searching for a laptop

**shifty157** · 06-18-2006, 21:26

Originally Posted by orangat

The mobile version is the Merom. Not sure when it will be released. Q4 possibly.
The Merom/Conroe is not pin compatible with the current P4's.

Not compatible? Well that certainly sucks. Yeah I figured I wouldnt be able to get the merom CPU but i thought that conroe might come out soon enough to get one.

If i cant get the Conroe then Ill probably get the latest AMD chip. The 64 bit Dual Core one. Ive never gotten an AMD chip before so im not at all familiar with the numbering scheme they use. How are they in comparison to the P4?

It seems that the G80 series wont be out in time for me to get one. If I got a 7000 series GPU could I replace it with a 8000 series (or perhaps another future series) later on?

**orangat** · 06-18-2006, 22:43

AMDs dual core version for laptops is the TurionX2. Laptops are not the ideal platform for gaming or upgrades. I don't know if upgrades are available or even possible. If you are thinking about raid, high end cpu/gpu, get or build a desktop.

**shifty157** · 06-19-2006, 04:04

Yeah I would get a desktop but ill be living in a dorm this fall so i wont have any room for one. Ill have to survive with my laptop for probably the next five or six years.

**Sigurd** · 06-28-2006, 12:56

I just got a new Laptop.

It is a Dell Precision M-65 …
15, 4“screen (1680x1050)
Yonah (T2500) 2.0 GHz Processor (centrino dual core technology)
2GB DDR2 SDRAM (667 MHz)
7200 rpm 80 GB HDD
256 MB (using 512 MB) NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M Graphic card
Etc…

I am quite happy with it as it can run all the games I am interested in and that it is a real work horse(laptop vise).
It is not top of the line but more than enough for my needs. Any better specifications and it would use too much power (it is meant to be mobile, not just sit in a docking station all day).

I chose Dell because my company gets great prices, services and warranties. The Initial Next Business Day and Complete Care are priceless.

**Cebei** · 07-15-2006, 16:50

I have been looking for a good gaming laptop too. I am willing to pay around 2000 pounds (won a scholarship recently

) and I am considering buying a laptop in the UK (US prices are cheaper but I am a bit concerned about power conversion for machines of this complexity)

I checked Sager, Dell and Alienware and Alienware seems to be the less expensive one. What should I expect from a laptop around 2000 quid?

**Cebei** · 07-19-2006, 04:09

I am taking back my words

Alienware appears to be the most expensive, but they are the only laptop builder that has 2 x 512MB SLI Geforces. 1GB of graphics should be nice

What do you think about the new Core 2 Duo processors when compared to AMD Athlon?

**Geezer57** · 07-19-2006, 17:57

HardOCP's conclusion is that the new Intel chips are slightly ahead of the AMD ones, but that the amount was negligible. See here: http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

I'll be watching the price reductions closely before making any moves, as I don't believe it's worth being on the "bleeding edge" of technology. Too little return for the investment...