Hey guys;
I am thinking of buying a new laptop. I need your help in deciding. First of all, I don't want to spend too much money, my range is $1000 - 1200 canadian, before taxes. I have already looked at two nice laptops, one from "dell" and another from "bestbuy". I am a gamer, so I would like to play games like, "Age of Empires III, Battlefield 2, NHL 2006, Counter Strike, GTA:San Andreas, Half Life 2"...... Here are the two laptops I have seen so far. One has "128MB ATI Radeon Xpress 200M Shared" graphics card (from best buy) and dell computer has "128MB DDR ATI's MOBILITY™ RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics".
Dell Computer:
Inspiron 6000
Inte Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition (English)
15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel
512MB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms
100GB Hard Drive
24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
128MB DDR ATI's MOBILITY™ RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics
9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps)
BestBuy Computer:
ompaq V2570 AMD Turion 64 ML-32 1.8GHz Laptop
Processor Type AMD Turion 64 ML-32
Screen Size 14.0"
RAM 512MB DDR RAM (Exp. To 2GB)
Hard Drive 60GB 4200RPM
Optical Drives DVD+/- R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive
Graphics 128MB ATI Radeon Xpress 200M Shared
Average Battery Life 3 Hours
Product Weight 2.33 kg
Audio Type Altec Lansing
Battery Type 6-Cell Lithium-Ion
Cache 512KB L2
Fax/Modem 56K V.90
I/O Ports 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394
Included In Box AC Adapter, Battery, Manual
Network Card 10/100 Ethernet, 802.11b/g Wireless
Other Software See The Features Section
PC Card Slots 1 x Type I/II 32-Bit (Supports 16-Bit)
Pointing Device Touchpad
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Processor Speed 1.8GHz
Product Dimensions 33.40(W) x 3.28(H) x 23.11(D) cm
Removable Storage No
Screen Type WXGA High-Definition BrightView
Speakers Altec Lansing
System Bus 1800MHz
Warranty 1 Year Parts & Labour
First, How these two video cards compare? Can I be able to play the games listed above on these cards? Is there any site where I can check the benchmarks for these two cards?
thank you.
I am thinking of buying a new laptop. I need your help in deciding. First of all, I don't want to spend too much money, my range is $1000 - 1200 canadian, before taxes. I have already looked at two nice laptops, one from "dell" and another from "bestbuy". I am a gamer, so I would like to play games like, "Age of Empires III, Battlefield 2, NHL 2006, Counter Strike, GTA:San Andreas, Half Life 2"...... Here are the two laptops I have seen so far. One has "128MB ATI Radeon Xpress 200M Shared" graphics card (from best buy) and dell computer has "128MB DDR ATI's MOBILITY™ RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics".
Dell Computer:
Inspiron 6000
Inte Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition (English)
15.4 inch WXGA LCD Panel
512MB Shared DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimms
100GB Hard Drive
24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive
128MB DDR ATI's MOBILITY™ RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics
9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (80 WHr)
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal Wireless (802.11 a/b/g, 54Mbps)
BestBuy Computer:
ompaq V2570 AMD Turion 64 ML-32 1.8GHz Laptop
Processor Type AMD Turion 64 ML-32
Screen Size 14.0"
RAM 512MB DDR RAM (Exp. To 2GB)
Hard Drive 60GB 4200RPM
Optical Drives DVD+/- R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive
Graphics 128MB ATI Radeon Xpress 200M Shared
Average Battery Life 3 Hours
Product Weight 2.33 kg
Audio Type Altec Lansing
Battery Type 6-Cell Lithium-Ion
Cache 512KB L2
Fax/Modem 56K V.90
I/O Ports 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394
Included In Box AC Adapter, Battery, Manual
Network Card 10/100 Ethernet, 802.11b/g Wireless
Other Software See The Features Section
PC Card Slots 1 x Type I/II 32-Bit (Supports 16-Bit)
Pointing Device Touchpad
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Processor Speed 1.8GHz
Product Dimensions 33.40(W) x 3.28(H) x 23.11(D) cm
Removable Storage No
Screen Type WXGA High-Definition BrightView
Speakers Altec Lansing
System Bus 1800MHz
Warranty 1 Year Parts & Labour
First, How these two video cards compare? Can I be able to play the games listed above on these cards? Is there any site where I can check the benchmarks for these two cards?
thank you.