EPTyou will have issues in very lategame (creeps, mass lings, an so on), 3v3, 4v4, etc... anythign that needs a ton of calculation
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
you will have issues in very lategame (creeps, mass lings, an so on), 3v3, 4v4, etc... anythign that needs a ton of calculation | ||
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XXhkXX
170 Posts
On April 25 2012 07:37 Rachnar wrote: low settings won't be an issue, you can go up to high with that gpu you will have issues in very lategame (creeps, mass lings, an so on), 3v3, 4v4, etc... anythign that needs a ton of calculation do you think that that comp would be able to stay above 30fps in big fights on low settings though? | ||
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Pwnographics
New Zealand1097 Posts
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On April 25 2012 09:33 Pwnographics wrote: Undervolting laptop CPU, good/bad idea? Lol, that is not a simple question. If I were to boil it down, I'd say it's "risky". If you don't know what you're doing, messing with hardware voltage settings can really cock things up. I'd say if you're not having serious issues with heat or battery life, it's probably not worth it. If you are going to try it, just make sure you've read your way though a good guide (or two or three) and have a good understanding of what you are doing. And backup data before hand. | ||
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Mordanis
United States893 Posts
i3 2120 HD 6870 4 gb RAM And for internet, I get about 8.5 mbps down and 4.25 mbps up. Thanks! | ||
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iKill[ShocK]
Vietnam3530 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On April 25 2012 14:25 Mordanis wrote: Hey, could I stream SC2 at ~480p with this setup? i3 2120 HD 6870 4 gb RAM And for internet, I get about 8.5 mbps down and 4.25 mbps up. Thanks! Your internet supports it (nominally) but thats a tall order for your processor. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
I'd suggest testing whether it's even worth doing with FMLE and VHSC since they're free, using the unit tester to see what happens with large food count. | ||
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Termi
Denmark23 Posts
They are both connected, and at random times i get it to work... But are there any way to make it work at all times? - They are connected through a jack, one in the front the other in the back. | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
I'm mainly looking for a portable laptop with at least 5-6 hours of usable battery life to watch videos and a strong enough CPU to run code on the go. I already have a desktop to do any gaming so I don't need a high-end GPU (plus they kill battery life). One arbitrary constraint I have is that I want a laptop that's <1" thick for portability. If anyone knows of some good alternatives, I would appreciate any input. Thanks  | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On April 26 2012 00:27 infinity21 wrote: Is this laptop worth it for the price? http://canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_368&item_id=047584 I'm mainly looking for a portable laptop with at least 5-6 hours of usable battery life to watch videos and a strong enough CPU to run code on the go. I already have a desktop to do any gaming so I don't need a high-end GPU (plus they kill battery life). One arbitrary constraint I have is that I want a laptop that's <1" thick for portability. If anyone knows of some good alternatives, I would appreciate any input. Thanks That's not bad for $650. Though I'd be curious to find out if that HDD was 5200rpm or 7200rpm, as the former could hold back the performance quite a bit in certain applications. 4GB RAM is a bit low, but that can be upgraded very easily and cheaply. I've no experience with MSI, so I can't speak to build quality. However, in my experience when something is significantly cheaper than the competition, there's usually a good reason for it. You can see here that a similar Asus model on New egg is almost $200 more. That sort of worries me, it shouldn't be that much cheaper. See if you can find some reviews for it on New Egg or elsewhere on the internet. | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On April 26 2012 00:35 TheToast wrote: That's not bad for $650. Though I'd be curious to find out if that HDD was 5200rpm or 7200rpm, as the former could hold back the performance quite a bit in certain applications. 