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is this worth it?
I have a chance to get this for $700.
I have a pretty kick ass desktop and would just be usng the laptop for when im at work or if the wifey needs the desktop for something.
right now im playing rift.
Sony VAIO Laptop 4.26Ghz 6GB RAM 500GB Blu-Ray Win7 HD Webcam HDMI
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz Running @ 4.26Ghz
Front Side Bus Speed: 1066 MHz
Intel Centrino 2 processor technology
6 GB DDR2 PC2-6400 memory (8 GB maximum supported)
500 GB SATA hard drive
Blu-ray/DVD±RW DL Drive
Built-in MOTION EYE camera and microphone with face-tracking technology
Dolby Sound Room Audio with built-in speakers
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 graphics processor
16.4-inch widescreen LCD HD 1080p
Multimedia card reader - Memory Stick Pro & SD cards
6-cell battery 6hrs Of Runtime
HDMI Output Hook right up to the TV
I copy and pasted right from the add.
would this be worth getting for 700 and would it run irft ok?
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i believe its good price for it, i payed the same price for a sony vaio and the only differences that had from yours was the processor was i3, 4gb ram, 15.5 inch screen, no bluray, and 320gb hard drive... everything else was the same... so yours look way better for the price.... tho i sold mine and got a 11 inch alienware m11x for $800
or would this be better for 500?
HP Pavilion Dv7 17 inch HD screen
2.27 Ghz quad core Intel Core i5 processor
4 GB Ram
500 GB Hard-Drive
Nvidia Geforce g105m graphics card
if the one taht costs $700 has a better graphic card then i would pay the 700 instead of that one, cos if u take the 500 one when u upgrade the video card plus at least 2gb more of ram youll spend like around 200 or more so.... (tho i dont know if this nvidia gforce gd105m is good or bad for gaming.... someone else should comment and tell,
edit: some stores tend to put quad core processors on computers to attract attention but they put crappy video cards in it so u still have to spend money on upgrade soon.... so i suggest u check that carefully before buyng
Here - use this to check out the graphics cards:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html
The higher the benchmark numbers the "better" the card. (i believe these are already sorted from best to worst though).
As for the PC itself, the difference between a Dual Core and an I5 will be noticeable, the difference between 4gb and 6gb wont be AS noticeable, but for gaming the graphics card is the biggy, get the best one you can find. Especially since you can almost never upgrade it on a laptop unlike a new processor or more ram.
It's a laptop. You can't change the GPU.
if it isn't onboard graphics then you most certainly can (provided that there's room for it).
Eleanor Rigby.
yeah not all laptops have onboard graphics.... old Dell inspirons used to come with 32 mb onboard graphics, that was hell even to play snes emulators hehehe
If you really want a laptop for modest gaming use now, then the first one is a decent value. Games will not run well on the second.
Then again, once Llano launches in a few months, you'll be able to get something vastly better than the first laptop, and likely cheaper, too. So it depends greatly on whether you want it right now.
looks like i am waiting then.
hope this Llano doesnt turn out to be another fiasco like sandy vag was
The Sandy Bridge processors are as good as advertised. The graphics are pathetic, but that was expected. The problem was defective chipsets, but even that is now fixed.
Compared to the first laptop, a suitable bin of Llano will offer:
1) Much better processor performance
2) Significantly better graphics performance
3) Substantially lower power consumption (which is a big deal in laptops)
4) Much lower idle power consumption (and hence better battery life)
5) Probably a lower price tag.
That's largely possible due to a combination of integrating several things into a single chip, and moving from 45 nm HKMG and 55 nm bulk silicon to a 32 nm HKMG SOI process node.
AMD's first fusion chip, Brazos, is already out, and it's great. I have one in my laptop. It's not a gaming chip, though. But it's not hard to imagine that AMD should be able to greatly increase the performance when they greatly increase the die size and power consumption, especially when moving to a far superior process node.
I'll concede it's technically possible; however, I will counter that finding the correct part that actually fits inside the laptop model you are upgrading is akin to finding a needle in a haystack (that is, if it even exists at all). And even if you do find the part, the replacement is very difficult, and there is a very high likelihood that you will break something: if not while gutting your hardware, then while running it due to the extra thermal stress the laptop chassis and cooling systems weren't engineered to handle.
It's a very very bad idea. Just like overclocking your laptop: one of the worst possible things you could do.
As a general rule, laptops can upgrade:
RAM to their maximum limit
Hard drives
That's it. If you want to upgrade anything else, you should just look at a new machine, because you'll likely alter the thermal parameters of the equipment, and most of those other components are not meant to be end-user replaceable (many times hard soldered onto the motherboard or require special tooling to disassemble or reassemble).