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2008-05-07 21:14:49

Rohirm: Fear is a Leash; +85|6442|New Austin, Not

Well my parents are buying me a laptop of my choice (within $$$ reason of course) for University. I know that this laptop will definitely be able to handle work related applications, but how well would it run games, specifically CoD4? (I'm not sure about the 9500's ability to run high demand game applications )

http://ca.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=5&a … odelmenu=2

Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by Rohirm (2008-05-07 21:16:03)

2008-05-07 21:17:32

Brasso: member; +1,549|6901

9500GS is pretty much crap tbh

it'll run it on low/some medium probably.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-05-07 21:18:40

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6270|The Mitten

Rohirm wrote:
laptop... optimal for... gaming

No.

I mean, it will work just fine... but for optimal, throw together a desktop.

EE (hats

2008-05-07 21:23:04

Rohirm: Fear is a Leash; +85|6442|New Austin, Not

...
Thats what I thought. Well Looks like I'll be forking out a bit of my own money for one of em laptops with an 8800m gtx (ie that fancy Alienware one)

edit: this one here

Area-51® m15x

Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Aqua
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz (3MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: 120GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection

^^^This bastard will cost me $1000 plus more though...

Last edited by Rohirm (2008-05-07 21:36:44)

2008-05-07 21:36:16

Brasso: member; +1,549|6901

Rohirm wrote:
...
Thats what I thought. Well Looks like I'll be forking out a bit of my own money for one of em laptops with an 8800m gtx (ie that fancy Alienware one)

edit: this one here

Area-51® m15x

Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Aqua
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz (3MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: 120GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection

^^^This bastard will cost me $1000 plus more though...

laptop = fail, build your own miniATX computer (don't expect to overclock though, especially without any real killer miniATX mobos)

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2008-05-07 22:35:16

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6468|Winland

haffeysucks wrote:
Rohirm wrote:
...
Thats what I thought. Well Looks like I'll be forking out a bit of my own money for one of em laptops with an 8800m gtx (ie that fancy Alienware one)

edit: this one here

Area-51® m15x

Display: 15.4" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p) with Clearview Technology
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Aqua
Video/Graphics Card: 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTX
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T8300 2.4GHz (3MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Professional
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: 120GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection

^^^This bastard will cost me $1000 plus more though...
laptop = fail, build your own miniATX computer (don't expect to overclock though, especially without any real killer miniATX mobos)

Well, he needs a laptop, and that's about as powerful it's gonna get.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-05-07 23:10:09

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6506|United Kingdom

Have you looked at the Dell XPS M1530? Or M1730?

2008-05-07 23:22:09

Rohirm: Fear is a Leash; +85|6442|New Austin, Not

Mitch92uK wrote:
Have you looked at the Dell XPS M1530? Or M1730?

Yes I have. The 1530 I customized is pretty good for a laptop, but I really don't like the 8600
Btw is the 8600 better than the 9500? Cuz I really don't know much about the 9 series cards...

2008-05-07 23:32:59

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6506|United Kingdom

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=239062
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=222056

Notebook Review Member wrote:
Looks like it's confirmed that the 9500M GS DDR2 is pretty much identical to a 8600M GT DDR2 except minor DirectX 10 differences. It scores only slightly higher in 3Dmark06, although negliable. Even those overclocked results looks similar.

Hope that helped

2008-05-07 23:38:34

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|7008

Get a MacBook Pro. At least that will be worth some cash after a few years. And it runs games pretty decent + no Windows Vista!

2008-05-07 23:44:48

Rohirm: Fear is a Leash; +85|6442|New Austin, Not

^^^True dat. Plus my University has nice discounts on the new MacBook Pros

2008-05-08 07:23:21

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|7008

Rohirm wrote:
^^^True dat. Plus my University has nice discounts on the new MacBook Pros

Hehe, call me an Apple advocate, but considering an average 2 year old macbook pro is still worth around 1.000 euros compared to it's Windows based equals that are worth around 400 euros in the Netherlands.

+ They look good;
+ Mac OS X Leopard;
++ No Vista;

2008-05-08 07:27:59

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

Bernadictus wrote:
Rohirm wrote:
^^^True dat. Plus my University has nice discounts on the new MacBook Pros
Hehe, call me an Apple advocate, but considering an average 2 year old macbook pro is still worth around 1.000 euros compared to it's Windows based equals that are worth around 400 euros in the Netherlands.

