Laptops

Post by **Cool Blue** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:17 pm

Massive Quasars wrote:sent

Replied.

Might be the burner (DVD) and the video card. Those would be my guess. It was the video card that set it apart from the model below it.

I'm really curious how yours would compare in a 3dmark test.

Run the default test at native resolutin and see what it comes up with.

Lets see if your faster processor offsets my video card advantage.

Post by **Jackal** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:29 am

It is done. I pick it up tomorrow.

Post by **shadd_** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:20 am

i dunno how picky you are but that video still shares system ram.

i think you would be happy in the long run if you could squeeze a little more out and get the x700.

at least you would actually be able to enjoy a game once in a while. with good frames to boot.

Post by **shadd_** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:23 am

everyone i know who bought something with shitty video wishes later on that they had spent a little more and got a better one.

Post by **shadd_** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:24 am

get the point yet?

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:23 am

I noticed that shared memory bit. It doesn't sound like Jackal is concerned though, as long as it plays WoW. I suppose it depends on your priorities.

How fast is the DDR ram included?

Post by **Jackal** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:11 pm

the guy at teh shop mentioned that this laptop is easy to upgrade in terms of ram. It only has one 512 stick in there right now so I can upgrade it to a gig any time I want.

Post by **plained** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:44 pm

Post by **phoq** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:27 pm

Cool Blue wrote:It scored 700 3Dmark05 points at 1280x800 with default test settings. Not to shabby for a notebook.

Just ran the tests on my notebook, using the same settings (1280x800 and default settings).

[lvlshot]http://www.euronet.nl/users/phoqus/score.JPG[/lvlshot]

result details in Excel format

I'm more interested in your CPU score though.

Post by **Jackal** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:39 pm

Granted, a bit delayed. This is what I ended up getting. It's a monster, but it games nicely.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1706540,00.asp

Post by **shadd_** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:48 pm

nice buy.

you would have hated that other pos.

Post by **Jackal** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:58 pm

Yeah, I spent quite a bit of cash but I really think that it was worth it.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:44 pm

Nice. How much coin did you put down roughly?

Numbers plz.

Post by **Jackal** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:32 am

over $2000

Post by **Jackal** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:24 pm

with the added protection plan, etc.

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:46 pm

Fuckin nerds.

Post by **Jackal** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:53 pm

Jelus?

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:56 pm

lol @ fwank

Post by **Cooldown** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:58 pm

Cool Blue wrote:I doubt it. I got it at wholesale from one of my distributors with an extra %10 off because it was for internal use.

The retail on it was over $2000 with 512MB of RAM. I got the notebook, extra life battery plus an extra 512 stick of memory for all under 2k.

Lets also compare apples to apples here, this notebook is ten times superior in terms of quality to any Dell, Acer, or Gateway notebook.

I bought a dell laptop a few months ago

Pentium M 1.86GHz
2GB DDR2 (from NewEgg)
80Gig HD (5400rpm)
Geforce 6800 Go 256MB
17in screen
WiFi
16x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer write capability
128MB Usb Memory key

all for around ~$1500 with 40% off coupon :icon25: