Sager Owners List

corad : 2 xSager NP8660
N1-C : Sager NP8660
Bankster : ex-Sager NP5796 now Sager NP5797
000022 : Sager NP8660
Ashikune : Sager NP8660
sniper on the roof : Sager M570RU
kirakun : Sager NP9262
WyjSwmW : Sager NP5793
mr lappy : Sager NP8662
666Pride : Sager NP8662
amduser : Sager NP8662
p3psi892 : Sager NP8690
SonicSpyro : Sager NP8690



Had this lappie for a week, so going to do a very brief review



Specs :
Processor: 2.53Ghz Intel® P9500 45nm "Montevina" C 6Mb L2 Cache
RAM: 4096 MB DDR3 1066MHz Dual Chan (2 SODIMMS) *Upgraded in December08
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB DDR3

Screen Reso: 15.4inch 1900 x 1200 WUXGA "Matte Type"
Storage: 500GB 5400RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 8MB Cache)
Optical Media: 2X Blue-Ray Read/8X DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive

Misc: Intel® PRO/Wireless 5300 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi Link ,
Internal Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR
3.5G SIM Slot
Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC/RS)
Integrated Fingerprint Reader

Dimensions:
14.3" (w) x 10.6" (d) x 1.45"~1.95" (h)

7.1 lbs with Battery Pack

Shipping took 3 busniess days from the US. The box it came in was huge !


Almost half the box was filled with padding, and everything was so tightly packed that I had to use apply force to get the laptop out of the box





Manuals and drivers are provided in a seperate compartment.




The Laptop upon unboxing. Unlike other manufactuers who just supply a sheet of plastic to act as both a keyboard and screen protector, this Sager came with nicely cut plastic sheets(much like those we used to wrap our primary school text books with ) to cover everything including the back of the moniter. The plastic tapes holding the sheets in place are very easily removed









The entire body of the laptop is aluminium and spray painted black. It feels very solid and classy.






Sorry for the bad shots, still need the sifu's here to teach me how to take proper photographs Laptop has a very minimalist look, and dosent spot things such as media buttons which is quite a shame. It does however, stop those buttons getting in the way during a game

What I found most outstanding on this laptop save it's specs is the cooling system. It only uses a single fan and a very large copper based heatsink right at the rear of the laptop. I played Crysis and Call Of Duty 4 on High , 4AA , 1920 x 1200 with no visible lag at all. And after 3 hours, the keyboard was only slightly warm which I atribute to my plams The bottom of the laptop was still cool (as in, not warm to the touch) and the only hot part was where the fan is located, and the surface directly behind the laptop where all the hot air was going. I would advise against putting anything behind this laptop when it's running because tempretures get seriously high back there.

On idle, the single fan is barely audible and comparing it with my dell inspirion 6400, you won't even notice the Sager is booted and running


I guess most people will be curious about the price ? I purchased this laptop from xoticpc (click for more pictuers) and the total , including shipping is RM 6.1k



another one from notebookreview.com

This post has been edited by corad: Jan 19 2011, 11:56 PM

Power adapter beside a can of guava for the curious one's



And some Benchmarks on Windows XP. Drivers used are the factory default, still waiting for my copy of Windows Vista to arrive to see if there are any performance differences
CPU-z ,GPU-z, Orthos Blend 8, ,ATi tool and HW Moniter



3D Mark 06 with slight OC on CPU & GPU. Many thanks to vincentlaw !


Vista Performance Index (before OC)


Update : 12 / 12 / 08




Heck, with year end discounts I was poisoned to get another

2nd Sager NP8660 Specs : [Benchmarks in this posts are for my 1st Sager, not this one]
Processor: Intel® T9600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.80GHz w/6MB L2 On-die cache
RAM: 4096 MB DDR3 1066MHz Dual Chan (2 SODIMMS)
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9800GT 512MB DDR3

Screen Reso: 15.4inch 1900 x 1200 WUXGA "Matte Type"
Storage: 500GB 5400RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 8MB Cache
Optical Media: 2X Blue-Ray Read/8X DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive

Misc: Intel® PRO/Wireless 5300 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi Link ,
Internal Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR
3.5G SIM Slot
Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo/SD/Mini-SD/MMC/RS)
Integrated Fingerprint Reader

Dimensions:
14.3" (w) x 10.6" (d) x 1.45"~1.95" (h)

7.1 lbs with Battery Pack

An inside view of the Sager. I opened mine to upgrade the RAM. cost me USD65 for another 4Gb DDR3 [2x 2Gb DDR3 sticks]. And doing this dosen't even void your warranty
Easiest laptop I've taken apart. Only needed to unscrew the back plate and wa lah! All the components become assessable. Just like opening the side panel of a desktop.







This post has been edited by corad: Feb 11 2009, 10:23 PM

Woah, Crysis on High on a laptop at 1920x1200?!? I can't even do that on my desktop!!! At 6.1k it's an even better buy than XPS and Alienware!!!

may i ask, the adapter is can used in malaysia? or need converter plug? and 6.1k for whole set evertyhing in a box??? WoW. 1 more, how about warranty purpose?

Alienware is wayyy over priced. I'll post the 3D marks scores soon, still benchmarking other games

Yeap, adapter can be used in Malaysia. On the website they allow you to choose which adapter suits you. And 6.1k for everything in the box and getting it to your house
Warranty depends on the part. if your adapter kaputs, you'll just have to inform them and they'll send another out to you free of charge. If something goes wrong with the laptop itself u'll hv to send it back to them tho

This post has been edited by corad: Oct 18 2008, 10:54 PM

Cool. delivery to malaysia and the price is 6.1k. i read on their website got 3 years warranty, so if the hardware failure, where we can send it? need to post to them? the machine really so COOL!

wow, nice sager. i really wish to have one sager or gateway oneday. neat stuff
ninja edit: thanks for the review and piccies

This post has been edited by Miyabi: Oct 18 2008, 11:40 PM

can't wait for your benchies on Far Cry 2 when it comes out... you'll do it right?

very affordable compare to DELL customisation

cant say nothing at all except WOW

nice laptop there..it using ddr3 lolz...just 6.1k ...cheap ...

Sorry for asking the same question.. Edited

This post has been edited by noveus: Oct 20 2008, 12:38 AM

Welcome ! thanks for reading too

you betcha, but probably have to wait a few weeks down the road. Right now really looking forward to GTA 4 tho
A run through 3dmark06 = 12680

As for the questions about warrenty, I guess that the laptop will have to go back to the US if there's a problem

don't you thinks its pretty troublesome. Or do you know any place in malaysia that know how to fix a sager? lol

malaysia dont have this brand Sc i think ...sager wow

yea i know it doesnt. So dats why wondering anywhere u guys dat can fix it if there is any prob

I guess it's just a risk we have to take about not having domestic warrenty support.

how long is the period if you play games only using the batt.

depends what kind of games. If graphic & CPU intensive games the batt only last about 30 minutes with full brightness and speakers.

but if you're just surfing the web via wifi and listening to mp3's , batt life is about 1:45 minutes - 2hours.

btw : if anyone's interested I could ask xoticpc for a better price (or bulk order) since i've been dealing with them for quite some time

This post has been edited by corad: Oct 21 2008, 06:25 AM

corad, could u ask them more about the warranty. since 6.1k is very tempting price with superb specs, we consider about warranty also. since i read on their webs it comes with 3 years warranty. by them or sager? and if got problem here, what is the procedure? sending to them back or claim by our own?