Help buying a new notebook

When I used GPU-Z and checked the core and memory clocks, they were higher for the acer 9600, compared to HP 9600

Could this mean the acer does indeed have the GDDR3 version????

 

Yes, GDDR3 is usually higher clocked.

 

Alright thanks

I also e-mailed Acer Middle east and HP middle east asking about the 9600M Gt in both their laptops and which type of memory they had.
Waiting for a reply from them, but I'll probably go with the acer

 

I'm going with the acer, because someone I know e-mailed nVidia and they said the 9600 in the aspire 5930G doesn't come with DDR2 graphics.

PS - I want to connect my new laptop to my current computer so we can play LAN games eg. UT3
Can you tell me which cable (with a pic) will be needed so I can buy it with my laptop???
Is there anything else needed to set up a LAN (both have Ethernet, one is XP SP2 on is Vista home premium)

Thanks

 

CAT5-E cable should do, I don't think you need crossover cables any more.

 

could you post a pic of what it looks like ( the ends), as I'm not sure.
Thanks

PS - Where do I plug this

 

The cable looks like this:


And the socket (ignore what's behind it) will look like this:

 

Alright thanks, so it plugs into the ethernet port of my mobo????

 

It does, yes. Thart's what it is, CAT5 Ethernet.

 

Oh OK cool
and once I connect them both up, is a network automatically set up, or do I have to do it manually???

 

You will need to assign the two PCs IP addresses on the same subnet - e.g. give one 192.168.0.100 and the other 192.168.0.200.

 

And how do I do that??

Sorry don't know too much about networking

 

Control panel -> network connections, Local Area Network -> properties. Do that for both PCs (though obviously, give them different IP addresses) - use subnet mask 255.255.255.0 as default and 192.168.0.1 as default gateway.

 

Alright thanks, I'll try that out when I get the lappy

 

Just an update
Got the laptop (Acer Aspire 5930G)
I ran some benchmarks and I'm pleased with the performance.
UT3- All settings maxed out at 1280x800 AVG 45FPS
CoD4 - Everything high/full with x2 anti-aliasing at 1280x800 AVG 43FPS
Haven't tried any other games yet but will do soon

I will also connect my desktop and laptop soon, as you said above to have a LAN game

Thanks for all your help