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when it comes to RTS games like WC3, RA3, starcraft 2 (whenever the ***** they release it) and the like, which has the upper hand, nvidia or ati, or does it really not matter? like should i go for M17 or m15x?


cheers

 

hmm. good question. RTS games rarely need much graphics horsepower, but if you must know, i'd say Nvidia, simply because the drivers are more mature.

 

Well SC2 will most likely run on either machine very well since Blizz is notorious for making their games play on anything. I don't know about RA3, heard bad stuff so I stayed away... WC3 is ancient by today's standard so either card I am betting would run it completely maxed no problems at all.

 

first of all,, that was fast replies!! 2nd of all thank u guys! =) i guess i'll toss a coin then, to save me the anxiety of making a choice... *pathetic sigh*

 

First of all you need to decide what kind of laptop you like better, since one has a 15" screen and the other a 17 one, no to mention weight etc.

 

dont really matter with me,,,i mean i am kind of having an electronic crush on the M17 as it has greater upgrade possibility;...size is not an issue in THIS case... i do not play alot of fps games and i certainly care nothing about any benchmarks....all i care for is RTS games and maybe turn based games but i hardly thiink those would be too demanding...oh yeah and also excel, powerpoint and last but not least, word! =P

 

what about money ?

 

in my own personal benchmarking tools, the cheaper the laptop, the higher the score

 

lmao, excellent post.

 

Grazia, Grazia

 

Haha then its how upgradable it is (aka how long its gonna last you). And in that point M17 seems like more future proof since it already supports a quad core and as many people said the new 4series ati.

 

WHAT WHAT WHAT??? hold on! it supports the 4 series?? how come i missed that! is that for sure?

 

It is supposed to, yes. 4 Series ATi cards won't be out for another few months though, and no clue if AW will allow you to buy the cards to self upgrade later.

 

Well ofc Alienware doesnt give info about that, but since OCZ are gonna have the option (which basically the laptop is exactly the same as M17) so i doubt if Alienware is not going to do the same. Theres a discussion about that around here somewhere

And dont forget, a decent M17 setup costs like £1400 which is pretty cheap!

 

argh!!! hmmm...could u define "a few month" ? im not gonna get it b4 jan/feb, would it have come out by then? (say yes even if the answer is no!)

 

Yes.

(And by that, I have no clue what-so-ever)

 

oh right cool...well im pretty tired of waiting, if the 4 series not out by end of jan im getting whatever is on offer... and a cold pint of FANTA!

 

hahahaha cheers templesa!! thats what i wanted to hear! =)

 

i have supreme commander forged alliance, and it cant play on max settings, heck no laptop can(as of yet), but i can still play it on pretty high settings.

 

Haha, you are certainly welcome.

 

For RTS games, GPU won't matter that much. With that said, the M17 would be the better choice with the newer CPU platform and quad core.

 

which of the cpus offered with the M17 would be enuf to play most rts games? and how long (in years) would it last till an upgrade would be needed?

 

how are we supposed to know? me personally, i can't predict the future...

 

hmmm true true...alirght,,, would a 6mb cache make a noticable difference in gaming over a 3mb cache cpu?

 

for RTS games, probably, yeah. lots of repeated instructions etc IIRC.

 

thanks whizzzo