The Sager 4060 replaces the 4020. They replaced the SIS shared video memory with an ATI 9000 64MB M9. It's the lightest, smallest, and possibley the best valued performance laptop Sager has right now.
We weren't sure about the SIS chipset, but were open minded going into it. It proved to easily hold its own and then some.
The system we have to test is a 4060-V with the following:
-3.06GHZ CPU (Hyperthreading Enabled)
-533 FSB
-512MB DDR 333 RAM
-15" SXGA+ LCD
-Built in Wireless 802.11b
-Built in Bluetooth
-3 USB 2.0 ports
-SiS 645DX / SiS 962 Chipset
-DVD/CDRW Combo drive
-Floppy drive fixed
-1 type II PCMCIA slot
-Integrated video camera
Other items and features:
4-pin firewire, V.90 56K modem, Wavetable 3D Stereo Audio/AC'97 2.1, ALPS touchpad, IR port, SPDIF out, VGA out for dual display, Li-Ion battery, carrying case, AC Power adapter, paperback manual.
Here's some pics, descriptions, and benchmarks for everyone to get an idea of what all the 4060 has and can do:
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Here's everything it comes with. Nero for the CD Burner, WINDVD for the DVD player, a drivers CD, Camera software CD, and a CD to install Bluetooth. It also comes with a Windows CD if you choose to have Windows preinstalled.
The FRONT has the 4 pin firewire, sound connections, and IR port which some will love, some will hate. The on/off switch ont he front is to turn the wireless 802.11b and bluetooth on and off.
The're not swappable bays like the 5670, and you only have the choice of a single media drive and single hard drive.
Nothing on the right side but the lock.
It uses the exact same keyboard as the 5670 and the 6160. It uses 3 latches to hold the keyboard down and the underlying platform it sits on makes the keyboard seem more solid.
Here's a clear view of the ATI and SIS chipsets.
The battery is a 4400mah as to compare the 5670 uses a 4000mah and the 8887 uses a 6000mah battery. There is no optional 2nd battery, but there might be an external option which we're checking into.
4 screws removes the cover and the hard drive is ready for removal with no additional screws.
The RAM (2 SODIMM slots) is uncovered at the same time as the CPU heatsink.
Here's a clear shot of the video camera and it's location. It has some lag as with most PC video cameras, but works actually very well and would be fine for conferencing and video chat.
This is a pic of it in action, tough it looks washed out, it's actually the picture making it look like that.
Of course everyone will want to see it up against a 5670 and 8887, so here it is:
BENCHMARKS
Windows XP SP1 loaded very easily and we used all the drivers off the CD that came with it. We'll reference the benchmarks against the results we had a couple weeks back with the 5670 and 8887 both having the 3.06GHZ HT CPU.
3DMARK2001 SE with settings on performance and default clock speed:
5670 7348
8887 7380
4060 6926
3DMARK2003:
5670 1113
8887 1073
4060 1101
PCMARK2002 CPU test:
5670 7458
8887 7419
4060 7449
PCMARK2002 MEM test:
5670 5674
8887 5504
4060 6069
Sandra CPU test:
5670 9441 and 2642/5907
8887 9432 and 2648/5650
4060 9431 and 2640/5926
Sandra CPU Multimedia test:
5670 14162 and 22586
8887 14151 and 22771
4060 14104 and 22551
Sandra Memory test:
5670 1985-1984
8887 1974-1973
4060 2392-2393
For battery testing we ran DVD playback full screen and it went for 1 hour and 13 minutes. That is with everything enabled incl wireless and no dimmed LCD.
There is no UXGA option for this system, SXGA+ only. We don't have the specs of the LCD screen either at this point. It clearly doesn't have a wide angle view, but it's at least average from what I've seen.
The system compares to the 5670 except:
What the 5670 has over the 4060:
front panel DJ
dual internal battery option
quick release and 2 media drive capibility
UXGA option
What the 4060 has over the 5670:
smaller size and lighter weight
DDR 333 RAM
Bluetooth
video camera
$200+ less than the 5670 with same basic specs (hard drive, amount of RAM, media drive)
Sager 4060 Link
We weren't sure about the SIS chipset, but were open minded going into it. It proved to easily hold its own and then some.
