| Forum Index > Closed |
|
st3roids
Greece538 Posts
they very weak plus they get to have overheating and other various problems. Buy a cheap laptop for watching movies or listen to mp3 or for mobility thing. I got a year ago a hp "gaming " laptop and i find out that the card was like 5 times weaker than the similar deckstop one for starters , let alone the various freezes i got . Also i got some porblems and i switch it for free. 1 year after my irelss modem got broke and no guarantee to cover it . | ||
|
Jenslyn87
Denmark527 Posts
However, I will say that some of the newer laptops geared specifically towards gaming are quite good. I have a friend with a two-year-old gaming laptop (core 2 duo, 4 gigs of ram, 9800GT mobile) which runs SC2 just fine on medium, and it's so cool that he can just pop in for some quick LAN and online action at my place whenever we feel like it... But yea... for gaming in general, get a desktop PC with a strong processor and graphics card! | ||
|
st3roids
Greece538 Posts
After few months ( around 6 ) i bought the desktop i posted here which is like 20 times faster and durable for around 1500 ... | ||
|
FroZeNN
United States165 Posts
I used to have a Full-Towe case, cause I was 18 when I bought it and was like yeah BIG ASS CASE MAKES ME BAD ASS!!! So every lan-party was like a good work out for me. I got Smarter and got a mid tower case now with a handle!!!! so I can carry it easy, but I just bought it and do not feel like carrying it around everywhere cause it came out to be a little pricey(college student here), and I'm not careful at all. Here are the specs : i7-930 6gb ddr3 ram (i bought one that said DOMINATOR on it, cause i was like YEAH! that me!, lol) Evga x-58 GTX 470 (wanted to get the 480 but i already sold most of my possesions to get this comp so ran out of money) 500gb Hard Drive 850 watt Power supply(Rosewill) Cooler master Storm Scout case! had the best time putting this one together... So here is my question, well 2 actually 1 Anyone know a laptop that can match that comps performance? and if yes, am i gonna have to sell my car to get it? 2 Is a solid state HD for OS worth getting? Does it boost the performance a lot? | ||
|
mofoo
Sweden96 Posts
On July 01 2010 22:39 Jenslyn87 wrote: I definitely agree with you that if there are no special circumstances, laptops are not the way to go for gamers. They get hot, aren't that strong and the monitors are typically not amazing for gaming due to size and just general quality. .. But yea... for gaming in general, get a desktop PC with a strong processor and graphics card! I also agree that a workstation is the way to go for gaming computers. right now I do not have any space in my apartment for a workstation setup. Will buy a workstation for the next release of the SC2 trilogy...  But this one I bought now was not THAT expensive.. $1130 + Show Spoiler + Samsung laptop: CPU: Intel Core i5 430 M, 2,26 GHz, 3 MB cache, Intel HM55 RAM: 4GB DDR3 GPU: nVidia GeForce 330M , 1GB RAM | ||
|
Avtonikov
United States85 Posts
If anyone needs any hardware advice, feel free to pm me with budget, if you're upgrading your current comp or not, if yes then what are your current specs, and if you are willing to put it all together instead of just ordering one pre built. Learned plenty of things over the years about hardware. Cheers. | ||
|
Gokain
United States49 Posts
Power Supply Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W Cooling System Vigor Monsoon III LT Hard Drive 1 Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300 GB RAM Corsair Dominator 6GB [3 x 2GB] 1600 DDR3 SDRAM Video Card XFX GTX 260 Core 216 Black Edition [driver Overclocked to 710 Mhz] Sound Card Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Motherboard ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Motherboard CPU Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHz [Overclocked to 3.66 GHz] Hard Drive 2 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB Hard Drive 3 Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB Hard Drive 4 Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS 1.5TB the GPU driver overclock is unnecessary for SC2...works beautifully with no slowdown. Built this about 1 1/2 years ago...parts should be fairly affordable nowadays. | ||
