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    is it normal? same score almost between 2 laptop I own

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by tzimisce74, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. tzimisce74

    tzimisce74 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I found a very good deal ( I thought ). A friend of mine was selling his laptop for cheap 1200$ can... g73.

    with full HD screen
    8go ram
    i7 720
    5870
    1to HD
    bluray

    pretty much full equiped

    I had and still own a m17x r2 cheapest version

    i5 520
    4go ram 1066 for sure
    5870 also
    1440 screen
    250 hd.

    Well I ran a 3dmark06 on both and I almost got the same score. maybe 1 or 2 hundreds more on g73 but thats it.

    Wondering if its normal or maybe Im doing something wrong. Was planning to sell my m17x to someone for same price I bought the g73.. thought it was a good upgrade.

    + full hd
    + 750 go hd
    + blu ray
    +4 go ram
    +i7
     
    tzimisce74, Feb 24, 2011
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  2. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    It pretty much just measures the video card ...

    You gotta remember it's measuring performance à la 2006. So if two systems are both super-crazy way-too-fast, they'll get approximately the same score. You'll see a bigger variance of scores in the mid-range.

    The m17x is a nice rig, I'd resell the g73 and get a CF 5870 for the alienware.
     
    DCx, Feb 25, 2011
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  3. tzimisce74

    tzimisce74 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yea was thinkin about it but I see the difference between the 2 screens...

    even it if imply a fps loss... 1080p is amazing
     
    tzimisce74, Feb 25, 2011
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    Did you test in same resolution?
     
    shava_mng, Feb 27, 2011
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    Yeah, you would have tested them both in 1280 x whatever. Same resolution test for 3dmark, so resolution doesn't actually affect the score.
     
    DCx, Feb 28, 2011
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