thinking about a laptop

Norcent · 10-08-2006, 01:41 PM

http://www.abs.com/app/notebooks_compare.asp

I was thinking about the Mayhem G3 Eclipse XT

specs:

AMD TURION 64 MOBILE MT-34 1.8GHZ 800MHZ FSB 1MB L2 CACHE
2gb of kingston ram
ati radeon x1600 256mb
80gb hard drive with 7200 RPMs

And the other specs are on the customize page.

Tonyiomatic · 10-08-2006, 05:53 PM

Sounds like you want a decent power machine for business but enough to play some decent games? The ram seems fine for it but I dont know if id get that small a harddrive unless your not gonna load it up with games. or get and external of course.

jorsoft03 · 10-08-2006, 08:20 PM

Like I was showing you I have a fairly similar laptop (also an ABS) and it's been great so far, plays all my games very well. I'm even typing on it right now

The only downside is the battery life, it's tough to eek out more than 2.5hrs out of the 6-cell battery. Not a huge deal but something you might keep in mind. Honestly I'd rather have the high end graphics from my laptop than get 3+ hrs out of a slower one.

Norcent · 10-09-2006, 07:33 PM

you do have an abs laptop?

Where did you get it (link please) just wondering.

I want to use a laptop for gaming.

Don't need a large hard drive.

I have 760gb 2 300gb hard drives and 1 160gb hard drive and i am only using about 50gb so 80gb will last a while.

jorsoft03 · 10-09-2006, 09:49 PM

I've got this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834224060
It was actually cheaper than ABS' site as they're affiliated with Newegg.
Here's all of the ABS laptops they carry:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=32

Video is key in a gaming laptop, it's got to be good. I put an extra gig of ram into mine and I'm plaing Oblivion at 1024x768 on High perfectly. I have yet to try plaing at native but I think it'd run fine there too.

Norcent · 10-10-2006, 07:26 PM

thanx for all your help man

10-08-2006, 01:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Norcent Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,829	thinking about a laptop http://www.abs.com/app/notebooks_compare.asp I was thinking about the Mayhem G3 Eclipse XT specs: AMD TURION 64 MOBILE MT-34 1.8GHZ 800MHZ FSB 1MB L2 CACHE 2gb of kingston ram ati radeon x1600 256mb 80gb hard drive with 7200 RPMs And the other specs are on the customize page.

10-08-2006, 08:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
jorsoft03 Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: White Bear Lake, MN Posts: 3,367	Like I was showing you I have a fairly similar laptop (also an ABS) and it's been great so far, plays all my games very well. I'm even typing on it right now The only downside is the battery life, it's tough to eek out more than 2.5hrs out of the 6-cell battery. Not a huge deal but something you might keep in mind. Honestly I'd rather have the high end graphics from my laptop than get 3+ hrs out of a slower one. __________________ Intel Q6600 (NEW!) 2GB 667mhz Ram Intel DG965WH Mobo ATI x1950 XTX 250gb WD Sata HD 2x NEC dvd burners 600-watt Thermaltake psu Samsung 226BW LCD I Survived Mod Mania Madness '08 And All I got Was This Extra Line in My Sig

10-09-2006, 09:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
jorsoft03 Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: White Bear Lake, MN Posts: 3,367	I've got this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834224060 It was actually cheaper than ABS' site as they're affiliated with Newegg. Here's all of the ABS laptops they carry: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=32 Video is key in a gaming laptop, it's got to be good. I put an extra gig of ram into mine and I'm plaing Oblivion at 1024x768 on High perfectly. I have yet to try plaing at native but I think it'd run fine there too. __________________ Intel Q6600 (NEW!) 2GB 667mhz Ram Intel DG965WH Mobo ATI x1950 XTX 250gb WD Sata HD 2x NEC dvd burners 600-watt Thermaltake psu Samsung 226BW LCD I Survived Mod Mania Madness '08 And All I got Was This Extra Line in My Sig

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10-08-2006, 05:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tonyiomatic Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 30	Sounds like you want a decent power machine for business but enough to play some decent games? The ram seems fine for it but I dont know if id get that small a harddrive unless your not gonna load it up with games. or get and external of course.

10-09-2006, 07:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Norcent Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,829	you do have an abs laptop? Where did you get it (link please) just wondering. I want to use a laptop for gaming. Don't need a large hard drive. I have 760gb 2 300gb hard drives and 1 160gb hard drive and i am only using about 50gb so 80gb will last a while.

10-10-2006, 07:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
Norcent Banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,829	thanx for all your help man