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Sager 9750 Review

The Sager 9750 is the AMD version of the 9890. Because this notebook is almost the same thing,
you can check out the 9890 review. In this review I will explain the differences between the 9890
and the 9750.

NP 9750 SERIES SPECIFICATIONS

Processor
AMD Athlon 64
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55/57
AMD Athlon 64 X2

Core Logic
VIA K8T890+VT8237A

Memory
PC3200 Dual Channel DDR System Memory
Expandable up to 2GB MAX

Bios
4MB Flash ROM BIOS

Disk Storage
- Hard Disk Drive
PCI Local Bus Interface
2x Detachable 2.5” 9.5mm SATA150 or ATA100 Hard Disk Drive
- Hardware Raid-0 or Raid-1 (SATA ONLY)
- Floppy Disk Drive
Ext. USB 3.5” 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
- Built-in 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MSPro/SD/MMC/CF/MD/SM)

Display
17” WSXGA+ (Glare-Type) / 17” WUXGA (Glare-Type)
256MB Video Memory
PCI-Express 16x Modular Video Card from ATi or nVIDIA
Dual-View Display Capability

DVD or CD-ROM Drive
2x Optical Drive Bay
Interchangeable with DVD/CD-RW Combo drive or DVD±R/RW Combo drive
ATAPI Interface

Audio System
AC’97 8ch Sound System (with 8 external speakers output without Ext. decoder)
S/PDIF Digital output
SRS WOW support
Audio DJ Access Front Panel with MP3 playback compatible
1 Built-in Microphone
4 Built-in Speakers
1 Built-in Subwoofer

PCMCIA Slot
PCMCIA 3.0 Standard Compliant
1 Type II PCMCIA Slot


Pointing Device
Integrated Touchpad With Scroll Up/Down Slider

Keyboard
Full Sized Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Windows 95 2 Hot keys
Integrated with Hot Keys for LCD Brightness, Suspend, Panel/CRT Display
3 Hot Keys for E-Mail, Web Browser. And AP-Key

Interface
Infrared Communication, FIR, SIR and ASK Compliant
1 16c550 Compatible Serial Port
1 Parallel Port, with ECP/EPP Support
1 External Keyboard Port
1 DVI Port
4 USB 2.0 Ports
4 multi-function Audio Jacks
1 RJ-45 LAN (10/100/1000Mbps)
1 RJ-11 Modem
2 IEEE 1394a Fire Wire
1 S-video TV-Out
1 S-video Video-in

Power System
1 Lithium-Ion Battery
Full Range Auto-Switching 100V/240V AC Adapter

Power Management
System Management Mode (SMM)
Suspend to HDD / DRAM
Full features of SMI Power Management, Doze, Sleep, Suspend/Resume Mode

Options
Internal 802.11g Wireless LAN Mini-PCI interface
Internal 802.11g & Bluetooth combo card Mini-PCI interface
Build-in Digital Video Camera


Are test system specs:

Sager 9750-V
WUXGA (1920x1200) 17” widescreen
AMD Athlon X2 4800+
AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Nvidia 7800GTX 256MB
2GB DDR
2x 100GB 7200RPM SATA
All other basic options.



Design: As you can see the notebook looks completely identical to the 9890.



Heat and cooling:



System under full load

53c CPU
48c system temp

With the F2 fan function used
54
44

W-key 9750=90F 9890=93F
Left Palm 9750=100 9890=101
Right Palm 9750=90 9890=89
Number Pad 9750=85 9890=85


Battery information and life: Comming soon


Benchmarks:











Gaming experience: For the gaming experience I believe you should almost
never go under 20fps and Average around at least 35-50fps. Below I list the
settings I was able to play some games with this type of framerate or higher.

Call of Duty 2: I was able to play this game at 1920x1200 with everything maxed.



Quake 4: I was able to play this game at 1280x1024 with everything maxed.

F.E.A.R: I was able to play this game at 1280x960 with everything maxed but 2x AF and 4x AA.



Doom 3: I was able to play this game at 1280x1024 with everything maxed



World of Warcraft: I was able to play this game at 1920x1200 with everything maxed and the AF up half way.

Counter-Strike Source: I was able to play this game at 1920x1200 with everything maxed.

All in all:

The 9750 is nothing more then the AMD version of the 9890. Toss a nice X2 in under the hood and you've got yourself a damn nice gaming rig capable of out performing not only the 9890 in games but almost all multi-tasking applications as well. There is a bit of a cost difference, but for the high end users, the options for the best processors on the market are now available in your notebook.