Is There A Cheaper Or Better 7800gtx Laptop Around

dubdvd

Im ordering this laptop on monday ..but im looking for some feed back here ..The spec are below

Your order details

DescriptionQtyExIncVoyager C720 (Dec05) 1£1,148.08£1,348.99Intel® Pentium® M processor 760 (2.0GHz) 533MHz1£0.00£0.00Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Edition1£39.99£46.99100GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive1£34.03£39.9917'' WSXGA (1680x1050) with Camera & Bluetooth1£126.80£148.998 cell Li-Ion battery (life up to 3hrs approx)1£0.00£0.00No additional PSU1£0.00£0.00Microsoft® Works 8.01£0.00£0.00Evesham Gold Warranty (2Yrs OSM 1Yr RTB)1£0.00£0.00No additional software1£0.00£0.00No Antivirus Software1£0.00£0.00No Mouse1£0.00£0.00No Evesham StarterPack1£0.00£0.00No Soundcard1£0.00£0.00No additional speakers1£0.00£0.00No ADSL Wireless bundle1£0.00£0.00No Docking Station1£0.00£0.00No External USB Floppy Drive / Card Reader1£0.00£0.00No Carry Case1£0.00£0.00No External Hard Disk Drive1£0.00£0.00No Web Cam1£0.00£0.00Totals (ex delivery):£1,348.90£1,584.96Notebook delivery£16.98£19.95Totals:£1,365.88£1,604.91

Which works out at 2,346.73 EUR
Is there any ther laptop around at a cheaper price with the same kind of specs ...I did win a bid the other night on EBAY on a DELL XPS GEN 2 which has a 6800 ultra and i won it at 1100 euro from the USA but now he guy doesnt accept paypal so im not to happy sending off that kind of money to someone in the states ...his feeback looks great but on a colser look i see that he has 100 or so feedbacks all 100% but they are all for buying things and not from him selling anything and now he seems to have 6 to 8 of these laptops all new and boxed and also a few 17" apple lifebooks ..it all seems a bit iffy ive emailed him about four times asking if he would take PAYPAL or even ASCROW but he hasnt replied ..if it was all above board i wouldnt mind to much loosing out on the 7800gtx for the 6800 ulta seems ill save half the money .and get 2 gigs of ram and higher res on the 17" tft
..im worried about the tax if the customs gets a hold of the laptop aswell..
here is the specs on the dell

Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Specufications:
Intel® Pentium® M Processor 760 (2 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
2 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
17" UltraSharp™ TFT Active Matrix Wide-Aspect Screen WUXGA with TrueLifeTM (1920x1200)
256MB DDR NVIDIA® GeForceTM Go 6800, with DVI & S-Video
Hard disk 100GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Media drive 8XDVD+/-RW / CD+RW Combo Drive with double-layer write capability
Wireless Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915Internal Wireless(802.11a/b/g 54 Mbps)
Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth Internal(2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate)
Internal Modem Integrated V.92 56K, Internal 1 Gigabit Network Card
Built-in Speakers;monaural mini-jack microphone Integrated stereo sound & front access subwoofer
Flash Memory Slot - Secure Digital (SD-Reader) and SD/IO compliant
Operating system Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with service pack 2

anyhow any input here will be great thanks

jesus_thats_gre

I think that is the cheapest you are gonna get Dubdvd.. I would ignore the Dell one to be honest, sounds risky..

I would recommend getting a faster processor if possible. I went from a 2.0GHz to a 2.23GHz Pentium M and there is less slow down when any physics kick in etc... Just a suggestion anyhow..

dubdvd

thanks for that ....its just for me to up the cpu any higher , could cost me my marraige lol..

jesus_thats_gre

lol fair enough.. I got mine as a free upgrade from Dell

B00MSTICK

surely as the resident overclocker you could use ClockGen to OC your 2 ghz processor and coolbits to oc the 6800 (mine was 350/590 and its 405/705 atm)

I agree with kaks on the XPS its not worth it

I got a i9300 for ~ 1100 specs arent as great as yours but with the €1k saved you could easily buy some more ram etc. as well as a lovely gift for your wife

dubdvd

Well i just bit the bullet ..And i just bought myself this baby so with a bit of luck in the next week or so ill be gaming against my desktop beast in a home mini lan ...

