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Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by wwejunkie, Aug 8, 2007.

  1. wwejunkie

    wwejunkie Regular member

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    im interested in buying a laptop and i wanna do some gaming on it but most of the laptop are 2.1ghz does it matter
     
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    uhh, can you be more specific? What kinds of gaming? Hardcore? Like Bf2, COH?
     
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  3. AXT

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    What's your budget for a laptop?

    For a decent gaming laptop be prepared to spend at least $1500 if not more.
     
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  4. wwejunkie

    wwejunkie Regular member

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    nah not hardcore gaming, just want one for moderate. and i wanna spend around 3k australian dollars.
     
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    That tells you NOTHING. It could be worth $4000, it could be worth $800, we need more info. Do you have the full spec sheet?
     
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    PROCESSOR – Intel Centrino Duo processor technology featuring Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7500 2.20GHz

    MEMORY - 2048MB DDR2 (2 Dimms)

    HARD DRIVE - 320GB SATA (160+160) 5400RPM

    OPTICAL DRIVE - LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support

    COLOUR DISPLAY - 17.0" WXGA+ High Definition BrightView Widescreen Display

    RESOLUTION - 1440 x 900

    VIDEO – NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS (NB8M⁄G84M GS) up to 1023MB TurboCache total graphics memory with 256MB dedicated for more than or equal to 2048MB system memory

    TV-OUT PORT – S-Video Output

    TV TUNER - HP ExpressCard Digital TV tuner with REMOTE CONTROL

    CAMERA - Integrated webcam

    LAN - Integrated 10⁄100⁄1000 Gigabit LAN; Intel PRO⁄Wireless 802.11a⁄g⁄n

    MODEM - High speed 56K modem

    SPEAKERS - Altec Lansing speakers

    CARD READER – Integrated 5-in-1 digital memory reader slot

    USB PORT - 3 USB 2.0

    EXPRESS CARD SLOT - ExpressCard⁄54 slot (supports both 34 and 54 form factors)

    IEEE1394 PORT - IEEE 1394

    INFRA-RED PORT – Consumer IR

    REMOTE CONTROL - Integrated HP Mobile Remote Control

    BLUE TOOTH - Bluetooth

    SECURITY OPTIONS - Integrated fingerprint reader

    SOFTWARE – Windows Vista Home Premium, Microsoft Works 8.5, Roxio Creator Basic, Muvee AutoProducer Basic Edition (with 20 Day Trial Full version), Adobe Acrobat Reader 7, Symantec Norton Internet Security (60 days live update), Symantec Norton Anti-Virus (60 days live update), HP QuickPlay Windows 3.2, HP Games by Oberon Media, HP PhotoSmart Premier, SoftThink HDD Recovery

     
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  8. sammorris

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    That graphics card is very slow considering the enormous amount of money that laptop costs.
     
    sammorris, Aug 10, 2007
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