, someone might think you're pretty cool, but probably not.

To reiterate, your GX-7 will not look the way it is pictured. That is one thing that has me nervous, looks like Hyper is rushing a little bit, they probably don't even have their Clevos in the shop yet.

Question is will it be Blue so that it matches eos42's "fittings"?

8790 - no internal FDD either?

Does this mean that there is no floppy drive on the 8790? Will the machine look like the Mirage D870P on the Eurocom site?

I wrote them an email yesterday asking them if they did have them in yet. However, my opinion is that they don't have them. I figure Hypersonic/Eurocom/Sager/etc. will get theirs all about the same time. In a mail from a couple days ago, Eurocom stated that they will be receiving their first order (25 units) on Friday or Monday (and the fact that I got that much was an oversight as I received forwards of in-house mail from the president to the CS rep). Also, I figure that PCT's waiting to change their site for when they actually have the units on hand vs. how everyone else is basically taking orders in advance.


The 8790 is the D870P. Same thing. Doubt you're going to have an option for a floppy. Although, that probably depends on who you're dealing with (in the case that you actually want one, that is). For example, in customizing a 4780 through PC Torque, I don't see anyplace where it mentions the ability to have a floppy drive. I think it's a card reader by default that's installed by PCT. However, the same model at a store here in Sapporo, Japan has the floppy w/ no option of getting the card reader. I would imagine that the 8790/D870P will be the same; if you want a floppy instead of a card reader, you'll have to email the different resellers and see who might offer that in lieu of the card reader. That's my personal guess on how it is, so don't take it for law.

welcome the the world of a huge ass waiting list....i'll give it a month untill it ships.

spooot! good bye blue balls

What I wanna know is - if we order a northwood NOW, can we plonk in the prescott later?? when they get higher clocks?? Or will this involve a motherboard change!?!

That is an excellent question....anybody know for sure?

well it actually is pretty cheap all things considered I just bought the XPS and I'm so tempted to cancel and order a 8790 BUT, I'm up in Canada and Dell seems so much more conveniant no to mention a higher resolution screen

And I guess a smaller screen.......