Laptop to my desktop comparison

[TheBrooder]

The laptop I'm looking at is something like this: -

XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T8100 2.10GHz
Memory: Memory 4096MB (2x2048) 800MHz DDR2
Hard Disk Drive: Hard Drive 320GB (5400rpm)
Video: ASSY, BASE 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT
NoteBook Screen: Display LCD 15.4 WXGA+
CD Read-Write Drive: 8xDVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive, including SW
System Color: CCFL backcover black & 2.0mp camera
MISC: MS Vista Premium Logo Label NB (small
Internal Keyboard Uk/Irish (QWERTY)
Vista OnLine Getting Started Guide (WW
Battery (56WH) 6 Cell
Dell Wireless 1395 Mini-Card 802.11b/g EMEA
Image Restore - Vista

My desktop is this: -

e6300 c2d 1.86ghz
p5n-e sli
4850
4 gb corsair twinx
2tb total HD space
x-fi gamer
Enermax CPU

Would I be losing much performance if I went to the laptop?

I'm mainly concerned about games but I don't really play that much at the moment, I'll be getting the latest total war, I don't play crysis or far cry 2 just a bit of battlefield 2/2142, tf2 will I be ok with the laptop do you think?

 

[ninja2000]

I used to own a 1530.

It will play BF2 and TF2 fine. I have no idea about the latest total war though as I have not tried it (I am guessing you are not talking about Empire either as that is not released yet)
I also played forged alliance and company of heroes with no problems.

 

[reflux]

I have a similarly specced laptop, and can confirm that BF2142 and TF2 run very well on it

 

[Hectic Glenn]

I have a similar laptop with a significantly worse graphics card, and I run TF2 on it high settings (no HDR though) very nicely. You have a bit more power though so it seems like you'll be fine.

 

[TheBrooder]

Sorry yeh I was talking about the new empire total war.

Thanks all, I may just do it then and get rid of this big hunk of ugly grey metal ...