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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
May 22 2008 20:06 GMT
#1
Runs DX10 Bioshock on full settings and 1440x900 at perfect framerate. I haven't gotten to try out Crysis yet because I'm still burning DVDs and transferring. $1300 for the laptop, and then I'll stick a T9300 in later this summer when the prices drop.

Yes, this is entirely a brag post. Happy happy joy joy. :D :D

Oh yes, she is beautiful. And I know Aero is slowing down my computer but the glass effect is so purdy I don't really care.

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mdb
Profile Blog Joined February 2003
Bulgaria4059 Posts
May 22 2008 20:11 GMT
#2
How do you guys play games on laptops. it seems so uncomfortable to me.
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32152 Posts
May 22 2008 20:12 GMT
#3
Sweet comp. Specs?

And yeah, id kill myself playin games on my labby~ then again, i know my one friend who was really good at cstrike on his.
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memmypoker
Profile Joined May 2008
119 Posts
May 22 2008 20:18 GMT
#4
easy playing when u play with keaboard, its easyer that u think
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-22 20:23:50
May 22 2008 20:21 GMT
#5
1.83 Core 2 Duo
8800M GTS overclocked +110 core/300 memory
4gb PC5300 ram
320gb 5400rpm hd
Vista 64

I'll add another hd later along with the processor. Probably won't run a RAID but I might make the 2nd a 7200rpm one.

I'm not sure if I'll bring my keyboard/monitor with me when I go to college. The keyboard is very good for a laptop keyboard but stuff like the function key bother me, so I'd still rather bring me own. For gaming it's actually perfectly fine, but I still have issues typing with it.

The thing is extremely cool and quiet, which has been a very pleasant surprise. It's still a big monster, but since I work out it's not a problem.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and no problems with SC and Vista 64.
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Centric
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1989 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-22 20:33:00
May 22 2008 20:32 GMT
#6
Yeah I run Vista x64. I'm beginning to hate it more and more though, despite the extra GB of RAM usage I get from using it. There's all these compatibility issues with a lot of hardware and software and it's pretty irritating.

EDIT: Of course, SC is the most important piece of software you're running anyways .
Super serious.
Descent
Profile Joined January 2008
1244 Posts
May 22 2008 20:34 GMT
#7
On May 23 2008 05:06 Jibba wrote:
Runs DX10 Bioshock on full settings and 1440x900 at perfect framerate. I haven't gotten to try out Crysis yet because I'm still burning DVDs and transferring. $1300 for the laptop, and then I'll stick a T9300 in later this summer when the prices drop.

Yes, this is entirely a brag post. Happy happy joy joy. :D :D

Oh yes, she is beautiful. And I know Aero is slowing down my computer but the glass effect is so purdy I don't really care.


Nice. =O Is that the OpenOffice 3 beta quick launcher idling in your notifications area? x3
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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-22 20:43:22
May 22 2008 20:39 GMT
#8
On May 23 2008 05:32 Centric wrote:

EDIT: Of course, SC is the most important piece of software you're running anyways .

Pretty much. That's why you get a brand new computer, isn't it?

I had some video card driver issues at first but I eventually got it sorted it. If I had actually stuck with the built in methods (uninstall hardware vs. DriverCleanerPro and nTunes vs. Rivatuner) I wouldn't have had issues. I'm not used to trusting Windows utilities. D: Still not using their defragger or firewall though.

No other issues though. Scanner/printer/etc. all support it.


Nice. =O Is that the OpenOffice 3 beta quick launcher idling in your notifications area? x3
Nope, 2.4, but I probably should try 3.0.
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Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
May 22 2008 21:06 GMT
#9
Mr. Wankey?
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jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5536 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-22 21:14:39
May 22 2008 21:13 GMT
#10
What brand is the laptop / where did you order it? Looks pretty nice.

One thing to keep in mind if your buying a 7200rpm HD, they really eat battery power. Thats one thing i didnt think of when I bought mine.
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
May 22 2008 21:18 GMT
#11
On May 23 2008 06:06 PsycHOTemplar wrote:
Mr. Wankey?

I was like 12 when I started using it stfu

It's a Gateway from BestBuy. D: 6860FX. Very solid build quality actually.
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funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9376 Posts
May 22 2008 21:58 GMT
#12
how do you overclock a Video card? oo;?
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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
May 22 2008 22:18 GMT
#13
Depends on which drivers you're using.

Rivatuner and Powerstrip are third party tools for it, and ATI/Nvidia both have their own GPU adjusting programs.
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FirstProbe
Profile Joined June 2004
1206 Posts
May 22 2008 22:44 GMT
#14
On May 23 2008 07:18 Jibba wrote:
Depends on which drivers you're using.

Rivatuner and Powerstrip are third party tools for it, and ATI/Nvidia both have their own GPU adjusting programs.


Are you sure you want to overclock it. I mean, its a laptop and probably won't have the most optimised cooling mechanism...
rpf
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States2705 Posts
May 22 2008 22:53 GMT
#15
Where did you buy it from?
"A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." - Sigmund Freud
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32152 Posts
May 22 2008 22:58 GMT
#16
Damn, 4gb ram o.o

wait so dual core means its 1.83 x2 basically right? 2 processors?

computer newb obviously =p
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Vin{MBL}
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
5185 Posts
May 23 2008 00:16 GMT
#17
On May 23 2008 07:58 Hawk wrote:
Damn, 4gb ram o.o

wait so dual core means its 1.83 x2 basically right? 2 processors?

computer newb obviously =p


yes there are two processors clocked @ 1.83 GHz each
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-05-23 00:45:25
May 23 2008 00:44 GMT
#18
On May 23 2008 07:44 FirstProbe wrote:
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On May 23 2008 07:18 Jibba wrote:
Depends on which drivers you're using.

Rivatuner and Powerstrip are third party tools for it, and ATI/Nvidia both have their own GPU adjusting programs.


Are you sure you want to overclock it. I mean, its a laptop and probably won't have the most optimised cooling mechanism...

I already tested it with Nvidia's 3 hour stability test and the temperature never got very extreme. Second, if it overheats, the driver will crash and Vista will recover instead of having a system crash.

Oh yeah, and I have a cooling pad that I turn on when I play games. But I gotta say, I really haven't felt much need for it yet.
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FirstProbe
Profile Joined June 2004
1206 Posts
May 23 2008 02:15 GMT
#19
:D
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