|
ItsTheFark
United States158 Posts
Thing is, I am going to college, and I am getting this laptop so it will last me all 4 years, but I want to be able to play starcraft 2 on ultra, since I should be able to as it is going to be a brand new laptop- Keep in mind, I will not be buying it until a year from now, so there will probably be much better "stuff" on the market. | ||
|
Jenslyn87
Denmark527 Posts
| ||
|
ItsTheFark
United States158 Posts
On July 02 2010 06:26 Jenslyn87 wrote: If you really want ultra on a laptop, I would recommend you get a buff one... or your fps will suffer a lot. Again - people have very different thresholds for 'acceptable' fps from my experience, but if you are like me can't make due with low fps, go for a computer with a high cpu clockrate, a minimum of 4 gigs of ram and a radeon 5850/5870... imo Ok thank you. My minimal FPS tolerance is 26, as that is the average highest a person can detect. | ||
|
Jenslyn87
Denmark527 Posts
On July 02 2010 06:33 ItsTheFark wrote: Ok thank you. My minimal FPS tolerance is 26, as that is the average highest a person can detect. Unfortunately that's not the case. I can't explain the technicalities to you, but what I can tell you is that there is a huge difference between 30 and 60 fps, for instance. Have you ever played Xbox 360? BF2 is 30 fps. MW2 is 60 fps. MW2 is much more fluent! In starcraft the difference is also very clear. Try capping your fps at 30, then at 60 (assuming you can actually run 60). It looks a lot better! You can read a lot about it here: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=532349 But believe me, there's a difference, and it's quite noticable! | ||
|
Fodie
United States13 Posts
Memory: 8192MB RAM Hard Drive: 1 TB Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 x 2 NVIDIA 750a Running in SLI (2gb Video Ram) Monitor: iF251 25" Widescreen 1080p 1920x1080 Resolution, Acer V91 17" 1280x1024 Resolution Sound Card: Speakers (2.1- High Definition Audio Device) Speakers/Headphones: Microsoft LX Lifechat Keyboard: Keytronic Mouse: Dynex 5 Button Mouse Surface: My Desk Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255) Motherboard: Asus M3N72-D Computer Case: Ultra - Seethrough Side - Green/Blue/Red LED Lighting Running all settings on ultra getting 60fps at home base, 27-33 fps in massive battles | ||
|
Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
Cpu: i7 930 Oc @3.5 Mobo: Asus p6x58d premium Memory: 12Gb DDR3 1600 6/8/6/20 T1 Graphics: EVGA GTX 480 Hard Drives: 128gb SATA III SSD (OS and Games) + 3.5TB of storage PSU: Corsair 850watt I'll add a vid card for SLI in a bit. Its overkill, but its also alot of fun to overkill. :-) | ||
|
jasonM
5 Posts
CPU: AMD Phenom™ II X6 1055T Memory: 6GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 4 DIMMS Hard Drive: 1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB Is this going to be able to run SC2 on high / ultra settings? Please Respond! | ||
|
Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
| ||
|
jasonM
5 Posts
| ||
|
iso
Syria25 Posts
6GB DDR3 System Memory 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5450 switchable graphics Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-540M Dual Core processor (2.53GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.06GHz I'm hoping for medium, but im pretty sure that card is bad Also, does anyone know some tips to make the game look better by putting certain settings low and other higher? Sorry if i'm not clear! Responses would be appreciated! | ||
|
Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
| ||
|
iso
Syria25 Posts
| ||
|
HaruHaru
United States988 Posts
| ||
| ||
StarCraft 2 StarCraft: Brood War Britney Dota 2  46521Calm  6048Horang2 2056Jaedong 1850Mini 445BeSt 387Soma 374ggaemo 330firebathero  267Rush 245[ Show more ] Counter-Strike Super Smash Bros Other Games FalleN  3004singsing1665 hiko758 FrodaN749 B2W.Neo737 Mlord541 Trikslyr143 KnowMe142 QueenE90 Sick87 |
|
Replay Cast
The PondCast
KCM Race Survival
WardiTV Map Contest Tou…
Gerald vs herO
Clem vs Cure
ByuN vs Solar
Rogue vs MaxPax
ShoWTimE vs TBD
OSC
CranKy Ducklings
Escore
RSL Revival
Replay Cast
WardiTV Map Contest Tou…
[ Show More ] |
|
|
EPT
