Will FSX run on high settings on this Sager NP9150???

[Flundkvist]

I am going to college next year and cannot get a desktop as i have to travel alot but i want to play FSX on the highest settings possible. Will this configuration for a laptop do the job??? Help please!

1. Nvidia GeForce GTX 675M GPU with 2GB GDDR5 Video Memory
2. 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3820QM Processor ( 8MB L3 Cache, 2.70GHz)
3. 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 4GB
4. IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU

[crashaz]

Nice machine... for a laptop that is damn good. Will run FSX smoothly... maybe not to the nth degree.... but it will run very nicely.

[Flundkvist]

Would it make a big difference if instead of the i-7 3820QM processor that will run at 2.7 OC to 3.7 to get the I-7 Extreme edition. also 3rd gen. but runs at 2.9 and overclocks to 3.9???

[crashaz]

Processor GHz always measure more... but for the difference in cost... and the fact that overclocking processors on a laptop won't be as efficient as a desktop... I think you do nice with what you have. Nice vid card as well.

[Flundkvist]

thanks a bunch!

[stansdds]

CPU speed is king with flight simulators! One thing to keep in mind, many of those boosted CPU speeds touted by Intel are available only with the CPU running as a single core, not a multiple core CPU. FSX can and will use more than one core. Multi-core use was introduced with the SP1 update for FSX.

[Flundkvist]

is there any better laptop out there for fsx besides this sager np9150??? and so the .2 ghz difference would make a big difference???

[stansdds]

0.2 GHz difference in clock speeds may or may not make a big difference. I know with my Core2Duo and now Core2Quad, every little bit of extra clock speed resulted in a slight increase in frames per second, but more importantly, the image rendering became smoother.

[jdhaenens]

You may want to look at a Digital Storm X-17 choose the "ultimate" CPU. More memory, etc.

Jim

[Flundkvist]

You may want to look at a Digital Storm X-17 choose the "ultimate" CPU. More memory, etc.

Jim

The best CPU is also the 3rd gen. intel i7 extreme which runs at 2.9 boosts up to 3.9 which is what I can get in the Sager NP9150 as well. The difference is the Digital storm x-17 is running at a much higher price. Is there any other laptop which can beat the Sager NP9150??? Because i believe its the best but then again I may be wrong.

Thanks guys for the help so far!!!