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11-26-2009: Sorry for the inconvenience. We finally upgraded to vBulletin 3 !! See you there, Larry What you guys think of this rigGo to the Tech-Forums Discussion Home PagePosted by: caynee I wanted to know if you guys think that my new laptop will perform at the level of my desktop, and about the deal itself. GateWay 500XL: Purchased Oct 2002 for $2400 2.53GHZ Pentium 4 1024mb PC2700 Ram 120GB 5400RPM HD Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128mb DVD-RW and CD-RW Windows XP Home 18" DVI LCD This system screams with eveygame ive played, most recentally BattleField Vietnam.....Doom 3 should have no problems either. HP ZX5000: Purchased Aug 2004 for $1700 3.0GHZ Pentium 4 Hyper Threading 1024mb SDRAM 60GB 5400RPM HD ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 128mb DVD/CD-RW Windows XP Home 15.4" WXGA Specifically...are the graphics card perfomance levels comparable? Posted by: ICS For $1700 you could have gotten a so much better computer with the best GFX availible. I paid 950 for... and run doom 3 at 1280x1024 MED AMD 2400+ Mobile 35watt @ 2.6ghz (barton core) 1gb Corsair XMS Ultra Low Latency PRO (5-2-2-2) CL 2 2 120GB HDD Ultra ATA100 ATI X800 Pro (hopefully hardmod to XT PE) DVD-RW Dual Format / 16x DVD-ROM XP Pro SP2 19.1 inch trinitron That vid card you have is horrible for doom3 Posted by: The Merlin He is talking about a laptop:p As for gaming, you would have been better off getting a AMD64, it is better for gaming and gets decent battery life compared to the 3ghz P4:confused: Otherwise not bad;) Posted by: ShadowDragon i have amd64 3400 512 ram 128 ati card using omega drivers 80gb hdd and i still have problems with doom3 it makes my laptop god **** hot lol Posted by: Raekwon this is just a general question, dont take it personally caynee, why do people buy really good laptops? whats the point? why not spend half the money and buy a desktop system, if u have to get one for its mobiliy, why spend heaps on one? Posted by: koldapu EXACTLY! if you want power, get a desktop . . . get a laptop if you want mobility . . . especially if you already have a desktop you could have gotten a centrino system . . . those have really good performance Posted by: WeHa if u want gaming power go with pc. imo playing game on laptop is rather uncomfortable. :) Posted by: koldapu the only game i play on my laptop is pinball :p oh and fifa 2004 . . . and flight sim but both on modest settings Posted by: Nubius yeah I can't play **** on my moms laptop. The screen just doesn't display the graphics the same and it feels like there's lag between moving the mouse and getting the response. Nothing like a good gaming PC =) Posted by: koldapu [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Nubius [/i] [B]Nothing like a good gaming PC =) [/B][/QUOTE] Correction: Nothing like a good gaming DESKTOP =) Posted by: silence782 Nice system nonetheless, though. Posted by: ICS fragboxes are nice Posted by: ShadowDragon well sometimes i like to play games sitting in bed, plus i have a rich daddy :p so why not have both? only the newest games out have any problems on my laptop, things like doom 3 and farcry stress it a little and make it heat up a lot and would prob give me about 2 mins of battery life :( but **** i'll just not lie in bed playing those ones Posted by: koldapu [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ShadowDragon [/i] [B]plus i have a rich daddy :p[/b][/quote] rich dads are great, aren' they :D Posted by: ShadowDragon only when he's not been tight but he's payin for my new system so i'm not complaining, til i want something else Posted by: koldapu haha, my dad promised to pay for three things in my config . . .so i asked him to pay for the CPU, LCD, and GFX Posted by: ShadowDragon lol the expensive things Posted by: koldapu hahha yeah, almost $2200 (w/o tax and shipping) Posted by: ShadowDragon eh i dont know dollars lol Posted by: koldapu hmm, thats about GBP 1200 Posted by: ShadowDragon lol cool, my whole comp is only costing about £2500 Posted by: koldapu dude . . . thats like $4800 US!! but . . . then again . . . the two economies are different . . . so its like paying $2500 here Posted by: ICS so basically he is saying you got ripped Posted by: koldapu what? no im not . . . everything in europe, especially the UK, is expensive . . . the pound is almost worth twice the dollar, yet you pay the same numerical amount; ie: a hard drive here may cost US$100, while a hard drive there will cost GBP100, but you're paying almost $200 in US funds Posted by: ShadowDragon nah my wages are only like £6 an hour, luckily i'm not paying, thats what rich parents are for Posted by: koldapu hahah, yeah Posted by: ICS then buy it internationally and save $ Posted by: koldapu well, he would have to find a us or canadian based site that ships to europe . . . Posted by: BIG_AIZZLE I wish i had a rich daddy:'( But i rather not. I can play doom 3 on med and 1024 res with all the things checked but no analiesing and it runs no lag?? Mabye its because x800 cards arent supported in doom 3?? Dont know. Your systems suck bro the First one sucks for the fallowing reason: Its a GATEWAY!! Second one sucks for the fallowing reason:Its a HP! Try getting a not manufactured pc from a huge company you will see a big diff!Trust me. Please Visit the Online Configurator, Email Hosting, Internet Marketing , Computer Schools , Software for Real Estate , AAOutlook , Search Engine Site |