+ They look good;
+ Mac OS X Leopard;
++ No Vista;

A thousand euros?! And just how the hell do they pull that off? Or do Apple get technology 2 years ahead of everyone else so it's actually still ok now...?

2008-05-08 07:41:36

Nessie09: I "fix" things; +107|6941|The Netherlands

Bernadictus wrote:
Rohirm wrote:
^^^True dat. Plus my University has nice discounts on the new MacBook Pros
Hehe, call me an Apple advocate, but considering an average 2 year old macbook pro is still worth around 1.000 euros compared to it's Windows based equals that are worth around 400 euros in the Netherlands.

+ They look good;
+ Mac OS X Leopard;
++ No Vista;

I don't really think Macbooks are good for gaming like the OP wanted.

2008-05-08 07:52:22

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6924

ghettoperson wrote:
Bernadictus wrote:
Rohirm wrote:
^^^True dat. Plus my University has nice discounts on the new MacBook Pros
Hehe, call me an Apple advocate, but considering an average 2 year old macbook pro is still worth around 1.000 euros compared to it's Windows based equals that are worth around 400 euros in the Netherlands.

+ They look good;
+ Mac OS X Leopard;
++ No Vista;
A thousand euros?! And just how the hell do they pull that off? Or do Apple get technology 2 years ahead of everyone else so it's actually still ok now...?

Because it's considered a macbook pro, not the collection of various pieces of hardware that it actually is. So, a windows laptop is "oh, two years old? yeah, those specs aren't very good". But, for a mac it's "oh look, it's a Mac. What was it called? ah yeah, I hear it's pretty good." And of course, Mac products aren't exactly lacking in price.

Anyway Bernie, what were the specs of that gaming-worthy mac laptop exactly?

2008-05-08 07:53:06

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6852|SE London

ghettoperson wrote:
Bernadictus wrote:
Rohirm wrote:
^^^True dat. Plus my University has nice discounts on the new MacBook Pros
Hehe, call me an Apple advocate, but considering an average 2 year old macbook pro is still worth around 1.000 euros compared to it's Windows based equals that are worth around 400 euros in the Netherlands.

+ They look good;
+ Mac OS X Leopard;
++ No Vista;
A thousand euros?! And just how the hell do they pull that off? Or do Apple get technology 2 years ahead of everyone else so it's actually still ok now...?

Because they are stupidly overpriced and idiots will pay absurd premiums for Apple products.

Also, I don't understand how something costing more money is a benefit? Surely that is a negative point, not a positive one.

Apple products are a filthy rip-off.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2008-05-08 07:59:45)

2008-05-08 08:06:52

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|7008

Nessie09 wrote:
I don't really think Macbooks are good for gaming like the OP wanted.

2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB memory
200GB hard drive1
Double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB

I have no problem playing CoD4, Crysis to name 2 games.

ghettoperson wrote:
A thousand euros?! And just how the hell do they pull that off? Or do Apple get technology 2 years ahead of everyone else so it's actually still ok now...?

Not gonna argue, pointless. You don't have a mac, neither have really worked with one.

Bertster7 wrote:
Because they are stupidly overpriced and idiots will pay absurd premiums for Apple products.

Also, I don't understand how something costing more money is a benefit? Surely that is a negative point, not a positive one.

Apple products are a filthy rip-off.

*sigh* So is Microsoft, delivering semi-working OS's.

2008-05-08 08:09:54

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6924

Bernadictus wrote:
Nessie09 wrote:
I don't really think Macbooks are good for gaming like the OP wanted.
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB memory
200GB hard drive1
Double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB

I have no problem playing CoD4, Crysis to name 2 games.

Bertster7 wrote:
Because they are stupidly overpriced and idiots will pay absurd premiums for Apple products.

Also, I don't understand how something costing more money is a benefit? Surely that is a negative point, not a positive one.

Apple products are a filthy rip-off.
*sigh*

And how much would that much cost then?

2008-05-08 08:11:48

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|7008

Lucien wrote:
Bernadictus wrote:
Nessie09 wrote:
I don't really think Macbooks are good for gaming like the OP wanted.
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB memory
200GB hard drive1
Double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB

I have no problem playing CoD4, Crysis to name 2 games.

