Which one NP9262 or Asus G70S-A1?

[Smitherinz]

I have pretty much settled on the NP9262 with the following;
17" Screen
WUXGA
Intel Duo Core E8500 3.16Ghz (I read the Quad Core aren't really that great right now)
(x2) 512MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 9800M GT
4,096MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory
(x2) 320GB 5400RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 8MB Cache)
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit
Dual Layer DVD (Blue Ray would be nice but not for the price)
No Raid
And it will be used in the USA
Ends up being $3,254.00

I am in Army Aviation so, battery life and weight aren't really a concern, but solid build is a must, Helicopters vibrate a lot.

I will be using it to play Supreme Commander, the future Blizzard Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3, as well as Red Alert 3. But the Asus G70s-A1
intrigues me (the dual setup) but I really have no clue. My question is how will this build of the NP9262 play these future games (I know no one knows the requirements for these future games)? And I can't find any reviews for the Asus computer any information would be greatly appreciated.

[The Bill]

Sagar immediately comes to mind when you say durability, very sturdy indeed. Very nice build btw, extremely similar to mine. Anyway, what do you mean "the dual setup"?

The question you're asking is pretty undefined here, but I "how will these computers play games" I assume well? With SLi support, and very good processing power, and RAM (According to your build) and will be able to handle games for months and months to come. Comparing the NP9262 specs (Your build) to the specs of the Asus G70s-A1 (No customization options with the A1), the NP9262 is obviously better.

Plus games like Starcraft II, and Diablo III are coming from Blizzard which have a tendancy to make there games graphics extremely flexible, so just about any computer in XoticPC should be able to support those two games.

As for info for your Asus G70s-A1: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=3600867 contains so much info about the G70 series your head will explode.

Bill

[Smitherinz]

Thank you very much Bill for the information, it was very useful. I was referring with the "dual set up" remark to the Asus A1 (two hard drive, two GPU's, and two processors), because it seems to be their key selling point.

Thanks again, I searched this forum and others for Asus info but failed to find any, guess I did not look hard enough.

[Woody]

...My question is how will this build of the NP9262 play these future games...

Nice! I just ordered one of these also. I also went with the dual core E8500 rather than the quad. Pretty much all current games run better on a faster dual core than a slower quad core but that will probably change in the next year or so as more games are multi thread optimized for quads. Since the 9800GTX is technically not out just yet that makes the 9800GT the fastest mobile GPU you can get right now. It's based on newer technology G94 than the faster G92 based GTX but no one seems sure what that will mean. Probably the GT will be cooler and use less power and be nearly as fast since they both run at the same speed but the GTX has 112 "cores" compared to 96 on the GT (so what about a 17% difference?).

As far as the future? This is probably the most upgradable laptop you can buy right now. Not saying much but you can upgrade the CPU with an off the shelf desktop Socket LGA775 quad core next year when they're cheap and the new nehalems are the high end. For example right now it will cost you $375 extra to get your 9262 with a Q9550 and it will run most games slower than the E8500 included in the base configuration. Next year you will probably be able to pick up a QX9650 for cheap compared to what they cost today and it will probably drop right in there. You just have to consider if cooling is adequate.

You can also add a second 9800GT down the road and configure SLI to upgrade the graphics.

I'm also in aviation and I've been dragging my current Sager around with me all over the world for two and a half years and it's never given me any trouble. I especially like the autoswitching power supply that works in Europe at 220V without a voltage adapter.

I ordered a basic setup with the basic drive and a single stick of RAM so I can configure it myself. There are some new hard drives coming out this fall and I wanted to hold off on those.

[Mazeura]

The GT does use less power. About 10 Watts less than the GTX.
(9800mGTX uses 75 Watts, 9800mGT uses 65 Watts, and my precious 8800mGTX uses only 35 Watts :) )

[qaz333]

consider the np5796