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    What can this W3V play????

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by heovang85, Oct 28, 2005.

  1. heovang85

    heovang85 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here is the product information :asus:
    Intel Pentium Mobile 1.6GHz 725 Processor
    512Mb DDR SDRAM (PC2700 DDR SODIMM MODULE)
    ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 64Mb
    14" WXGA ColourShine TFT Display
    I'm planning to buy this gorgeous machine,,but I'm not sure if it can run my favourite games :evolution soccer 4,winning eleven and BF2..
    The other things that I'm curious about are the noise and how bright and vibrant the screen is
    anyone PLEASE ????!!!!
     
    heovang85, Oct 28, 2005
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  2. lmychajluk

    lmychajluk Notebook Evangelist

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    BF2 plays just fine at medium settings at 1028x768, but gets a little choppy if you try to max it out. My W3V has 2GB of RAM, though...

    The screen is plenty bright, no worries there. Noise isn't bad - quieter than my trusty ol' Thinkpad X20. When I first got it I was loading up something, and the DVD drive was making a real racket, but it hasn't done that since, so I don't know what was going on. I did have it in my lap and may have been putting some odd pressure on the drive?

    -Lee
     
    lmychajluk, Oct 28, 2005
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  3. orijin

    orijin Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    hmm just a question how come the w3v your planning to buy has a mobility radeon 9700? is that a typo?
     
    orijin, Oct 28, 2005
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  4. PROPortable

    PROPortable Company Representative

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    That's a W3n if his specs are correct...... unless you're getting it for a steal, I'd look at the newer W3v w/ the ATI x600 graphics.
     
    PROPortable, Oct 28, 2005
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    NauTiCa Notebook Consultant

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    Newer W3V with ATI X700??

    Since when did this happen?
     
    NauTiCa, Oct 28, 2005
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  6. lmychajluk

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    Yeah, I'm hoping that was a typo, too!
     
    lmychajluk, Oct 28, 2005
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    Yea... sorry, typo.... people flip at the littlest things... I'm glad I checked back or this thread would have exploded by Monday...... I changed it in my post..... but what I was trying to say was that the model described above is the W3n which has the ATI 9700 chipset verses the W3v w/ the ATI x600.....

    It's not happening at this time, but if the W3 got an update from x600 to x700, it would be the W3va or... just like the V6v and z70v updates.
     
    PROPortable, Oct 28, 2005
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