Which Laptop?

Spammeh · 17 Mar 2006 at 02:23

Acer Aspire 1652ZWLM
# Intel Pentium-M Centrino 735A Processor 1.7GHz
# 1GB DDRII SDRAM -
# 100GB Hard Drive
# DVD Dual Layer Drive - To read DVDs and CDs and write CDs, DVD+, DVD- and large Dual Layer DVD
# 15.4" XGA Widescreen TFT Screen with CrystalBrite
# ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 512MB dedicated & shared graphics
# 3 USB 2.0 Sockets
# Integrated LAN and 56k v.90 data fax modem
# Integrated wireless 802.11 b/g LAN - Call for advice on Wireless networking
# Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Pre Loaded
# FREE Microsoft Works
# 3.5-hour Battery Life
# Weight 2.94kg
# 1 year warranty

£759.95
inc vat

OR

Acer Aspire 1692WLMi
* Intel Pentium-M 740 Processor 1.73GHz
* 1GB DDR SDRAM
* 80GB Hard Drive
* DVD Dual Layer Drive - To read DVDs and CDs and write CDs, DVD+, DVD- and large Dual Layer DVD
* 15.4" XGA Widescreen TFT Screen
* ATI Mobility X700 128MB dedicated graphics
* Integrated gigabit LAN and 56k v.90 data fax modem
* Integrated wireless 802.11b/g - Call for advice on Wireless networking
* Integrated Bluetooth
* Integrated 4-in-1 card reader
* 3 USB 2.0 Sockets
* 4-pin Firewire (IEEE 1394) Port
* Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Pre Loaded
* FREE Microsoft Works
* 3.5-hour Battery Life
* Weight 2.95kg
* 1 year warranty
* All laptops come with either full restore disks or a restore partition, Power Adaptor and leads

£689.95
inc vat

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I will be using this laptop for both work use, and for BF2 in emergencies instead of my main machine. I dont hugely want to spend over £700 but will if the difference in spec is worth it. What do ya reckon guys?

ACESHIGH · 17 Mar 2006 at 06:27

Spammeh said:
Acer Aspire 1692WLMi
* Intel Pentium-M 740 Processor 1.73GHz
* 1GB DDR SDRAM
* 80GB Hard Drive
* DVD Dual Layer Drive - To read DVDs and CDs and write CDs, DVD+, DVD- and large Dual Layer DVD
* 15.4" XGA Widescreen TFT Screen
* ATI Mobility X700 128MB dedicated graphics
* Integrated gigabit LAN and 56k v.90 data fax modem
* Integrated wireless 802.11b/g - Call for advice on Wireless networking
* Integrated Bluetooth
* Integrated 4-in-1 card reader
* 3 USB 2.0 Sockets
* 4-pin Firewire (IEEE 1394) Port
* Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Pre Loaded
* FREE Microsoft Works
* 3.5-hour Battery Life
* Weight 2.95kg
* 1 year warranty
* All laptops come with either full restore disks or a restore partition, Power Adaptor and leads

£689.95
inc vat

this one

tzang · 17 Mar 2006 at 08:09

ACESHIGH said:
this one

I disagree. The OP wants to play BF2 on the odd occasion and BF2 will run a tad bit slow on the X700 (unless you don't care about game quality

). Acer Aspire 1652ZWLM with the X1300 will do a better job overall though it comes with the extra price too.

ACESHIGH · 17 Mar 2006 at 09:34

Really!

X1300 - shares sytem ram; has 4 pixel pipelines
X700 - dedicated ram; 8 pixel pipelines

Spammeh · 17 Mar 2006 at 12:37

the x1300 has 128mb of dedicated i think, and then can be bumped up to 512 using system memory. I'm more curious as to whether the extra cost is too much for the performance difference if in fact there is any

tzang · 17 Mar 2006 at 17:20

ACESHIGH said:
Really!

X1300 - shares sytem ram; has 4 pixel pipelines
X700 - dedicated ram; 8 pixel pipelines

You do have a point, I thought X1300 had 8 pixel pipelines

X700 also has 4 more vertex shader pipelines... I guess it will hold the edge.

X1300 comes with 128Mb dedicated with another 384Mb available from shared RAM. X700 comes with 128Mb dedicated which is fixed. The X1300 will edge over the X700 if you up the game quality (or depending on how demanding the game is for texture/geometry data).