E1705 many flavours- need comparison info plz

Ok here goes,

I'm looking to buy into the new intel yonah-centrino platform, I'm not totally sold on the dual-core but not against it either. Here are the things I'm trying to figure out.
1.6 or 1.8 (2gig is too much dough) and what are these cpu's comparable to say in the desktop area for gaming ? and would I see really any diff in the dual core 1.6 vs single core 1.6.
Primary use is internet email and online gaming on the weekend for lan parties. ie, vanguard or upcoming mmorpg's

I definately want the go 7800- or is there something else coming out in the next month worth waiting for ? maybe go 7900 or something from ati.

Any help is appreciated.

 

The Go7800 is as good as it gets right now [excluding the Go7800GTX of course], it will play everything at maximum settings. Should hold you over for a long time.

As for the processor question - I haven't seen any benchmarks with regard to how the Core Solo works, but in my opinion, it is a big waste of money. It is a Core Duo, just with one of the cores turned off. I predict that you probably wouldn't see any performance increase over a standard Pentium M.

There are some games that can take advantage of a dual-core processor, such as Call of Duty 2 and Quake 4. I am sure that there will be more to come.

It is definitely worth it to get the Core Duo.

The 1.83GHz Duo is, in single-threaded applications, as fast if not faster than a 3.2-3.4GHz Pentium 4. No problems for sure.

 

Ok so dualcore gets the call. They have an el cheapo version 1.6 or for a 150 can upgrade to 1.8.
The other things that worries me is dell's quality. Whats your take on that extended warrenty for like 4 years for 300.00 then for another 120 4 years of drop coverage ?
brings that 1k laptop to about 2k dollars, but if it lasts 3 years worth of gaming its fine.

 

Well, I would probably just go with the 3-year warranty instead of the four. 120 for the fourth is just way too much in my opinion. I would not spend more than $99 year.

I'd spend the money on the CPU upgrade instead from the 1.66GHz > 1.83.

 

if you were buying this machine would you really go for the extended warrenty and drop coverage or am I just being paranoid lol

 

I'd just go for the two- or three-year extended warranty, which ever one fits your budget better [I would not get the Accidental Damage Protection, unless you are that clumsy].

 

Would do the same thing...

 

ok last question. btw thanks for all your info.
would you go for the uxga or just the regular screen 150.00 diff

 

Don't fret about asking questions, if you have one, ask it by all means.

To me, $150 is a lot of money for a screen upgrade. It is worth it to some people, though. In the Dell forum, take a look at some threads that go over the same debate that you are going through. Should be very helpful.

 

thanks for all the hlp heading over there now . .