Hi all,
I'm new to this forum, so please forgive me if I tread on familiar ground here. I’ve been doing a lot of research into powerful gaming laptops for my budget (around $2500) and I’m trying to decide between two machines, the Sager NP9280 and the new Alienware m17x. Alternatively, if there are any other brands or computers I should be looking at, please let me know as I am always open to more options.
Below are my custom configurations of the two computers. There is essentially no price difference between the two, so that is not a factor here. In terms of uses, I’m a pretty hardcore gamer so I want a powerful laptop that will be able to play recent games in high resolutions. I also do a lot of video editing and CG work in Maya.
Sager NP9280:
Core i7 Quad 920 2.66Ghz processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 1GB, 6 GB DDR3 ram at 1066mhz, 320GB 7200rpm hard drive, 17 inch WUXGA screen, Vista Home Premium 64-bit, Microsoft Office Basic, 3 year warranty.
New Alienware m17x
Core 2 Duo T9600 2.8 Ghz processor, dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M, 2GB – SLI enabled, 4GB dual channel DDR3 ram at 1066mhz, 320GB 7200rpm hard drive, 17 inch WUXGA screen, Vista Home Premium 64-bit, 3 year warranty.
Please correct me if I’m wrong but it seems that the Alienware has a more powerful GPU and Sager’s only advantage over the Alienware is the much better CPU and more RAM. Also, I’ve never heard of Sager, so I’m wondering if Alienware might be a better buy in terms of build quality and customer service? The big question is whether the i7 processor in the Sager is worth sacrificing the more powerful GPU and some other features of the Alienware?
Thanks for your help!
-Nefarious Guy
I'm new to this forum, so please forgive me if I tread on familiar ground here. I’ve been doing a lot of research into powerful gaming laptops for my budget (around $2500) and I’m trying to decide between two machines, the Sager NP9280 and the new Alienware m17x. Alternatively, if there are any other brands or computers I should be looking at, please let me know as I am always open to more options.
Below are my custom configurations of the two computers. There is essentially no price difference between the two, so that is not a factor here. In terms of uses, I’m a pretty hardcore gamer so I want a powerful laptop that will be able to play recent games in high resolutions. I also do a lot of video editing and CG work in Maya.
Sager NP9280:
Core i7 Quad 920 2.66Ghz processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 1GB, 6 GB DDR3 ram at 1066mhz, 320GB 7200rpm hard drive, 17 inch WUXGA screen, Vista Home Premium 64-bit, Microsoft Office Basic, 3 year warranty.
New Alienware m17x
Core 2 Duo T9600 2.8 Ghz processor, dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M, 2GB – SLI enabled, 4GB dual channel DDR3 ram at 1066mhz, 320GB 7200rpm hard drive, 17 inch WUXGA screen, Vista Home Premium 64-bit, 3 year warranty.
Please correct me if I’m wrong but it seems that the Alienware has a more powerful GPU and Sager’s only advantage over the Alienware is the much better CPU and more RAM. Also, I’ve never heard of Sager, so I’m wondering if Alienware might be a better buy in terms of build quality and customer service? The big question is whether the i7 processor in the Sager is worth sacrificing the more powerful GPU and some other features of the Alienware?
Thanks for your help!
-Nefarious Guy
