I’m considering handing my laptop over to my girlfriend and getting myself a new one… missus doesn’t have a laptop, she is always using her phone however good as her iphone is, some type of work she simply cannot complete on a mobile device…
Problem we have is that my laptop is rather large (we will address this later),but biggest concern is that it’s a DELL Studio 17 and it’s quite a decent spec (back when I got it this was anyhow), so I want something that’ll be able to play games on. I do game a heck of a lot on a laptop. I use a set of sennheiser pc 330 g4me phones with a G400 gaming mouse, so trackpad and internal sound of no concern.. Importance on GPU and display…
Our or my current thinking is and this is based on me looking over quite a few reviews of various laptops, and the only laptop within budget is surprisingly this one –
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-127-SA
The Samsung 700G7A is from what I’ve seen without doubt totally unbeatable price per performance. I’ve always been pro DELL however the XPS 17 models are coming with a rather weak GPU, GT 555M with 3GB of memory and this looks to be a marketing gimmick if you ask me, from what I’ve heard /read the 555M based in the XPS 700 series is based on DDR3 and performance is greatly affected by this.
Only other laptops I’ve considered, but don’t look to be as good as the Samsung is the Asus range based on the GTX 560M
I’m going to sell the components in my desktop rig, my desktop rig is never used anymore to help recover some of the £1500 cost, and I’m going to sell the Dell Studio if the missus doesn’t get on with it.
Anyhow, my question is.. Is my logic correct?
The GT 555M is a weak GPU for gaming
The GTX 560M despite being a good GPU the Samsung 700G7A is overall the better option.
I’ve not been overly happy with ATI support in the past, the 5870 in my desktop rig was a bit of a mare at times to get stable with dual display, the 5650 in my Studio has at times proved a bit un-stable with drivers, however willing to stay with ATI as despite this, I think the GPU in the Samsung offers good performance, not convinced 3D gaming on a laptop is all that mind..
Problem we have is that my laptop is rather large (we will address this later),but biggest concern is that it’s a DELL Studio 17 and it’s quite a decent spec (back when I got it this was anyhow), so I want something that’ll be able to play games on. I do game a heck of a lot on a laptop. I use a set of sennheiser pc 330 g4me phones with a G400 gaming mouse, so trackpad and internal sound of no concern.. Importance on GPU and display…
Our or my current thinking is and this is based on me looking over quite a few reviews of various laptops, and the only laptop within budget is surprisingly this one –
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-127-SA
The Samsung 700G7A is from what I’ve seen without doubt totally unbeatable price per performance. I’ve always been pro DELL however the XPS 17 models are coming with a rather weak GPU, GT 555M with 3GB of memory and this looks to be a marketing gimmick if you ask me, from what I’ve heard /read the 555M based in the XPS 700 series is based on DDR3 and performance is greatly affected by this.
Only other laptops I’ve considered, but don’t look to be as good as the Samsung is the Asus range based on the GTX 560M
I’m going to sell the components in my desktop rig, my desktop rig is never used anymore to help recover some of the £1500 cost, and I’m going to sell the Dell Studio if the missus doesn’t get on with it.
Anyhow, my question is.. Is my logic correct?
The GT 555M is a weak GPU for gaming
The GTX 560M despite being a good GPU the Samsung 700G7A is overall the better option.
I’ve not been overly happy with ATI support in the past, the 5870 in my desktop rig was a bit of a mare at times to get stable with dual display, the 5650 in my Studio has at times proved a bit un-stable with drivers, however willing to stay with ATI as despite this, I think the GPU in the Samsung offers good performance, not convinced 3D gaming on a laptop is all that mind..