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ToT)OjKa(
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Korea (South)2437 Posts
February 11 2010 02:21 GMT
#1
yo yo yo this is a laptop question to the masses,
you wanna debate ati v nvidia? blow it out yo asses,
gonna get an acer for sure,
hope the graphics quality isn't poor,
cos i wanna do some gaming,
get on my mount and start blading,
applied for beta for warband,
gotta wait for an email
WAIT FOR AN EMAIL
completed mass effect 2 by the way,
ending quite abrupt and pretty gay,
my fucking tali died
MY TALI DIED
garrus and tali kicking it old school
BUT THEN MY TALI DIED
MY TALI DIED
had to do second playthrough,
flying round helping out all a my crew,
was fucking mans up on tekken 6,
busting it jin - nerfed hopkicks,
sadly though the HDD got corrupt,
so now i can't play anymore

Acer Aspire 5536g £400
AMD Turion X2 Dual Core (RM-74 2.2 GHz, 1MB L2 cache)
15.6" (Acer CineCrystal, 1366x768 HD, High Brightness)
4GB RAM possibly DDR3
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 with 512MB Dedicated RAM
http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5536G_625142.html

versus

Acer Aspire 6930g 733G25Mn £450
Intel Centrino 2® Core™ 2 Duo (P7350 - 2.0 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 3MB)
16" (HD 1366 x 768 resolution, high-brightness (220- cd/m2) Acer CineCrystal™ TFT LCD, 8 ms high-def response time, 16 aspect ratio)
3GB RAM DDR2
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GS with 512MB dedicated Memory + Shared Memory
Plays Blu-ray

I'd like to use it for some gaming as well, not get my dick out and splurge Crisis full all over it but fantastic enough for games such as Mount and Blade and some other stuff, knock me the chances for SC2 while i'm here please.

Both look blue, pretty nice blue. Latter laptop less batty powie and slightly heavier

*****
OjKa OjKa OjKa!
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
February 11 2010 02:28 GMT
#2
if you wanna game, buy a desktop. Gaming laptops are not worth it, I know this from personal experience.
blabberrrrr
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
February 11 2010 02:30 GMT
#3
i'd go with nr.1... but wait for some experts to confirm (:
Sapraedon
Profile Joined January 2010
United Kingdom142 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-11 02:38:29
February 11 2010 02:31 GMT
#4

The little money you save by buying a 6930 instead of a 6935G means you get a 9600GS as opoosed to a 9600GT DDR3.

Have fun with that.

Edit: I'll actually help:

9600M GSO : 8844 3Dmark 05
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9600M-GS.9450.0.html

9600M GT: 9592 3Dmark 05
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9600M-GT.9449.0.html
(I'm pretty sure they tested the DDR2 Ram version only)

HD4570: 6788 3Dmark 05
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-4570.13885.0.html

With a 1366x768, you can pretty much run anything on maxed settings (AA pending) at a decent 40+ fps with a 9600M GT DDR3.
PangO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Chile1870 Posts
February 11 2010 02:33 GMT
#5
I agree with Blabber, why Acer ?
If you want a gaming laptop, go for an Asus. Like.
[image loading]


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus - Laptop with Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor - Blue/Black/9556072.p?id=1218124204092&skuId=9556072

Or just go for a Desktop.

Answering your question,i'll choose the 2nd one.
In Economics, the majority is always wrong. aka: MattRz
ToT)OjKa(
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Korea (South)2437 Posts
February 11 2010 02:34 GMT
#6
aye thing is i have nothing to game at the moment. Nothing on PC is coming to mind apart from Warband expansion for Mount, i barely spend any time in my room and its also ziemlich kalt. These gfx cards are capable of playing MW2 on maybe medium/low which is fine for me and if SC2/D3 can't run on in it then i can always repair my computer and give it some more pylons

