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    Did I make a good buy?:)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by r2d2melo, Jan 30, 2008.

  1. r2d2melo

    r2d2melo Notebook Guru

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    I just ordered this laptop,is it good enough for gaming?specs are on sig,any suggestions or opinions are welcome

    Inspiron 1720, Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 2M L2 Cache
    Sunshine Yellow Color with Microsatin Finish
    1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
    Anti-glare, widescreen 17.0 inch display (1440 x 900)
    256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600
    120G 5400RPM SATA hard drive 5400RPM
     
    r2d2melo, Jan 30, 2008
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  2. dazzy

    dazzy Notebook Consultant

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    It will run games fine in 1280x1024 med settings.Dont expect amazing fps tho.
     
    dazzy, Jan 30, 2008
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  3. IcEmAn911

    IcEmAn911 Notebook Consultant

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    you should've gotten 2gb ram instead of 1gb as you need at least 2gb to run vista properly.. but other than that its not bad.
     
    IcEmAn911, Jan 30, 2008
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  4. r2d2melo

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    yea,yea,I made a mistake,where is the best place to purchase RAM?Dell is a bit expensive
     
    r2d2melo, Jan 30, 2008
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    IcEmAn911 Notebook Consultant

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    ebuyer if you're from the uk... otherwise.. not sure:/
     
    IcEmAn911, Jan 30, 2008
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