Sager NP5950 announced SLI notebook (specs) - Page 3

whoever was curious about the single video card in this laptop...here is a clue that it may be availible in the future...

http://www.cyber-system.de/product.p..._showoptions=1

configuration allows you to only put 1 or 2 in!

Yeah... LAN Laptop for sure.

Oh I know it can be done, I just wasn't sure why Sager wasn't offering it as an option when others were.

Please tell me, WHO is so silly to buy a notebook not at least upgradeable to dual core CPU now, while dual core CPUs will be 100% standard in each and every new PC and notebook in a couple of months ?

With the next line of GPUs an upgrade with a single MXM module will kick performance up to SLI level, but SLI users will have to pay twice as much then still to be on top. It will be very frustrating to see how all other DTR users will top this notebook in maybe one or even half a year later.

Luke, who makes the LCD, and what are the specs on it?

Wow...

Dual core - it'll come

That screen - is one of the BEST gaming screens of that size. If I'm not mistaken that's a Sammy panel with a 10ms response time. It should be night and day better for gaming than any panel we've seen on any 17" notebook to date. Go look at the specs:
http://www.samsung.com/Products/TFTL...amily_cd=LCD02
If you'll note at the bottom this has the best possible (in this size factor) color gamut and response time. Those are seriously nice features that have not been possible in notebooks before. I'll grant you the size and power issues, but frankly this screen is a gem. And a lot more notebooks based off of it (at least for the high end folks) are going to come, you watch.

If TurionX2 and Merom make 35w specs, then such cpu's with this sli beast will be unbelievable. I have no doubt after the 5720 that eventually we'll see Merom, and of course we'll see Turion x2 in time.

Yeah it's big, but for those of us tired of being crammed onto these eentsy keyboards, peering at super tiny screens, this is a breath of fresh air.

Talk about forward vision? 64 bit, SLI all ready to carry you to Vista and well into super FPS in the latest games through 2008.

Kudos Sager. Fantastic machine.

Little caveats that are nice. Better USB throughput than Intel. Probably better upgradeability (you'll have to take my bet on that one - just would appear that way), and it's easily 6-9 months sooner than Intel can manage even something close to this amount of power. Merom won't really be here till year end, so this is a nice move for the AMD field.

Gshau check the link for the panel..

Luke: Is the DVI out a dual link out such that we can drive the Dell 30" panel from it?

If not, what is the maximum external resolution?

X2 CPUs will need a new Socket ---

Yes but it will be the same basic design. Even the same chipset. So correct, can't directly upgrade, but they can bring out the 5955 if you like with practically no effort at all.

I apologize if I lent the idea that you could directly upgrade to AM2. Sorry

Would it be posible to use a non-mobile chipset with SLI and use the Go cards in SLI so you could add a desktop AMD? Also, they not just put in a big old 24 inch screen from a desktop monitor?

Oh yes, that´s such a nice thing. They can upgrade the mobo easily in future. Such a pity they can´t do it so easily with *your* mobo.....

That screen is beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen a notebook with an LCD with specs that good. 8-bit panel with fast response time, high contrast, and brightness at 300.....Wow, this is going to look just amazing.

Yes that panel is unbelievable. It's what Samsung is using in their M70, and it should be what Dell uses in the successor to the M170. But Dell has a hard time being smart like that. Sager needed to show them how it could be done

For the sake of reference, the M70 using a P-M and Nvidia 6600 manages to come in at 10lbs with this same panel so if you imagine what a new XPS or 5720 could look like with a 19" panel and non SLI, you might also imagine that being 11lbs or less

Nooooo...its to BIG! The 98xx is a monster already.. I cannot imagine even thinking about owning one of these heh..

i dont know anything about turions but, if one of the video cards automatically is disabled when ur running on battery, what kinda battery life do u think u can get outta this?

yep. 5720 even big for me to play games.
i even use external keyboard because it is too close to play games like fast action. 19" ? well.......
i gotta move my head instead of eyes.

Why is everyone complaing about dual core? Most games don't even use dual core yet, and even those with dual core patches haven't seen much of a performance boost. Single core processors are better now because they are cheaper, and they run faster than the same processor class with dual core.

I agree with everything you say. In a year or a year in a half, dual cores will be mainstream. But for just gaming, the sli video cards will be more then enough compensation. I wish this model came with a different processor and raid capability, but it doesn't and it honestly looks good enough as is. I might feel differently when I'm ready to buy one, I'll probably go with the 9750, but I'll consider it right down to the wire.

Either way I go, there will be something twice as cool in six months, yet I'm ready for an upgrade now. So One choice I'll regret or the other.

Wow. I've got an 8790 and I sometimes think it's too small

Dual Core is not relevant for pure gamers, it´s for desktop performance. If you encode movies, use office, watch TV, burn, copy and pack files, surf at the same time and all that on fully encrypted devices with highest demanding algorithms, for example, you will know the difference between dual and single core. The boost is absolutely important and I would say we need hundreds of cores, the more, the better.