• Trying to customise a Vaio laptop, need some help.
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So my loving parents are allowing me to get any sort of laptop i want for Christmas, and I'm trying to get a Vaio laptop that can run games. here are the specs so far, what do you think? I'm not a technical genius, so i came to you guys. [quote]PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ i5-580M processor (2.66GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.33GHz HARD DRIVE: 1TB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm) MONITOR: 17.3" Full HD VAIO Premium Display (1920x1080) GRAPHICS: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 GPU (512MB VRAM) MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066 [/quote] is this a good gaming laptop? i'm also hoping to take this to college, hence the Terabyte storage. suggestions are welcome.
Holy shit that's an awesome laptop! Give us a link. Now.
[QUOTE=fashman12;26506820]So my loving parents are allowing me to get any sort of laptop i want for Christmas, and I'm trying to get a Vaio laptop that can run games. here are the specs so far, what do you think? I'm not a technical genius, so i came to you guys. is this a good gaming laptop? i'm also hoping to take this to college, hence the Terabyte storage. suggestions are welcome.[/QUOTE] Get atleast a 5650 if you're going to try gaming on that thing. And don't get 8GB RAM.
unfortunately, the 8gb RAM is the highest you could get.
[QUOTE=fashman12;26507072]unfortunately, the 8gb RAM is the highest you could get.[/QUOTE] He meant lower. 4gb is the upper limit of what games can effectively use today, I'd say.
alright, thanks for explaning that. again, i'm not a very smart individual when it comes to computers.
[QUOTE=fashman12;26507201]alright, thanks for explaning that. again, i'm not a very smart individual when it comes to computers.[/QUOTE] Drop down to 4GB RAM and get a better GPU, if you can get a 5750 or something along that line you'll be gaming at a somewhat high resolution on not to new games.
this is another line up, i took away the TB storage, lowered the RAM, and it is now 1230 ish. [quote] [LIST] [*]Intel® Core™ i5-580M processor (2.66GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 3.33GHz [*]Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit [*]500GB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm) [*]4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066 [*]17.3+ Full HD VAIO Premium Display (1920x1080) [*]ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 GPU (1GB VRAM)[/quote] [/LIST]
Just out of curiosity, see what you can do with a 15.6" laptop, unless you're dead set on 17". It'll save you a bit of battery life, and maybe a few bucks. 17" laptops are kinda huge...
[QUOTE=Killerelf12;26507556]Just out of curiosity, see what you can do with a 15.6" laptop, unless you're dead set on 17". It'll save you a bit of battery life, and maybe a few bucks. 17" laptops are kinda huge...[/QUOTE] And he won't be able to play newer games at that resolution either way.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;26507579]And he won't be able to play newer games at that resolution either way.[/QUOTE] Maybe not at maximum settings, but he will be able to play them at medium-high
I'm open for anything. I'm on an iPod touch at the moment, but when I have acres to a computer again I'll change to that setup.
I'd go with a 15" laptop, it is lighter, has longer battery live and the resolution of 1920x1080 is to high for full gaming on that card.
What is your budget OP? You might want to take a look at other brands, such as Asus.
I don't really have a budget, but we want to keep it around 1200 ish.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152206&cm_re=MSI_GX740-_-34-152-206-_-Product[/url]
[QUOTE=reapaninja;26511840][url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152206&cm_re=MSI_GX740-_-34-152-206-_-Product[/url][/QUOTE] Get this.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;26511994]Get this.[/QUOTE] Get that.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;26511840][url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152206&cm_re=MSI_GX740-_-34-152-206-_-Product[/url][/QUOTE] It gets really hot and it has low build quality. Get this instead: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157293[/url] No more than 60C under full load
[QUOTE=Wnd;26522529]It gets really hot and it has low build quality. [/QUOTE] Unless you own that laptop, I'd say that you're just making this up. Also, the laptop you've recommended is utter crap comparing to it in both terms of value and hardware
[QUOTE=fashman12;26507459]this is another line up, i took away the TB storage, lowered the RAM, and it is now 1230 ish. [/LIST][/QUOTE] 1920x1080 won't work really good when it comes to gaming with 5650m [editline]6th December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=B1N4RY!;26522561]Unless you own that laptop, I'd say that you're just making this up. Also, the laptop you've recommended is utter crap comparing to it in both terms of value and hardware[/QUOTE] Uh no, it's not. There is no laptop with 5870m that is good, read some reviews if you don't believe me. [editline]6th December 2010[/editline] And also notice that laptop that I recommended is only 1366x768
What a bad choice, get a Lenovo [url]http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?vt=5&GroupID=243&Code=06465BU&hide_menu_area=true&current-category-id=653343E0DE54435882FABC3CE1BC569A[/url]
[QUOTE=s0m3_guy;26522609]What a bad choice, get a Lenovo [url]http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?vt=5&GroupID=243&Code=06465BU&hide_menu_area=true&current-category-id=653343E0DE54435882FABC3CE1BC569A[/url][/QUOTE] I'd rather get dv6-3050us because 5730m is just basically overclocked 5650m, there is big price difference
do you go outside with your laptop to play games or are you too poor to afford a desk?
[QUOTE=s0m3_guy;26522736]do you go outside with your laptop to play games or are you too poor to afford a desk?[/QUOTE] Both of laptops are 15,6", and one you posted is quite overpriced actually
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;26522561]Unless you own that laptop, I'd say that you're just making this up. Also, the laptop you've recommended is utter crap comparing to it in both terms of value and hardware[/QUOTE] It gets hot, I know that, as my friend has goot the exact same model, but it isn't that much of a problem in the end.
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