When will the 88xx be on laptops?

Bengaboy · 26 Oct 2007 at 18:19

Im looking at buying a laptop and obviously want to get the most out of my money before i purchase one.

So id like to get one with a 8800 gfx card - would be super dooper sweet :cool:

The thing is I know they will eventually come out for laptops, but im on a time limit ya see - i want one before i join the navy which will be in about 6-8 months time....ish.

Anyone help me out?

smsmasters · 26 Oct 2007 at 18:28

In a year most likely.

Bengaboy · 26 Oct 2007 at 19:57

So not in time before i join the old navy then....

What are the good websites that i can look at to keep track of stuff like this?

Stolly · 26 Oct 2007 at 20:13

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

peetee · 26 Oct 2007 at 20:43

Bengaboy said:
So not in time before i join the old navy then....

What are the good websites that i can look at to keep track of stuff like this?

theres 8700SLIs but thats tops atm.
What you joining navy as? My siblings are both in and im going to go to the careers office within the month

liam8582007 · 26 Oct 2007 at 20:46

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/25/nvidia-g92-enter-notebook

November 19th aparently.

Liam

lay-z-boy · 26 Oct 2007 at 21:02

Bengaboy said:
So not in time before i join the old navy then....

What are the good websites that i can look at to keep track of stuff like this?

notebookreview.com and notebookforums.com are great sites that have news sections and threads on this subject.

Rumour has it the dell xps m1730 will be blessed with two of them in sli and one of if not the first to have them.

I know I'm going to be looking forward to dells upgrade program soon.

Bengaboy · 26 Oct 2007 at 23:13

peetee said:
theres 8700SLIs but thats tops atm.
What you joining navy as? My siblings are both in and im going to go to the careers office within the month

Im joining the navy as a warfare specialist - what you going for?

lay-z-boy said:
notebookreview.com and notebookforums.com are great sites that have news sections and threads on this subject.

Rumour has it the dell xps m1730 will be blessed with two of them in sli and one of if not the first to have them.

I know I'm going to be looking forward to dells upgrade program soon.

Cheers for that pal - whats the dell upgrade program then?

lay-z-boy · 27 Oct 2007 at 00:13

Bengaboy said:
Cheers for that pal - whats the dell upgrade program then?

Dell currently offers two 8700m gt's in sli but the machine and power supply was built for the 8800m's. When they hit 'retail' dell will offer an upgrade program to all xps m1730 users to change the 8700's for 8800's for a price. There has been no hints on the price though.

peetee · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:14

Bengaboy said:
Im joining the navy as a warfare specialist - what you going for?

think it was called communication technician, Though im in final year of my degree now so if i get a 2.1 or 1.1 ill look into officer rank, was advised to go RAF if I could be officer though.
Cant see me getting a half decent classification on degree though, im completely distanced from it, its BORING.

Bengaboy · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:16

lay-z-boy said:
Dell currently offers two 8700m gt's in sli but the machine and power supply was built for the 8800m's. When they hit 'retail' dell will offer an upgrade program to all xps m1730 users to change the 8700's for 8800's for a price. There has been no hints on the price though.

Ahhh right gotchya

Sniper123 · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:29

Got bored waiting for the 88**m series so I ordered this from USA yesterday...

Clevo D900C Notebook (Sager)
Customizations:

Intel® Core 2 Duo Processors: Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor E6850 3.0Ghz 4mb Cache 1333MHz
Display: 17" 1920 x 1200 WUXGA GlassView LCD, Super-Wide Viewing Angles
Video : Dual nVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX w/512MB (2 VGA Cards with SLI Technology) **Not Supported w/ Vista
DDR2 Memory: 2GB DDR2-6400 (2 x 1GB)
SATA Notebook Hard Drive: Seagate 160GB 7200RPM SATA
Wireless Card: Intel 3945ABG Pro/Wireless Network Connection Adapter (Tri-mode 802.11a/b/g)
LAN: Built in 10/100/1000 BaseT Ethernet LAN (RJ-45)
Standard AC Adapter: AC Adapter Included
Optical Drive: Dual Layer DVDRW Included
Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth Module
Standard Battery: Smart Lion 12 Cell
Operating System : Windows XP Home
Carrying Case: Deluxe Carry Case Included

$3,281.65

Should be here in 2 weeks

Screw Dell and there over price laptops.What made me laugh was they force you to have SLI 8700m GT which don't have work in Vista lol which they also force you to buy.Plus the fact they supply you with 32bit version of Vista instead of x64 is a big joke aswell :mad:

peetee · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:33

dell ask you if you want vista or XP FYI, and its easy enough to barter them down etc, i blagged aload of upgrades for 20p extra last week on my vostro

Cant wait for it to arrive.

