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With the recent launch of the nVidia Geforce 7800 GTX Go video cards many of our readers are looking for a place to buy these gaming notebooks. While on the DIY whitebook market these notebooks are hard to find on the built to order side they are already on the market. Below is a list of notebooks that feature the Geforce 7800 Go PCI Express x16 video card.

I personally find the Evesham Voyager to be the most interesting as it has the nVidia 7800 GTX Go, but is based on the Centrino Pentium M chipset.

Pentium M based Notebooks w/ 7800 Graphics:

Evesham Voyager C720
- 17" WXGA screen with up to 1440x900 Resolution
- Pentium M Processor
Link: Evesham UK

Dell XPS M170
- 17" UXGA Screen with up to 1920 x 1200 Resolution
- Pentium 4 Desktop CPU
- Link: DELL USA

ProStar 5722
- 17" screen with up to 1920 x 1200 WUXGA resolutions
-Link: ProStar

Pentium 4 based Notebooks w/ 7800 Graphics:


Alienware Area51 m-7700
- Geforce 7800GTX Not an Option yet
- Link: Alienware Area51

Falcon Northwest DR 6800
- 17" WSXGA+ Screen with up to 1680 x 1050 Resolution
- Optional: 17" UXGA Screen with up to 1900 x 1200 Resolution
- Pentium 4 Desktop CPU
- Link: Falcon Northwest

Voodoo PC Envy u:703
- 17" WUXGA Screen with up to 1900 x 1200 Resolution (Matte Screen)
- Pentium 4 Desktop CPU
- Link: Voodoo PC

Eurocom D900T Phantom
- Not on Eurocom's Website
- Link: Eurocom

ABS Mayhem G6
- Not on ABS's Website
-Link: ABS

HyperSonic Aviator EX7
- 17" screen with up to 1680x1050 resolution
- Pentium 4 Desktop CPU
Link - HyperSonic

I found this ProStar model with 7800GTX (5722):
http://www.pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainp ... model=5722

You listed the ProStar under P4, when it should be under Pentium M. Also, the Dell XPS M170 uses a Pentium M, not a P4. =)

Isn't Go cards crappy. I remember a Gefore 4 Go card was actually more like a Geforce 2 in my old laptop. I finally gave it to my sister it was so terrible.

Tim Burton wrote:Isn't Go cards crappy. I remember a Gefore 4 Go card was actually more like a Geforce 2 in my old laptop. I finally gave it to my sister it was so terrible.

Mobile graphics processors are always scaled back slightly to conserve power, but the 7800GTX Go is still a really freaking powerful notebook graphics processor! A desktop 7800GTX would probably outperform it, but it would still beat a 6800 Ultra probably!
Article on the 7800GTX go at AnandTech.com:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2557

Anandtech.com wrote:The most important difference is the fact that the Go 7800 GTX is clocked slightly lower than a normal 7800 GTX, with a core clock of 400MHz and memory clock of 1.1GHz. Other than that, they are essentially the same, with 8 vertex pipelines and 24 pixel pipelines. The Go 7800 GTX does employ NVIDIA's PowerMiser technology in order to manage heat more effectively than its desktop counterpart, which is a good thing, given the limitations of a notebook in that regard.