The system we have to test is a 4060-V with the following:
-3.06GHZ CPU (Hyperthreading Enabled)
-533 FSB
-512MB DDR 333 RAM
-15" SXGA+ LCD
-Built in Wireless 802.11b
-Built in Bluetooth
-3 USB 2.0 ports
-SiS 645DX / SiS 962 Chipset
-DVD/CDRW Combo drive
-Floppy drive fixed
-1 type II PCMCIA slot
-Integrated video camera
Other items and features:
4-pin firewire, V.90 56K modem, Wavetable 3D Stereo Audio/AC'97 2.1, ALPS touchpad, IR port, SPDIF out, VGA out for dual display, Li-Ion battery, carrying case, AC Power adapter, paperback manual.
Here's some pics, descriptions, and benchmarks for everyone to get an idea of what all the 4060 has and can do:
CLICK ANY IMAGE TO SUPERSIZE PICTURE
Here's everything it comes with. Nero for the CD Burner, WINDVD for the DVD player, a drivers CD, Camera software CD, and a CD to install Bluetooth. It also comes with a Windows CD if you choose to have Windows preinstalled.
The FRONT has the 4 pin firewire, sound connections, and IR port which some will love, some will hate. The on/off switch ont he front is to turn the wireless 802.11b and bluetooth on and off.
The're not swappable bays like the 5670, and you only have the choice of a single media drive and single hard drive.
Nothing on the right side but the lock.
It uses the exact same keyboard as the 5670 and the 6160. It uses 3 latches to hold the keyboard down and the underlying platform it sits on makes the keyboard seem more solid.
Here's a clear view of the ATI and SIS chipsets.
The battery is a 4400mah as to compare the 5670 uses a 4000mah and the 8887 uses a 6000mah battery. There is no optional 2nd battery, but there might be an external option which we're checking into.
4 screws removes the cover and the hard drive is ready for removal with no additional screws.
The RAM (2 SODIMM slots) is uncovered at the same time as the CPU heatsink.
Here's a clear shot of the video camera and it's location. It has some lag as with most PC video cameras, but works actually very well and would be fine for conferencing and video chat.
This is a pic of it in action, tough it looks washed out, it's actually the picture making it look like that.
Of course everyone will want to see it up against a 5670 and 8887, so here it is:
BENCHMARKS
Windows XP SP1 loaded very easily and we used all the drivers off the CD that came with it. We'll reference the benchmarks against the results we had a couple weeks back with the 5670 and 8887 both having the 3.06GHZ HT CPU.
3DMARK2001 SE with settings on performance and default clock speed:
5670 7348
8887 7380
4060 6926
3DMARK2003:
5670 1113
8887 1073
4060 1101
PCMARK2002 CPU test:
5670 7458
8887 7419
4060 7449
PCMARK2002 MEM test:
5670 5674
8887 5504
4060 6069
Sandra CPU test:
5670 9441 and 2642/5907
8887 9432 and 2648/5650
4060 9431 and 2640/5926
Sandra CPU Multimedia test:
5670 14162 and 22586
8887 14151 and 22771
4060 14104 and 22551
Sandra Memory test:
5670 1985-1984
8887 1974-1973
4060 2392-2393
For battery testing we ran DVD playback full screen and it went for 1 hour and 13 minutes. That is with everything enabled incl wireless and no dimmed LCD.
There is no UXGA option for this system, SXGA+ only. We don't have the specs of the LCD screen either at this point. It clearly doesn't have a wide angle view, but it's at least average from what I've seen.
The system compares to the 5670 except:
What the 5670 has over the 4060:
front panel DJ
dual internal battery option
quick release and 2 media drive capibility
UXGA option
What the 4060 has over the 5670:
smaller size and lighter weight
DDR 333 RAM
Bluetooth
video camera
$200+ less than the 5670 with same basic specs (hard drive, amount of RAM, media drive)
Sager 4060 Link
