Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile 1.67GHz a bottleneck for the NVIDIA GeForce Go 8800 GTS

i found this laptop which seems to be a pretty good value and am considering jumping on it. what would that CPU and GPU combination do?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8651167&productCategoryId=abcat0502003&type=product&tab=1&id=1195599780039#productdetail

 

I think that it would be cpu limited, but you could always overclock that bad boy. it seems like a good deal.

 

You can't OC the CPU unless it was a custom-built machine.

 

clockgen says otherwise!

 

It seems like a good deal. My friend has one. The performances disapointed me

A) I was getting the same performances as him in World in Conflict, except me in 1680x1050 and him in 1440x900

B) Mine was loading the maps faster than him (and by a significant margin).

I can't see where the problem comes from.

I'd suggest upgrading the CPU to something like a T9300

 

Yea your CPU limited but considering no other laptop offers an 8800M card below $2000 it really doesn't matter.

Take a look at this review for more info:
http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3273

 

so your maxing WIC at 1680x1050....i somehow doubt that....its CPU dependant but there is a large graphic componenet as well....the 8800m GTS is atleast twice as powerful as the DDR2 8600m GT, i dont think they are quite that even

 

He never said he was maxing it, just running it at the same level. Since the c90s has a MUCH more powerfull processor, i tend to think that that will cancel out the 8600m gt and 8800m gts difference

 

so he was not maxing it then? then they are not running it at the same levels...sure if you lower settings its going to be CPU dependant

 

oh man...if this laptop was out the day i got my hp...i would have soooooo bought it. dang timing of laptops is really...not good to say the least.

 

Well..

Anand called it the Best Midrange Gaming Notebook Ever.

It was a good read.

 

yeah i actually just read that myself. the screen being bad kind of turned me off, and I'll definately need a better warranty.


frankly im surprised at how short the battery life is. this is my first laptop but only 95 minutes when watching a dvd? that to me sounds dreadful! this is going to be a desktop replacement but im going to be taking it to a lot of places with no outlets and i cant imagine it not running out of batteries basically every day. is this the norm?

 

95 minutes sounds pretty good, most 17'' notebooks have terrible battery life

 

if only i could get an 8700 or 8800 in a 15.4 inch, anyone have any idea if this is coming soon?

 

ive forced 3 hours and 15 mins out of it once, this is all power settings to lowest of course, but awesome for a 17 inch

 

The only 15.4" notebook with a 8800 card is the alienware 15x. You will have to wait a few months before the Sager and Clevo 15" competitors are released for public consumption.

 

I am maxing it. Constant 8-25 FPS. The game is heavy on the CPU, my Sempron 3100+, 8600GT XXX (OCed to GTS specs), 1.5GB DDR400 cannot manage High 1280x1024. The weirdest thing is that I load the game faster than him.
My auto-detect is Very High 1440x900


Settings




In-game benchmarks


I don't know his exact settings but the had to leave in the middle of the game to lower them down, while the game was still smooth on mine. We have the same FPS tolerancy. (WiC unplayable FPS<8). If changing the CPU for a T9300 gives him 5-10 more FPS, so constant 13+, it would bit about it.

You also have to remember that, except the textures, the main differences between high & very high are physics related, thus the CPU

 

hm that suprises me for a mid range gpu.....the only difference between my and your settings are im on 16QSAA and 16AF, i never drop below 18

 

Which drivers are you using? I think my friend still is on 169.04

 

im on 169.09 i think, im going to upgarde to the 174 series, its alot better for my GPU from what other 6831 users have been saying

 

You really should wait for a 15 inch with a high-end GPU if you wany ANY kind of battery life compared to that 17 inch.

If you plan on moving a laptop around often, it is much easier going for a 15.4 inch or lower, 17 inch systems make good desktop replacements, but they are often too large to put on your lap or even on a plane seat tray.

Also, with 15.4 inch systems you are starting to see LED backlighting, which will also help battery life somewhat.

The Alienware 15x is the only thing out right now with an 8800m in a 15.4 body, but the price premium is a bit much, I'd wait for Sager or Clevo's offerings in a few months.

 

Yup, nvidia is coming up with 55nm cards in the mobile mid-high end Mobile Geforce 9. The 55nm ones are gonna be the 9650M GT, 9800M GT and the 9800M GTS.

http://www.behardware.com/news/9563/nvidia-g94b-and-g96b-in-55nm.html

According to that, it looks like the 9800M GT/S are gonna be the mobile 9600GT

 

has there been any announcement or is this speculation? i need the laptop for when i move out of country and im moving in 3-6 months. any idea on a month that we could expect this?