The usual "which one should I buy" post, should I get this Sager NP9170?

[black-bean]

i don't see the options on getting a 3d ready screen in any of the sager reseller website and the official one, does that mean even if you're getting the nvidia 675m you won't be able to use its 3D capabilities in 9170?

the NP 8170 have the matte 3D ready screen + 3D glasses options which i assume the predecessor of NP 9170.

just curious, i've never gamed anything 3D mode (i assume it will be very tiring wearing the glasses for 3 or more hours) plus "anthony@malibal" also states that they will severely hinders the game's performance. any more in depth thoughts or facts on this matter? thx

and for 3D movies you just have to buy those big 55" 3D ready LED TV which i might say are very affordable nowadays.

[maverick1989]

i don't see the options on getting a 3d ready screen in any of the sager reseller website and the official one, does that mean even if you're getting the nvidia 675m you won't be able to use its 3D capabilities in 9170?

No I believe not. Unless you get a 3D capable monitor.

just curious, i've never gamed anything 3D mode (i assume it will be very tiring wearing the glasses for 3 or more hours) plus "anthony@malibal" also states that they will severely hinders the game's performance. any more in depth thoughts or facts on this matter? thx

Either ways, benchmarks here show that most games run at over 60 fps in at least high, if not ultra. Only a few drop below. That would mean even if it did need to do twice the rendering, it would still remain over 30 (here I'm assuming not much else is added in terms of computation). That means you would still be able to play most games in 3D.
The GTX 680m should better the 675m so I am assuming the numbers would only improve. Like others have said, the 7970m is also much better than the 675m but with a lack of good 3D support package like nVidia's 3D Vision, it will be discouraging to play 3D games on the 7970

[black-bean]

not just discouraging... you just can't if you're using amd... and i've been having driver update problems with my 5870m when i first bought my asus, i wonder if the nvidia m have the same problem with drivers update?

and theres no indication when the GTX680M will be available at least from trusted sources, plus if the 9170 won't have the option of having a 3D screen its pointless anyway.

[maverick1989]

not just discouraging... you just can't if you're using amd...

What do you mean you can't? It is not possible to play or YOU can't get it to work? Coz these guys did. That being said, like I and others have said, HD3D is not easy to set up and as you have discovered, there can be a lot of problems with drivers as you need third party drivers and hardware.

and theres no indication when the GTX680M will be available at least from trusted sources, plus if the 9170 won't have the option of having a 3D screen its pointless anyway.

Exactly so the question isn't IF - it is WHEN. The 680m exists, that much is almost guaranteed. What is not is whether like the 480m it would come out end of May or end of June like the 580m. Or they could continue the trend of delaying a month every series and reveal it in July. Regardless of when they reveal it, I don't see why people would care to play 3D games on a 17 inch screen. When I asked that question some posts ago, I asked it out of curiosity. If you want to do 3D gaming, you would most certainly buy an external monitor. And THAT is when the nVidia's 3D Vision bundle coupled with the 680m would NOT be pointless.

[black-bean]

exactly out of curiosity indeed like what i said earlier, hence what i forgot to ask earlier, why the 9170 removed the option of having 3d screen bundled with the glasses like the one in 8170? is it because 3d gaming in laptop is not very appealing? or other reasons?

and thanks for the link info, i just knew that the 5000 series amd have the 3D capabilities albeit troublesome to setup.

[maverick1989]

exactly out of curiosity indeed like what i said earlier, hence what i forgot to ask earlier, why the 9170 removed the option of having 3d screen bundled with the glasses like the one in 8170? is it because 3d gaming in laptop is not very appealing? or other reasons?

No idea. I heard Sager are revamping their entire line up. Read it somewhere on this forum. No sources though so it could just as well be one poster's opinion. Malibal still offers the 3D screen on their laptops, so do Mythlogic and Alienware.