Bertster7 wrote:
Because they are stupidly overpriced and idiots will pay absurd premiums for Apple products.

Also, I don't understand how something costing more money is a benefit? Surely that is a negative point, not a positive one.

Apple products are a filthy rip-off.
*sigh*
And how much would that much cost then?

1,999, less when you consider the student discount.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/W … acbook_pro

2008-05-08 08:13:57

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6852|SE London

Bernadictus wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
A thousand euros?! And just how the hell do they pull that off? Or do Apple get technology 2 years ahead of everyone else so it's actually still ok now...?
Not gonna argue, pointless. You don't have a mac, neither have really worked with one.

Bertster7 wrote:
Because they are stupidly overpriced and idiots will pay absurd premiums for Apple products.

Also, I don't understand how something costing more money is a benefit? Surely that is a negative point, not a positive one.

Apple products are a filthy rip-off.
*sigh* So is Microsoft, delivering semi-working OS's.

What like Leopard?

I've worked with loads of Macs. What with working for Apple and all. I have very in depth knowledge of Apples hardware, assembly procedures and OS bugs. Their machines are simply rubbish, overpriced, pieces of junk (pretty and easy to use though).

And what are you sighing about?
You think them costing more money is a positive point? It clearly isn't.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2008-05-08 08:16:29)

2008-05-08 08:15:45

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

Bernadictus wrote:
Nessie09 wrote:
I don't really think Macbooks are good for gaming like the OP wanted.
2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB memory
200GB hard drive1
Double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB

I have no problem playing CoD4, Crysis to name 2 games.

ghettoperson wrote:
A thousand euros?! And just how the hell do they pull that off? Or do Apple get technology 2 years ahead of everyone else so it's actually still ok now...?
Not gonna argue, pointless. You don't have a mac, neither have really worked with one.

Bertster7 wrote:
Because they are stupidly overpriced and idiots will pay absurd premiums for Apple products.

Also, I don't understand how something costing more money is a benefit? Surely that is a negative point, not a positive one.

Apple products are a filthy rip-off.
*sigh* So is Microsoft, delivering semi-working OS's.

I do love your ability to determine my experience with Apple because I dislike them. FYI, I've used them practically everyday for about 7 or 8 years. That's probably longer than you've been on board the Apple bumming bandwagon.

2008-05-08 08:16:31

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6924

I just got an anonymous karma claiming that choosing a non-mac laptop would be cheap, but "a wheel of fortune which could fail within 2 months "

..because Mac hardware is somehow more reliable

2008-05-08 08:19:25

Bernadictus: Moderator; +1,055|7008

Bertster7 wrote:
I've worked with loads of Macs. What with working for Apple and all. I have very in depth knowledge of Apples hardware, assembly procedures and OS bugs. Their machines are simply rubbish, overpriced, pieces of junk.

And what are you sighing about?
You think them costing more money is a positive point? It clearly isn't.

No, I'm *sigh*'ng because it's very tiering to talk to people like you. It's like a Christian trying to persuade a Muslim to become a Christian.

And if the machines are 'pieces of junk' then explain why I have an average of 3 Windows based machines at home for repair/reinstall, and I've never seen a friend/acquaintance with a Mac return to me because they are having problems?

Because, based on my own experience, those pieces of crap are engineered to perfection. And what about Leopard. Let's compare it to Vista? Or am I bashing MS then?

Call me an ignorant Apple fanboy all you want. But as long as you are preaching Windows based vendor machines I'm simply putting the laugh on you.

2008-05-08 08:20:06

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6852|SE London

Lucien wrote:
I just got an anonymous karma claiming that choosing a non-mac laptop would be cheap, but "a wheel of fortune which could fail within 2 months "

..because Mac hardware is somehow more reliable

It's not more reliable. That's utterly untrue. Mac hardware tends to be less reliable.

Also, if it goes wrong out of warranty expect to be paying a vast amount for repairs.

New logic boards for Mac laptops cost around £500 and Apple service providers charge more than PC repair companies and you can't fit the stuff yourself, since they won't let you have the part.

2008-05-08 08:21:04

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6920

I am loling all over the place at "engineered to perfection".

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