Friday, June 05, 2009

What Kind of Laptop Does a Game Designer Buy?



What kind of laptop would a Game Designer buy? That's the question I've been asking myself over the last couple of months of laptop research.

I finally figured out the answer to that question, and for me it's the Sager 8662.

Who is Sager? Well... you know all those high end laptop companies out there? They all buy their parts from the same company... The company is called Clevo. Sager directly buys their parts from Clevo, and only makes the highest end gaming laptops.

I knew I wanted something that wasn't bigger than 15 inches for screen size, and I wanted something fast enough to game and work on.

I ended up with the Sager 8662, bought through xoticpc.com

Here are the specs:

1x Sager NP8662 (Built on Clevo M860TU)

- Warranty: 3 Year Labor* 1 Year Parts Warra
- Software Bundle (Not Installed): No Software Bundle
- Microsoft Office Software: No Office Software
- Operating System: None Standard - Drivers & Utilit
- Notebook Cooler: No Notebook Cooler
- Mouse / Keyboard Accessories: No External Keyboard or Mouse
- Fingerprint Reader: Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- Port Replicator / Dock / Adapter: No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- Spare AC Adapter: None Standard*
- Car Adapter: No Car Adapter
- Battery: Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- Case: Basic Black Business Case - Incl
- Sound Card: Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audi
- TV Tuner: No TV Tuner
- Camera: Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Wireless Network Accessories: No Network Accessory
- Wireless Network: Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 530
- Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth + EDR
- Memory Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card Reader (MS/
- Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
- External Hard Drive (Back Up): No Back Up Hard Drive
- Primary Hard Drive: ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 3
- Optical Drive: ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +
- Exterior Finish: Standard Finish
- Intel® Robson Turbo Memory: None Standard--
- Ram: ~ 4,096MB DDR3 1066MHz Dual Chan
- External Monitor Video Adapter: No Video Adapter
- Video Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 260M 1,024MB
- Processor: ~Intel® P9700 45nm "Montevina" C
- Dead Pixel Policy: Standard Dead Pixel Policy
- Arctic Silver: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
- Display: 15.4" WSXGA+ "Glare Type" Super


So, why this laptop you ask?

It's the fastest 15 inch laptop on the market... bar none. Can you say Crysis running smoothly in high quality in native resolution on a lappy? Oh yes...

All I have to say is this machine looks sexy! I couldn't love a human child as much as I love this laptop! (j/k)

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! And to think that we can get the Intel Core i7 Extreme 975 3.33 GHz in a LAPTOP!! It's the Sager 9280 or Clevo D900F see and get them here...
http://www.lpc-digital.com/store/3302695/product/cl-221-3

Anonymous said...

The Sager 8662 is a fantastic 15.4 machine we love it for office and play! See and get it here...

http://www.lpc-digital.com/product/sa-221-4

Anonymous said...

That looks sweet. There are features in that build that really make me jealous - the thermal paste, many choices offered in the processors, the 1680x1050 screen option. I have been agonizing over my laptop purchase, and finally just went with a desktop replacement. Not very portable, but it is better then my 1yr old home built PC in every way.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152112

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Phil said...

If your like me and you like alot of eye candy then the Sager 9850 ? Clevo M980NU is the gamers heaven!

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