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Andr3w

Andr3w

Andr3w

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been looking for a gaming laptop, i dont have the room for a full pc, and i will be moving around abit so i guess laptop would be best.

MAX budget of about £1200

i was looking at the dell xpsm1710 and for about 1200 i can get

BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7400 (2.16 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2-cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
LCD 17.0" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™
MEMORY 4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048] edit
HARD DRIVE 250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD 512MB DDR3 nVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX graphics card
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including software - Vista
PRIMARY BATTERY 9 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (80 Whr)


the only problem is, the graphics card....i was hoping for an 8800 or something, whats the 7 series one like?
 
so the 7950 is better than an 8600gt? I thought the 8600 was the newer range:o?

Im kind of wanting to get one sooner rather than later, i could wait, but then i could go to buy and then somebody else will say *wait for this one...* lol

Theres always going to be something better out.

Is this laptop the best i can get for the price?
Is 4GB worth it over 2, also should i pay extra to get the 7200 over 5400 HDD.
 
Does the OS i spec'd support 4gb? (can you tell ive been away for a long time?:p)

I've been reading about the 7950 etc and was getting excited, then i realised it doesnt support DX10 :(

Is it possible to get an 8800 in a laptop for £1200?
 
To say im wanting to keep the laptop for around 2-3 years are you SURE dx10 won't be a problem? im just abit worried, £1200 is a lot of money for me and i dont want to be regreting it in 6months.

Again in my research, i found that the 7950 gtx in SLI is very good (sli = dual cards right?) but in my spec its just single....?

heres a chart i found

second pic down
http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3155&p=4
 
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im confused on what to do now :p

I was wanting a laptop as i do move around abit, i can take it to the other lads rooms and set up lans easy etc etc,and i dont have much room, however after looking round, i can buy a desktop for cheaper thats better...its really annoying :p
 
hehe yeh, i would go for the 8800 if i decided. Trying to decide between rock/alienware (although they are abit over the top) or the dell m1730.

Is the upgrade from 32bit to 64 bit via the ms website free or do you pay?
 
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