Greetings,I am seriously contemplating the purchase of a conventional i7 notebook for FSX usage when I am away from home. So far as I can tell, the NP9280 from Sager with the i7-975 Processor might be adequate to run FSX with add-ons comparably to my desktop system. Would anyone that has one care to share their impressions? Also, I understand that the system BIOS is versatile enough to perform some mild overclocking. If so, how well does the model do in heat dissipation?Thank you,

I doubt you'll find anyone using that laptop here. You may want to check notebookreview.com. If you do go for a laptop with a desktop i7 in it, you'll have the CPU performance you need to run the sim at mid-high settings but there are several downsides.1) heat2) size3) weight4) battery life (or complete lack thereof)5) sub-optimal graphics powerTo expound further upon #5, the "GTX 280M" is a mobile processor based off of Nvidia's G92 chip, rather than GT200 (which the desktop GTX 200 cards are based upon). There is a drastic difference in performance between these chips, so keep in mind you may not be able to run full resolution on such a laptop (1920x1200) with extremely high graphical settings without having performance drop off.

I doubt you'll find anyone using that laptop here. You may want to check notebookreview.com. If you do go for a laptop with a desktop i7 in it, you'll have the CPU performance you need to run the sim at mid-high settings but there are several downsides.1) heat2) size3) weight4) battery life (or complete lack thereof)5) sub-optimal graphics powerTo expound further upon #5, the "GTX 280M" is a mobile processor based off of Nvidia's G92 chip, rather than GT200 (which the desktop GTX 200 cards are based upon). There is a drastic difference in performance between these chips, so keep in mind you may not be able to run full resolution on such a laptop (1920x1200) with extremely high graphical settings without having performance drop off.

Im not all that concerned about the size, weight or battery life. I have looked at notebookreview and it is noted that this particular design does very well in heat dissapation, even at modest overclock settings. You raise a bit of a red flag with the G92 chip however. I do intend on running at the native 1920x1200 with many of the finer addons available to FSX. Thats why Im fishing around for impressions on this forum, as this is where the FSX power users reside. On the plus side, the graphics card is upgradable on the Sager. Someting else that I should research is the availability of XP64 drivers, as I intend to dual boot for FSX.

Check this thread over at notebookreview.com. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5742556The guy is running FSX on an Asus G51J-A1 with an Nvidia GTX260 which is known to be under clocked on that model. Since FSX is CPU bound, and the lappy you

Sager 8690 or 8790 is more in line with what I want, but are getting ready to be refreshed with rumors of using the ATI 5890 video card.

Geez I have my number all mixed up in my head

Check this thread over at notebookreview.com. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=5742556The guy is running FSX on an Asus G51J-A1 with an Nvidia GTX260 which is known to be under clocked on that model. Since FSX is CPU bound, and the lappy you

I have had the Sager NP9280 since June!! And got it for one thing only. FSX! email me, [email protected]..... I will tell you anything you need to know about this great powerhouse portable simming machine!