• Laptops and GPUs. (a.k.a I'm getting a laptop)
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I'm gonna cut to the chase immediately; I'm buying a laptop, and I want to stay around the 700-800€ price range (that would be about 7-8K in Swedish currency). I'd like to do some gaming on this machine when I'm not at home to spend the night with my stationary PC, but I'm definitely not expecting Crysis to run at High. This gives a hint at what kind of specifications I should be looking at, right? With this in mind, I've nailed down two guidelines for hardware; Intel Core 2 Duo at +2GHz -- [i]Most laptops in the mid-range has this and I've only heard good stuff about them, and bad stuff about AMDs.[/i] 3-4 GB of RAM. However, if there is one thing that has always confused me in the computer hardware scene, it is mobile graphics cards. For one, the labeling is confusing. Secondly, they all seem to be re-branded versions of eachother. Like, what is a GeForce GT 130M? How does it compare to stationary GPU's?Yes, I realize that my problem is sheer blatant inexperience with laptops, but that is where you come in, FP! :buddy: For starters, I've picked out two possible candidates for purchase. The specs should be read-able enough internationally I figure: [url]http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=485014#ProductTabs[/url] [url]http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.aspx?sku=495424#ProductTabs[/url] [i] (These are in the upper-register of the price range I am looking at. If anyone has any specific laptop with similar performance slightly cheaper, speak up!)[/i] I'm not asking you to decide for me, I'm just requesting the two cents of the Facepunch Elite Geeks™ Thanks!
Get the ASUS.
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;18281909]However, if there is one thing that has always confused me in the computer hardware scene, it is mobile graphics cards. For one, the labeling is confusing.[/quote] If you know laptop hardware labeling and don't know desktop hardware labeling you could say the same thing. [QUOTE=Im Crimson;18281909]Secondly, they all seem to be re-branded versions of eachother. Like, what is a GeForce GT 130M? How does it compare to stationary GPU's?[/QUOTE] There's no real way to easily compare them to desktop cards. The ASUS is a much better deal for that price, bigger screen, better GPU, at the cost of a minimal difference in RAM speeds. The ASUS even comes with Windows 7. Thinking about it, that Acer is a horrible deal in comparison.
Alright, so the ASUS one is a good deal? Is 16" "large" by the definition of "hard to consider mobile"? It's hard to imagine the exact dimensions from numbers.
The ASUS is the better deal, yes. 16" won't cause any problems. The Dell XPS my grandfather (Lolwtf) owns fits in about every backpack, despite having a 19" screen. (if i remember correctly.)
Asus/msi/gateway/sager are the better bangs for your buck.
16" is just perfect, I have a 16" laptop and I take it to college fine, I also play gta4 on it in the library which is fun too! :v:
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