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Sager ahead of schedule on the upgrade kit for the ultra for 98x0

post #1 of 15
6/7/05 at 6:48pm
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post #2 of 15
6/7/05 at 7:04pm
$745? Ouch! Not suprised though. Not sure its worth upgrading from a 6800 to 6800U. Might be better to wait for the next generation card. I expect to see something from nVidia better than the 6800U by Christmas.
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post #3 of 15
6/7/05 at 7:17pm
That is a very steep price just to upgrade the card. I do believe the price is justified considering that along with the card they will be modifing the MB. But myself I wouldn't go for it if I had an x800 or the regular 6800. I'm also curious about how much time it takes to do 1 MB and what all they are upgrading/changing.
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post #4 of 15
6/7/05 at 7:20pm
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Originally Posted by eod_punk
That is a very steep price just to upgrade the card. I do believe the price is justified considering that along with the card they will be modifing the MB. But myself I wouldn't go for it if I had an x800 or the regular 6800. I'm also curious about how much time it takes to do 1 MB and what all they are upgrading/changing.

Well it is the Ultra, the MB revision, and a the new ACA(which mind is is 125.00). So if you break it down it is about the not that unreasonable.
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post #5 of 15
6/7/05 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by eod_punk
That is a very steep price just to upgrade the card. I do believe the price is justified considering that along with the card they will be modifing the MB. But myself I wouldn't go for it if I had an x800 or the regular 6800. I'm also curious about how much time it takes to do 1 MB and what all they are upgrading/changing.
10 minutes tops
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post #6 of 15
6/7/05 at 8:58pm
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Originally Posted by ambitwogunz
10 minutes tops
Here is the time required for the upgrade:
2 Hours for Disassembly and reassembly of the notebook
2-3 Hours for motherboard rework + testing
Then on top of that final testing once the notebook is reassembled


but well.... 10 minutes was close
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post #7 of 15
6/8/05 at 9:15am
ouch..10 minutes equal 10 $
but as luke said it takes about 10 min ...eghhh NOT. We have 7 hours that 420 minuutes times10 / 10 etcetc ...well all in all, it get to 700$ at the end with everything included.
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post #8 of 15
6/8/05 at 6:55pm
I dont think the problem is with the price of what Sager is charging. Its more of a question of price vs performance of going from 6800 to 6800U. I'm thinking thats the bigger issue at hand. At least thats what I would be more concerned about anyway. Everyone has their own thoughts on this I'm sure.
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post #9 of 15
6/8/05 at 9:04pm
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Originally Posted by Skott
I dont think the problem is with the price of what Sager is charging. Its more of a question of price vs performance of going from 6800 to 6800U. I'm thinking thats the bigger issue at hand. At least thats what I would be more concerned about anyway. Everyone has their own thoughts on this I'm sure.
I think the performance is there. Despite the issues I was having, when I ran a successful benchmark on my 9880 I was getting 5200 on 3dmark05. The best I got on my 9860 was 4100. Everything else was configured identically - CPU, HD, RAM etc....

In my opinion, a 25% increase in 3dmark05 (1100+ benchmarks) is nothing to sneeze at.
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post #10 of 15
6/9/05 at 12:32am
Man thats a little spendy. I think right now I'll stick with my X800 and see what the X800xt does and whats the price
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post #11 of 15
6/9/05 at 2:06am
hmm i just hope that another mobo revision will not be nessesary for anyone with the ultra to jump to yet another version of cards
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post #12 of 15
6/9/05 at 11:16am
well,i'm seriously considering it. i have to send my 9860 back for an rma anyway(sometimes when i start it up now one of the fans doesnt seem to start..causing it to idle at 65 =/ ) so since i live in canada and i havta pay 200$ ish for shipping anyway i'm thinking why not might, as well go for the whole package
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post #13 of 15
6/9/05 at 3:43pm
With this upgrade we pay for new parts. Do we get the old parts back? The older video card and power supply? Would be nice to have a backup video and the older power supply could be used for something. Also, does this upgrade include the next ATI X800XT possibility? Or will we be duped into another 700bucks? I prefer the ATI to Nvidia.
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post #14 of 15
6/11/05 at 6:43am
i'm seriously considering sending mine in for the upgrade and spires brings up a good question, i'm not sure waht use i'd have for my old x800m (ebay maybe?) but it'd be nice to get the old parts back...?
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post #15 of 15
6/11/05 at 7:21am
taliosfalcon.. an advice, sell the whole laptop on ebay and buy the 9880. Or if u can wait a couple of months u can sell it then (but for a cheaper priice) and get the new dual core
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