ASUS G51VX-A1 (thinking about it)

Sorry if this is the wrong section but I wasn't sure

Im currently looking into buying this beast but I was just wondering how it will perform with crysis, wow, ect.

Reason im asking is because i think the processer might be a little slow to run some of the good games... but then again I have seen reviews where people can run crysis kinda good on the 2.0ghz core 2 duo...

this is kinda my budget.. i can go a little higher but not much

 

Search for G51 and Crysis on Youtube. There are a few clips of that version running Crysis quite nicely. Personally I opted for the X2A because I don't use may multi-tread apps or have too many open windows at once, so a faster dual will work well for me. Plus I wanted an empty drive bay for my SSD. The quad will be more useful as more games take advantage of it, so there is a strong argument for getting the q9000 for long-term growth.

 

Read the forum. There is a search function.

It'll do fine.

 

Thank you KimoT

And i know.. thats all i have been doing for the past week or so reading up and getting as much data as i can.... i just created my own for my computer... sorry


This is the processer im looking at i think it will be good

Intel® T9600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.8GHz w/6MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB 35 watt

i can always upgrade later when my war. is up

 

IMO the A1 can run current games just fine. Crysis however you will need to turn down certain options to get smooth gameplay.

 

Or just not play that piece of garbage at all. The game serves solely as a benchmark, nothing more. Its annoying when people says they want to "max out crysis", when in actuality, no game they play is even close to as intensive. Honestly, unless youre going to play that POS game, there is no reason to mention it. Its only use is as a benchmark to compare other systems.

 

I liked that game.

To Jsuthers, stick with the Q9000. Don't even look at higher-clocked dual-cores.

 

Yeah idk i went with the x2a also, because its better, currently, for gaming. And im gonna upgrade to new laptop in 3-4 years.

 

Just curious how come....

isnt the 2ghz kinda slow even tho its a quad

 

This IS Crysis on the A1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWcn2TBQTwU&feature=related

The first part runs smooth but not maxed by any means. Still looks great.

Don't forget, you can overclock the 2.0 quad. Not sure but with the provided software to about 2.17Ghz and with setFSB you can overclock to a 2.3Ghz which is stable.

I'll be using the A1 for things other than gaming too so I wanted a quad but the A1 runs games just fine imo.

 

Thank you,

BTW what are your specs.

Another question i have....

when i overclock everything... cpu, gpu, and anything else i can get my hands on 2 overclock ...

does it stay... or do i have to keep on rerunning the program when i want to play a game?

 

Generally, your OC should stay until reboot (or sleep mode).

 

Ahhh ok so its gonna be a pain the the kinda... but worth it???

Just have to remember to write/type down my clocks a FSB and anything else i can change

 

Generally, you'll probably only gain a handful of frames per second, but OC'ing will make a difference in benchmarking.

A lot of OC'ing programs also allow you to save your clocks, so all you'll have to do is open the program and load them.

 

So does anyone have any other input on the duel/quad battle

By the way thx everyone for the help so far

 

It's the slowest of the mobile quads, sure.

But a "slow" CPU--which the Q9000 is not, despite the clock speeds--is usually never the problem in games, especially FPSs. The GPU is what kills you.

People with dual cores with the same 2.0 GHz speed and a smaller L2 cache can run Crysis just fine with the overclock feature. SetFSB can give you even better performance. With some GPU overclocking you're looking at good frames.

To top it off, a Q9000 will, in general, stomp a higher clocked dual-core in non-game applications. Rendering? Editing? Encoding? Quads massacre a C2D.

 

well i got the A1 for the sole reason that is...1244USD for it!!! its awesome. i can tell you specifically for the crysis demo that i run FULL HD 1080P (1920x1080..i repeated it cuz that is important!!) with all high settings and demo runs at ~24FPS with GPU @ 575/950/1375. i think the full version has better optimization, im not sure tho. but yea you can drop the res to 1600x900, and it looks really bad when it drops but it gets 32fps and 1280x720 gets 40fps. keep in mind this is with OC, not the stock that gentech uses as seen in youtube. also with 2.3GHZ OC but cpu doesnt change fps for crysis specifically.