Nobby's gaming laptop... Opinions please !

[nobby]

Ok found this for 1080 quid... Very cheap ;)

Display

15.4 INCH WIDESCREEN DISPLAY (1280 X 800) + ANTI-GLARE

Processor (CPU)

INTEL® Core 2 Duo T7700 (2 X 2.40GHz) 800MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)

2048 MB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB)

Operating System

64 BIT WINDOWS® VISTA Ultimate (inc CD & License) (£119)

USB Options

4 x USB 2.0 PORTS

Bluetooth & Infrared Options

NONE

Memory - Hard Disk

250GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5400rpm)

CD/DVD Drive

8x DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)

Graphics Card

256MB GEFORCE 8600GT + D-SUB + TV-OUT

Sound Card

Realtek ALC268 2 Channel High Definition Audio + SPIDIF OUT

Modem

INTEGRATED 56KBPS V92 MODEM

Network Facilities

Onboard LAN & WIRELESS 802.11G NETWORK CARD

Floppy Disk Drive

NONE

Memory Card Reader

INTERNAL 3 IN 1 MEMORY CARD READER (SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO)

Firewire & Video Editing

1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT

TV Card

NONE

Stand-Alone Monitor

NONE

Keyboard & Mouse

Logitech® G15 Gaming Keyboard with Backlit LCD Display

Mouse

Logitech® MX Revolution Cordless Laser Gaming Mouse

Speakers

CREATIVE ITRIGUE 2.0 2200 SPEAKER SYSTEM

Printer

NONE

Surge Protection

2 x Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector (8 Sockets)

Webcam & VoIP

Creative LiveCam Vista IM

Media Center Kit

NONE

Anti-Virus

NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2007

Office Software

NONE

Port Replicator

Port Replicator: (Parallel, Serial, 3 x USB, 10/100 LAN, 5.1 Audio)

Battery

2 x 9 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (+ Spare 6 Cell Battery)

Power Lead & Adaptor

1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor

Dimensions & Weight

W x D x H: 355mm x 257mm x 35.2mm | Weight: 2.7KG

Additional Features


1 x Express Card Slot





I've decided to get a Gaming laptop since this was well cheap and I'm planning on going back to Japland again so I need a mobile machine... which will also play games :p


Can you guys tell me if this machine will be good enough for crysis ?


ps.//// Also is that graphics card DX10 ?


edit:// oh and I havn't bought it yet :p

[tarasm]

amazing laptop the graphics card is dx10 and its also very good I got it


WHEN YOU GONNA PLAY NEOCRON FUCK CRYSIS

[IceStorm]

Screw the notebook (they're called notebooks now to avoid the lawsuits that come from putting it on your lap and burning your naughty bits).

Get this (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41472), a big backpack, and an LCD that you can remove the base from.

[Selket]

widescreen sound nice but if u are gamer then take a normal size. Not all games support 1280x800 shit.

i made the mistake to buy a widescreen

[nobby]

I've got no choice over the screen, otherwise I would have changed that part.

[MrWeedster]

Laptops suck if u wanna play.

The GFX sucks too, but for a Laptop its ok.

Desktop for playing, Laptops for working/traveling (w/o playing).

U need no x64 Vista for just 2GB RAM.


greetz

[james_finn]

It'll play crysis, but I doubt it'll play it with full resolution/effects. As for the rest of the laptop its actually not too bad a buy - if your going for Vista I would recommend against x64 as you need 64 bit drivers which are still slow to be released by hardware manufacturers, but make sure that you have 2GB of RAM because certain things (cough msn) dont work in vista without it - In my experience anyway.

/Delphi

[Seraphin[69]]

That laptop is good but you can find an equivalent (cheaper) on Dell.com

(Check the Vostro 1500)

[nobby]

awww fuck !


I just bought the laptop... I could have saved 500 quid on dell...

[CMaster]

Yeah but - Dell's spontaneously combust.

(OK, probably not any more. Was still funny when Dell and Apple laptops started bursting into flames though).

[nobby]

well since I normally leave my PC on for 3 months at a time before I restart, I really don't want my Computer to go up in flames :p

I guess without Dell is the best thing to do ^^

[ashley watts]

Yup, seems nice for a laptop tbh :p, but im a Desktop person my self ^^

[Seraphin[69]]

Dell wasn't the one in fault. Sony was with the batteries

[nobby]

Yup, seems nice for a laptop tbh :p, but im a Desktop person my self ^^


I've always been a desktop person...

When I was planning my 3 month Course in Japan...
I thought... "Fuck... what about internet !"


It's not like I can take my Whole desktop on the plane ^^


so I finally decided "I'll get a Laptop !"





I've only got a P4 2.8 GHz Cpu, 2 GB DDR RAM and 7800 GS 512mb GPU

Having this is much better than my current rig anyway :p

[nobby]

omfg !!!

Laptop's gonna be here on courier van in less than 8 hours time !!! :p

[nobby]

ok I've got my laptop, I'll be honest... I do like it :)

but the thing I fucking hate... is FUCKING VISTA !!! omfg...

I find out my USB modem aint got no drivers for vista... so I have a pain in the arse getting online with my faulty Ethernet modem which likes to DC when it get's hot...

I Find out that, games that support DX 10... don't like my drivers so therefore don't let me play with DX 10.

I then find out that there's NO Vista drivers for Mobile nvidia cards :(

so after forcing my computer to install Normal 8600 drivers, I can get the free dx 10 demo of lost planet to work... however, I can't try Bioshock :(
just dies whenever I try to launch the game...

I only got 93 FPS in the CS S stress test...

My friend tells me that I should never have got vista because of drivers 'n' shit... and I agree with him.

I would dual boot XP on here... but i can't since my only copy of XP is a DELL XP disc... eugh :(

I do like my laptop... don't get me wrong but Vista has seriously wanked me off today... in a bad way !