Can i just ask, why do u need so much GPU power? =/ Are you taking a paycut to go in navy or something? $3.2k ... JESUS

Sniper123 · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:45

peetee said:
dell ask you if you want vista or XP FYI, and its easy enough to barter them down etc, i blagged aload of upgrades for 20p extra last week on my vostro Cant wait for it to arrive.

Can i just ask, why do u need so much GPU power? =/ Are you taking a paycut to go in navy or something? $3.2k ... JESUS

After a desktop replacement...
Selling my desktop soon since I need something mobile and powerful, go 7950GTX is slightly better than a desktop 7950GT on paper so since it's a 1920/1200 screen I thought I'd better go for SLI go 7950GTX

3,200.00 USD

=

1,559.90 GBP

₤1.799 just for a default Dell M1730 btw :eek:

peetee · 27 Oct 2007 at 01:52

Sniper123 said:
After a desktop replacement...
Selling my desktop soon since I need something mobile and powerful, go 7950GTX is slightly better than a desktop 7950GT on paper so since it's a 1920/1200 screen I thought I'd better go for SLI go 7950GTX

3,200.00 USD

=

1,559.90 GBP

₤1.799 just for a default Dell M1730 btw

its easy to haggle them right down man.

Yea but what did you use desktop as? Surely you could just get an 8600GT laptop and a lower res screen and go on hols instead?

Sniper123 · 27 Oct 2007 at 02:01

peetee said:
its easy to haggle them right down man.

Yea but what did you use desktop as? Surely you could just get an 8600GT laptop and a lower res screen and go on hols instead?

Haggling with Dell isn't going to get me a E6850 3.0Ghz is it

Plus I'm sure this laptop will heat my house nicely this winter

That should save me some pennies

Bengaboy · 27 Oct 2007 at 02:30

Well, those sager laptops look the absolute shiznips!

The price and specification of them seem brilliant! Why have they put a desktop cpu in it though? I know its better then having a laptop cpu - but why arnt all laptop makers doing that?

Also what happens if it goes wrong and has to be taken back? Long and expensive way to America....

Quite tempted by one of these though!!

lay-z-boy · 27 Oct 2007 at 03:18

Sniper123 said:
Screw Dell and there over price laptops.What made me laugh was they force you to have SLI 8700m GT which don't have work in Vista lol which they also force you to buy.Plus the fact they supply you with 32bit version of Vista instead of x64 is a big joke aswell

don't have work in vista lol?

:confused:

Of course they work in vista in sli, in fact they very recently did an official driver update that has massive performance gains. Not that it is hard to mod standard drivers for any gpu.
Not to mention the upgrade to dual 8800's witch is coming very soon.
XPS support is fantastic, understandable English speaking Americans or Europeans.
Last but not least

They supply x86 vista as it doesn't have driver signing problems like x64 that can confuse some owners. I have full working copies of ultimate x64 and x86 anyway

Just had a look at the d900, :eek:

it must be about as thick as a shoebox :eek:

and 3 hard drives? this is madness?!?!

I paid £1850 for my m1730, the same spec on their site will set you back £2250 right now, it's easy to get them for less with a small bit of nagging.

Sniper123 · 27 Oct 2007 at 05:33

lay-z-boy said:
don't have work in vista lol?

Of course they work in vista in sli, in fact they very recently did an official driver update that has massive performance gains. Not that it is hard to mod standard drivers for any gpu.
Not to mention the upgrade to dual 8800's witch is coming very soon.
XPS support is fantastic, understandable English speaking Americans or Europeans.
Last but not least They supply x86 vista as it doesn't have driver signing problems like x64 that can confuse some owners. I have full working copies of ultimate x64 and x86 anyway

Just had a look at the d900, it must be about as thick as a shoebox and 3 hard drives? this is madness?!?!

I paid £1850 for my m1730, the same spec on their site will set you back £2250 right now, it's easy to get them for less with a small bit of nagging.

I have a Dell XPS M170 so I will compare thickness when it arrives

peetee · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:22

i dont get why half of you dont just get a £800-£900 laptop, and then a £800-£900 desktop, and the rest on a lovely big HDTV

Oh well, each to their own!