I'm getting a laptop, and I'm too stupid to tell if the one I like is any good

[Tellos Athenaios]

Note. Lemur's assessment of screen size is not correct. It is not physical size but resolution that matters as far as FPS go; and it should be noted that the Novatech sports a 1080* resolution (1080p or 1080i) even though it has only a 15.6" screen. Furthermore its 17" alternative has the exact same resolution.

Why Lemur's rule of thumb works in practice is that bigger screens (usually) have larger resolutions to keep the pictures sharp and clear. But as mentioned the Novatech has a same high resolution as your average 22inch monitor so you should compare it to a typical 22inch monitor. The real issue with these monitors are: power draw (bigger monitors draw more power; and it is worsened by the fact that most power-saving strategies do not work as well with monitors), price (are they worth it to you?), and portability.

As for processor speeds the Corei have this ‘turbo boost’ feature which alters the clock speed on demand. This means you should get about 2.2-2.5Ghz when running only 2 cores, 1.9-2.2.Ghz when running 3, and 2.8Ghz when running 1. http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=43122

Because the TW games are not heavily multi threaded you will likely not run all 4 or 3 cores when playing which means you should get performance similar to a 2.2-2.5Ghz dual core processor [but which dual core heavily depends on (relative) cache size]. In more day-to-day tasks (especially number crunching tasks) you may see some benefit from using a 64bit OS as well.

[Lemur]

Note. Lemur's assessment of screen size is not correct. It is not physical size but resolution that matters as far as FPS go; and it should be noted that the Novatech sports a 1080* resolution (1080p or 1080i) even though it has only a 15.6" screen. Furthermore its 17" alternative has the exact same resolution.

My bad, entirely my bad, I was assuming that the bigger screen meant a higher resolution. I will now flog myself in penance, and upload the results to geekspankings.com.

[Subotan]

Note. Lemur's assessment of screen size is not correct. It is not physical size but resolution that matters as far as FPS go; and it should be noted that the Novatech sports a 1080* resolution (1080p or 1080i) even though it has only a 15.6" screen. Furthermore its 17" alternative has the exact same resolution.
Why Lemur's rule of thumb works in practice is that bigger screens (usually) have larger resolutions to keep the pictures sharp and clear. But as mentioned the Novatech has a same high resolution as your average 22inch monitor so you should compare it to a typical 22inch monitor. The real issue with these monitors are: power draw (bigger monitors draw more power; and it is worsened by the fact that most power-saving strategies do not work as well with monitors), price (are they worth it to you?), and portability.

Monitors are measured diagonally across the screen, correct? If so, what would the width of be? (Seeing as the deciding factor on size will be whether it fits into a specific bag I own)
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Because the TW games are not heavily multi threaded you will likely not run all 4 or 3 cores when playing which means you should get performance similar to a 2.2-2.5Ghz dual core processor [but which dual core heavily depends on (relative) cache size].In more day-to-day tasks (especially number crunching tasks) you may see some benefit from using a 64bit OS as well.

Sure, that looks sensible.

My bad, entirely my bad, I was assuming that the bigger screen meant a higher resolution. I will now flog myself in penance, and upload the results to geekspankings.com.

Uh, no, that's not really necessary.

[Lemur]

Holy displayport, Subotan, your quoting in the above post is so messed up I can't tell who wrote what! You madman! You anarchist! Clean up your mess, young man, or you'll be banned from using BB codes for the next week!

[Subotan]

there were a few announced at CES, but i cannot recall them right now, i did check before but without luck

I'm not 18 until July, and I won't need it until october, so they'll probably be out by then.

(i was supposed to be working). :p
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You'd do that for a leftie like me?
(I'm meant to be working all the time when I'm actually arguing about the EU but shh)

p.s. i wouldn't get a gaming laptop with a 1080p screen unless the graphic card was a 800 shader AMD one or a 96 shader nVidia one (different ways of calculating shaders).

1600x900 is the biggest native res i would consider for a mid-range GPU like an AMD 320-400 shader GPU or a Nvidia 48-64 shader GPU.

i run 1920x1200 and have a nVidia 9800GX2 with 256 shaders, and even that struggles on some newer games.

I mostly play strategy games, and I'm used to terrible graphics (Paradox Interactive, RTW, a Wii and a crummy desktop have all taken their toll). Anything post-2007 looks amazing to me, so I'm not that concerned with all max settings.

Holy displayport, Subotan, your quoting in the above post is so messed up I can't tell who wrote what! You madman! You anarchist! Clean up your mess, young man, or you'll be banned from using BB codes for the next week!

Sorry