which laptop is better? People seem to prefer the 9600m GS over the 4570 but i've seen that 4570 gives better results for gaming?
Also the processers, i read that the P series is much more energy efficient and i think it will reduce the chance on the laptop getting so hot on my lap that i panic because i think i have soiled myself like a playa
OjKa OjKa OjKa!
PangO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Chile1870 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-11 02:39:14
February 11 2010 02:38 GMT
#7
Yes, i had to make the same choice, but the P processor, is way more efficient.
So i keep recommending the 2nd one.
Its up to you, unless you really want DD3 memory maybe ?
In Economics, the majority is always wrong. aka: MattRz
orgolove
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Vatican City State1650 Posts
February 11 2010 02:39 GMT
#8
Holy shit that Asus is good! GTX 260 M and 4gig ram for less than 1k? On a laptop?


Well, the screensize is small and the processor is only 2.1ghz but still... very nice.
초대 갓, 이영호 | First God, Lee Young Ho
Sapraedon
Profile Joined January 2010
United Kingdom142 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-11 02:45:03
February 11 2010 02:44 GMT
#9
You do realise that the speed of a processor should not be directly measured by "Ghz", right?


But OP, if you have the money, buy that Asus laptop. It's ridiculously cheap for what it is and it will run anything on max on that resolution for a looooooong time.
Deleted User 47542
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1484 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-11 02:45:45
February 11 2010 02:45 GMT
#10
If you have the money I strongly recommend the Asus g73.
1900x1080 hd display, i7 720 qm processor, ati mobility 5870 gpu, 8 gigs ram, 1 tb hd.

Highest spec notebook for $1.5k
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20168 Posts
February 11 2010 02:50 GMT
#11
take your budget and go here:
http://www.xoticpc.com

best place if you wanna get a decent laptop than can run games imo
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
Dgtl
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada889 Posts
February 11 2010 02:59 GMT
#12
Dont get centrino, it has all onboard memory stripped from it.
^______________^
xmShake
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1100 Posts
February 11 2010 03:30 GMT
#13
Option 1 is superior. Nothing wrong with Acer btw, they just get a bad rap since they're generally a budget type of manufacturer.
Sapraedon
Profile Joined January 2010
United Kingdom142 Posts
February 11 2010 03:55 GMT
#14
May I ask how exactly option 1 is superior?

The only possible thing is higher RAM (which is, for the better part, not utilised by the 32bit system which will be installed).
The processor is slower, the graphics card is far worse and the screen is smaller.
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
February 11 2010 04:14 GMT
#15
As for your options, I don't know which is better, but Acer is good from what I know.

I do like your rap though.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
ToT)OjKa(
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Korea (South)2437 Posts
February 11 2010 15:18 GMT
#16
Thanks for all the replies, i've been looking at laptops for awhile now and mans be tripping.

Ideally my budget is around £400 - £500 and i don't want an uber gaming laptop (not that i can grab one at this budget) but at least be able to play games.

That xotic site looks pretty good, it's been awhile since i looked at the exchange rate but the first lappy falls in my price range comfortably. ATI 4650 looks pretty damn good, read good things on it. How does it fare vs 9600GT?
Sick site though, i'll have to finalise my decision, looking at this:

http://www.xoticpc.com/force-khlb2-built-compal-khlb2-p-2635.html

Probably bump up the processers to T6600 and hey Presto! DELIVER MY SHIT
OjKa OjKa OjKa!
bangbangSKEETSKEET
Profile Joined January 2010
United States39 Posts
February 11 2010 16:40 GMT
#17
Thank you jesus for this thread..
I've been wanting to buy a laptop for the longest time.
Keep the suggestions coming, Im also in the same price range
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17845 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-11 17:50:29
February 11 2010 17:44 GMT
#18
Hmm... Next week I'm buying a laptop too but in a bit higher price range ($950). Samsung r580 with core i5, 4GB ram, 500GB hdd and GT330 graphics. Serious pwnzor for this price but I want it to serve me for at least 5 years.

Your choice looks very nice though.

Edit:

Here you can read some more about it (your Acer choice). A really nice and professional review.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-Aspire-5536G-Notebook.17192.0.html
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