4GB RAM is a bit low, but that can be upgraded very easily and cheaply. I've no experience with MSI, so I can't speak to build quality. However, in my experience when something is significantly cheaper than the competition, there's usually a good reason for it. You can see here that a similar Asus model on New egg is almost $200 more. That sort of worries me, it shouldn't be that much cheaper. See if you can find some reviews for it on New Egg or elsewhere on the internet. It doesn't seem to be a hugely popular model (not a lot of reviews vs popular consumer manufacturers like Dell, Lenovo etc.) but from the reviews I've seen, the opinion on build quality seems mixed but they all rated the laptop fairly highly. This model was actually refreshed to include a slightly faster i5 processor and the 630M I believe. Although the 630M has almost identical performance to 540M, that could explain why it's so cheap. What kind of applications are you referring to for HDD rpm? I'm not sure what the impact would be for me. I think 4GB RAM is enough to cover all of my needs, as my desktop has 4GB and I've had no issues with running out of memory. But as you said, I can upgrade that very easily whenever I want. | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On April 26 2012 01:27 infinity21 wrote: It doesn't seem to be a hugely popular model (not a lot of reviews vs popular consumer manufacturers like Dell, Lenovo etc.) but from the reviews I've seen, the opinion on build quality seems mixed but they all rated the laptop fairly highly. This model was actually refreshed to include a slightly faster i5 processor and the 630M I believe. Although the 630M has almost identical performance to 540M, that could explain why it's so cheap. What kind of applications are you referring to for HDD rpm? I'm not sure what the impact would be for me. I think 4GB RAM is enough to cover all of my needs, as my desktop has 4GB and I've had no issues with running out of memory. But as you said, I can upgrade that very easily whenever I want. 5400rpm is going to pretty drastically slow any application which is loading large amounts of data from the harddrive. Booting, encoding, backing up data to an external, loading the game in SC2, etc. are all going to be slowed down. Basically you are creating a big bottleneck in your system, the CPU can only process information as fast as it can be read from the HDD. Trust me, having gone from a 5400rpm drive to a 7200rpm drive when I got a new laptop, there was a noticable difference. Many laptop manufacturers have switched to shipping models with a 7200rpm drive, but even just a few years ago 5400 was the standard, and some cheaper models still use them. As far as quality issues go, that's a determination you have to make for yourself. But as I say, usually when hardware is $150-$200 cheaper than it's competitor, there's a good reason for it... | ||
Womwomwom
5930 Posts
All consumer laptops are built of varying grades of shit. Right now, you can buy a i3 Thinkpad T420 for $720 though its a bit of the bulky side. It still has your typical sub 250:1 contrast ratio TN panel screen but at least it has a robust frame and a really good keyboard that should not have any give. Chuck in a few lunches and you can upgrade the panel to 1600x900 resolution, though the contrast ratio and viewing angles will still remain terrible. I really think your <1" thick + good processor is entirely unreasonable at that price point. Even laptops like the Toshiba R830 barely meet that requirement (R830 is 1" thick exactly) and they're the definition of ultra-portable with a full sized processor/hard disk. | ||
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
On April 26 2012 02:05 TheToast wrote: 5400rpm is going to pretty drastically slow any application which is loading large amounts of data from the harddrive. Booting, encoding, backing up data to an external, loading the game in SC2, etc. are all going to be slowed down. Basically you are creating a big bottleneck in your system, the CPU can only process information as fast as it can be read from the HDD. Trust me, having gone from a 5400rpm drive to a 7200rpm drive when I got a new laptop, there was a noticable difference. Many laptop manufacturers have switched to shipping models with a 7200rpm drive, but even just a few years ago 5400 was the standard, and some cheaper models still use them. As far as quality issues go, that's a determination you have to make for yourself. But as I say, usually when hardware is $150-$200 cheaper than it's competitor, there's a good reason for it... According to here, the price is actually ~$800 so I think it's just some weird discount. I haven't bought a new laptop in 4~5 years so I'm pretty out of touch with what's standard. @Womwomwom: By <1", I meant more like 0.9-1.1" since 0.7 is getting into ultrabook territory and those things are way too expensive for the performance. My price range is something like $700-1000 CAD but I came across this one and it seems to be a pretty good deal. Other laptops I was considering include Lenovo U400, Dell XPS 14z, Sony Vaio S, and Lenovo T420 if that helps. | ||
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Josh_rakoons
United Kingdom1158 Posts
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
Probably like 3TB if I had to guess. | ||
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Josh_rakoons
United Kingdom1158 Posts
And thats a lot more than i expected. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
0.4 MB/s * 60 s/min * 60 min/hour * 40 hours = 57600 MB = 57.6 GB. | ||
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Josh_rakoons
United Kingdom1158 Posts
And thats a lot less than i expected. Are you sure thats right? | ||
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