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    M50SV-B1 or A1?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by MissingSix, Jun 1, 2008.

  1. MissingSix

    MissingSix Notebook Consultant

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    Recently this series caught my eye. Wondering how much the difference between the 9300 and the 8100 is? I will mainly use this to play games such as CS 1.6, CoD4, Starcraft 2 and Age of Conan. Also a lot of programming in a few different languages such as Java, C++, MSSQL, Oracle, DirectX/3D, mostly graphic languages for game design as well as server/client languages. The 8100 shouldn't bottle neck any of the games I'm playing will it? I see no reason why the 9500M GS won't bottle neck the games much earlier :p. And on the programming side I can't see it possibly hurting it. I just really can't see any reason I should pass up the Blu-ray drive. Opinions wanted ;>
     
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  2. hotweiss

    hotweiss Notebook Consultant

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    Go with the A1, you need all the processing power you can get these days. Blue-ray is a useless standard for a notebook. The 9500 can barely support COD4 at 1440x900, so forget about 1680x1050.
     
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    MissingSix Notebook Consultant

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    Bookmarked your sig! First thing I have to do once I recieve it. I also should ahve added I guess but I am building a new desktop end of the month, probaly a Q6600 that I'll OC a nice bit, along with a pretty set of GFX cards. this lappys mainly for my college work and for when I fly, games will just be a tie over and don't need great visuals, just great fun!

    I also thought that Blue-ray was easy to run, even on lower graphics cards?

    :) Just trying to play devils advocate, don't take it as I don't value your information!
     
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  4. Oldman

    Oldman Notebook Evangelist

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    You will be OK with either laptop. Performance difference is VERY moderate, processing power is MORE THAN SUFFICIENT to run all your programming needs including MSSQL and ORACLE (unless you populate your tables with millions of records that is not going to happened)
    If you you can afford 9300 - go for it

    I can't comment on BlueRay - never used it before
     
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  5. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    In this age, the cpu is NEVER the bottleneck, it's always the gpu. The 8100 will be more than adequate for your needs, and is not a necessity for what you're talking about using it for. If one has the money and inclination, then by all means go for the bigger cpu, but at this point in Intel's price cycle you're going to pay a premium for the 9xxx series that you don't really need.
     
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