Here is the specs of the one i got

Intel® Pentium® M processor 760 (2.0GHz) 533MHz
XP Home Edition "which is going to be replaced with media ed "
100GB SATA Hard Drive
17'' WSXGA (1680x1050) with Camera & Bluetooth
Nvidia’s Geforce 7800 GTX graphics
1GB of DDR 2 533 mhz
Bluetooth .wireless G and media card reader
Sony DVD-RW_DL

Total price give or take with shipping 2300 euro

Explosive_Cornflake

That is some laptop! Should keep you happy!

dubdvd

yes till the ATI 1800XT MGPU comes out then ill have to buy that .lol

greglo23

http://tinyurl.com/7wuva have a look at this one !!

dubdvd

That is the one im buying it,s just that i got some extras like the 100gb sata hardrive and the higher res 17" tft with the bluetooth and the built-in camera..and so on...

greglo23

sorry about that! i didnt read the first post fully. good luck with the new laptop and give us a report on it when you get it please !

dubdvd

stay away from evesham i had ordered this laptop on the 2nd of dec and and had to ring them on monday gone to ask what was happen with my order when i done this they told me that the credit card i was using was refused .due to me using my name one the order and the credit card holders address ..which was fair eoungh ..so i placed the order again using all the details of the CC holders info and nothing to do with me that was monday they told me it takes up to 72 hours to clear the CC but still nothing happening uptil friday when i rang them that a full week to ring mastercard and ask if the card im using is OK ...so at this stage im told it could be the new year before i see the laptop as it can take 9 days to build it ....what a joke so i caneled the order then today i looked at there website and the dont have the laptop listed anymore ...very strange

anyhow i made a new order on friday for another high end laptop with the 7800 gtx go and within 24 hours the credit card was cleared and it was made and dispatched all within 24 hours so i should have it tomorrow or the next day thanks god heres what i went for below it cost me an extra 200 euro which was well worth it for the sake of having it before the xmas plus it has a higher cpu clock speed aswell and it very nice on the eye compared to the evesham one

price 2573 euro

DELL XPS M170

*1
1
N12XPS5A - XPS M170 Windows Media Center

2,126.45

2,126.45

2
M170 Pentium M 770 ( 2.13GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)

1

3
17" UltraSharp Wide Screen WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Display with TrueLife

1

4
Save Euro 200 (inc VAT)

1

5
Inspiron XPS Gen 2 clear LCD Backcover with 3x colour Inserts

1

6
English - System Documentation

1

7
UK/Ireland - Power Cord

1

8
1024MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)

1

9
80GB (5,400rpm) IDE Hard Drive

1

10
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software

1

11
DVD Cyberlink Decoder Software (No Media)

1

12
Record Now and My DVD Software

1

13
130W AC Adapter

1

14
80Whr 9 Cell LI-ION Primary Battery

1

15
No Carrycase

1

16
256MB DDR 3, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX, PCI-Express x16

1

17
Integrated 5 Watt subwoofer (internal speaker amplifier) with bass reflex port

1

18
Irish/Spanish - Modem Cable and Adapter

1

19
Internal 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet NIC

1

20
EURO - Intel ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card

1

21
UK/Ire (QWERTY) - Internal Keyboard

1

22
Software Drivers

1

23
Resource CD

1

24
English - Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 including Media

1

25
English - Microsoft Works 7.0

1

26
English - Photo Album SE Basic

1

27
English - Paint Shop Pro Basic Edition

1

28
Dell Support 3.0

1

29
No Dell Media Experience

1

30
English - Adobe Reader 6.0

1

31
Irish - Eircom ISP

1

32
English - McAfee Security Centre V7.0 90 day Trial Version

1

33
Upg to 3Y NBD (Next Business Day) On-site

1

34
Base Warranty

1

35
1Y NBD (Next Business Day) On-site

1

36
PROMO - Exploring the Internet e-Learning Lite Pack, 60-day, En/Fr/De/es/It - Go to www.learndell.com/euro to register

1

37
Inspiron Order - Ireland

1

VAT Summary

Type

Rate %

Total Net EUR

VAT EUR

{VATSumType}

21.00

2,126.45

446.55

EUR

Subtotal

2,126.45

VAT

446.55

Total

2,573.00

jesus_thats_gre

You would be dissappointed with the Dell anyway.. Is that laptops straight from Dell?

dubdvd

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

You would be dissappointed with the Dell anyway.. Is that laptops straight from Dell?

do you mean i WONT be dissapionted with dell ??? yes i got it from dell.ie..should be here tomorrow :eek:

masteroftherealm

Nice choice man!!!
What happened to the MountainMods beast? Were all still waiting on updates?

jesus_thats_gre

Sorry yeah, won't be...