Laptop for 4 wows.

[Ogloo]

Hey, I am wondering if this laptop will be able to cook 4 wows in any invironment.. I mean like 0 lag during arenas in BG's (what im looking for), including some large fights with 100 people (aka wintergrasp), if not, welllll could someone help me find a laptop that would provide this profomance.

I would like a i7 CPU in there, but I cant really seem to find any, or when i do they can only have 4 gigs of memory, which is not very good for a multiboxer.

PROCESSOR- Intel® Core™2 Quad Q9000 2.0GHz (6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM - Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) + Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Coupon
VIDEO CARD- Single NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M, 1G
LCD PANEL- 17-inch WideUXGA 1920x1200 (1200p)
MEMORY- 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
HARD DRIVE- 320GB - 2x 160GB 7,200RPM - RAID 0
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE-Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

[Ogloo]

I was about to buy a desktop with 12GB memory and i7 CPU, but now with some rl things, I need a laptop.. cant go with desktop

[Toonarmy]

Ogloo,

I was in the same boat as you a couple of months ago (ie RL required me to have a laptop). I was just about to pull the trigger on a Q9000 (knowing that I really needed an i7). A little research yielded the sager 9280 (I won't mention the retailer I ordered through). Here are the specs

Display 17" WUXGA (1920x1200) Glossy
Video Card: 1,024MB DDR3 GTX 280M
Processor: i7 -920 (though you can get the 975 if you have the $$$)
Memory: 6GB DDR3 1066MHz (Up to 12GB)
Hard Drive: Up to 3 Hard Drives (I through a X25-M in for the OS and wow)
Battery Life: 1-2 Hour
Weight: 11.55lbs

I've been using it for the past week and I gotta say it is ridiculous. One of the regular posters on here keeps saying that i7/ssd combo chews through 5 wow's. I thought he was exaggerating. He''s dead right. The machine has enough mustard that it rarely has to over exert itself meaning the fans rarely spin up, resulting in a quieter machine than my old T7500.

The cost to me was about $2300 USD landed in Canada.

Just my 2 cents.



ps - let us know how you make out.

[Ogloo]

well you just got the ticket.. and omg a amazing price!
thanks so much for the help! I was wondering if you go message me with the place where you got it though.. ive done reserach and i cant seem to find anything!

[Ogloo]

nvm didnt realize you gave the name of the computer! lol i found sites with it.. Thank you so much!

[Ruodhaid]

when i startet whit boxing i borth a laptop and ran 4 wows on it and it simply got to hot and shout down after 40 mins of playing. this was 1½ year ago, i dont know how mucth better thay have gotten since then, but i would relly not recoment a laptop for boxing

[Tasty]

Nice find. i7 extreme/12gb memory in a laptop /drool.

And damn all you people who keep telling me to just buy a computer. I prefer my laptops :P lets see you move your computer from the desk to the recliner. Bet you cant!

[Moorea]

Ruodhaid: I box on a laptop and have no stability problems despite the laptop getting hot - so probably you had a bad laptop

[Bovidae]

Well I thought the OP had a nice rig listed, but SGM, ... DAMN

I have no doubt that either of those machines wouldn't perform flawlessly.

[Toonarmy]

Bovidae,

Yea. It's sweet. :)

[Toonarmy]

Ogloo,

Just some quick fps numbers for you if yer still wondering about this 9280 machine. FWIW I got used to min settings on my old lappie so now I leave all 5 wow set that way.

Dalaran (Friday evening server time) - not quite pinned 40 on main, ie it sometimes drops momentarily to the low 30's(set by keyclone, slaves at set at 8.0)
Dalaran (Saturday late morning server time) - 40
Any instance I hit - pinned at 40
Northrend world stufff - pinned at 40 (though sometimes it drops when entering an inn)
Pre WOTLK content - pinned at 40 (the but in all faireness the old T7500/8600 combo was in the mid to high 30's)

I tell you it sure is nice never having to worry about dropping follow in the cities (especially the alleged Da-lag-aron as one community member reffers to it as)

If you're still on the fence, and the 2300 isn't a problem, I can't recommend this machine highly enough.

[Tasty]

Dalaran is a baddie. My laptop runs flawlessly everywhere but there lol. Its all those bastards afking near the mailbox all day to show off their pixels! I swear.