Should I wait?

Bengaboy · 26 Oct 2007 at 04:04

Hello guys

1st time posting in this part of the forum and really need ya help - I havnt a clue about laptops tbh.

Im going to be joining the navy in about 6-8 months time, and was wondering when/if the new laptops would be coming out with dx10?

Basically i dont mind spending a bit more on the laptop so it lasts me most of the duration in the navy. Playing games with good gfx would be brilliant.

Also, im not bothered about any HD-DVD or Blu-Ray drives either - im guessing at a screen that small it would be hard to notice the difference from a DVD.

Any body know any info on this?

Cheers all

Dureth · 26 Oct 2007 at 08:57

There are laptops with HD DVD/Blu Ray and with DX10 already out but to be honest a DVD drive should be more than enough. Just try to get a laptop with the new 8600Go chip as this is quite excellent for moderate gaming.

Bengaboy · 26 Oct 2007 at 14:43

Well there are the newer 8700 gfx cards that are coming out - are they any good? What kind of desktop gfx card would they equal?

Also, i would go for the 8600, looking on here I was quite tempted by the vostros - but the DDR2 ram has put me of somewhat.

naudiz · 26 Oct 2007 at 15:21

Nothing wrong with DDR2 RAM, most desktops use it at the moment, I know the Vostro I'm getting is gonn have DDR2

Naud

Bengaboy · 26 Oct 2007 at 16:12

naudiz said:
Nothing wrong with DDR2 RAM, most desktops use it at the moment, I know the Vostro I'm getting is gonn have DDR2

Naud

Nah i meant DDR 2 ram in the gfx card mate - the norm is DDR 3 and even DDR 4 is out now.

GuruJockStrap · 26 Oct 2007 at 16:15

The 8700M GT is actually slower than the Go 7950 GTX it replaces at the top end of nVidia's mobile GPU's. The only advantage they have is DX10 capability.

Dell did cut costs by sticking DDR2 RAM with the 8600MGT instead of the faster DDR3 but in the games I've been playing its been fine. Can play at 1280x800 with graphical settings on Medium or High, depending on the game.

You can get laptops with 8600MGT and DDR3 RAM but I've found either its expensive for the spec compared to what you can get for Dell, or they've mis-matched up the hardware on the laptop. Many laptops I've seen with the DDR3 8600MGT come with a 1680x1050 resolution display. If you like to play at native resolution, you'll be turning down those graphical sliders very quickly as that high resolution is asking a bit too much of the GPU, especially if you want to play any recent games.