Sager NP9262 vs Dell XPS1730

[Tordek]

SAGER NP9262
- ~ 100GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA 150)
- ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares
- ~ $100 OFF SPECIAL 4,096MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory (For use with Vista 64-Bit Only)
- 512MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 8800GTX DX10 (User Upgradeable)
- ~Intel Core 2 QUAD Q6600 2.4GHz w/ 8MB L2 Cache - 1066MHz FSB
- 17" WUXGA "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1920x1200)

AT $3,075.00 before shipping&handling.

DELL XPS1730
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2MB Cache/2.20GHz/800MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition - English
17 inch UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WUXGA
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)
NVIDIA®SLI™Dual GeForce®8700MGT with 512MB GDDR3 Memory
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 a/g Mini Card
High Definition Audio 2.0
AGEIA PhysX™ 100M Processor

AT $2,514.00 before shipping&handling.





Now I know they are not comparable notebooks. The Sager completely obliterating the Dell on gaming performance (and pretty much everything else due to the quad core).

But a point that worries me is the PhysX proc on the Dell.
Im not sure how sager would go about upgrading if PhysX takes off. And that worries me.
I know that I could always get an 8800m gtx from dell with the xps as an upgrade.(when it becomes available and necessary)

Im torn here, any suggestions?

 

[sabregen]

well, i don't know. we just ordered two of the 9262's yesterday (see post in this forum as well). Unless Ageia decides /figures out how to put a physx card in an MXM slot/Mini-PCI or other industry standard slot...I dunno....buy the Dell, rip out the physx card, return it and buy the sager?
of course

if phsyx takes off

is the key issue. it's been out for years now, and has shown me nothing to date that I am impressed with.

I'm not familiar with the Dell model, but the Sager can do RAID 0/1/5 with up to 3x 7200RPM hard drives, and it can do SLI. Does the Dell have the same capabilities? The sager also has A/B/G/N wireless, and Bluetooth, with the options for an internal TV tuner, and a media remote. 8800M GTX 512 stomps 8700m SLI, and also beats 7950GTX SLI as well.

 

[Tordek]

Got it.

I was thinking the same.

The thing is that I just saw the PhysX demos from UT3 and they do look good.

 

[sabregen]

everyone has been saying that. I played the original UT and had a blast, then played the second one, and I think either I had lost my edge for twitch games, or maybe it was somethign else...don't know. At any rate, I don't plan in taking part in UT3, so to choose a Dell with Physx over a laptop with multiple raid levels, 8800m GTX sli capable, and something with wireless N and Bluetooth doesn't make sense to me...but that's just my opinion.

 

[Zero82z]

PhysX won't take off, there's no need to worry about that. The Sager is a much better laptop. I would suggest getting a true laptop CPU instead of that Q6600 though if you intend to move the laptop around, since the desktop chip will run much hotter and use a lot more power than a laptop chip.