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    Its good right ?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by reinoks, Nov 17, 2006.

  1. reinoks

    reinoks Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, i want buy notebook ...

    I want a good notebook, so i can play new games like oblivion and so on ...

    So... i have notebook chosen ...so u have to say ... is it good notebook to buy ? :cool:

    Ts estonian sry ...

    SÜLEARVUTID
    FUJITSU SIEMENS Sülearvuti Amilo Xi Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66G), 17" WXGA+ ekraan (1440x900), 2x512 MB mälu, 120 GB kõvaketas/5400rpm, DVD-RW DL, WiFi, Bluetooth, ATI Mobility Radeon X1800/256MB GDDR3, aku kestvus kuni 2 tundi, kaal 2kg, Windows XP Home, garantiiaeg 2a, skandinaavia klaviatuur LKN:FIN-101100-014


    -Duo 2 core t5500
    -1 gb ram i guess its not dual channel
    -120 gb hdd 5400 rpm
    -DVD RW DL
    -Wifi ... wireless:eek: whatever...
    -Weigh 2 kg
    -and the battery is pretty ****ty so it last for 2 hours only ???




    - So i want better battery .. .can i buy new 1 waht is better and will last for 3 + hours
    -I quess the problem is powerfull video card ... so i want no why this battery time is only 2 hours and maybe... if i will not use all of video card power this battery will last more than 2 hours :confused:

    And plsease tell me more about this grapics card . I dunno much about theace words like pixel shader , memory interface and so on.
    And rate thease grapics cards :

    Nvidia
    -7900 ( )
    -7600 ( )
    -7900** ( )
    Ati
    -1700 ( )
    -1600 ( )
     
  2. Zellio

    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    Any dedicated video card is gonna cut down on the life, esp. since you'd be gaming.

    The X1800 actually has good battery life.
     
  3. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You wont get much more than 2 hours anyways considering its a 17-inch laptop.
     
  4. ronkotus

    ronkotus Notebook Evangelist

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    Amilo Xi 1546 has propably the one of the best performance for a price ratio among "gaming laptops". This handles games like Oblivion pretty well, almost everything at high. I recommend you to get 2 gigs of ram if you want to play with even higher settings and get rid of any stuttering you might experience with any of the latest games. This is very pronounced in game like FEAR, where High texture setting is the only setting that causes stuttering with 1 gig of ram. Everything else can be maxed. Get the 2GB ram and you can propably play any game smoothly with all the game settings at highest.
     
  5. Charles P. Jefferies

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  6. reinoks

    reinoks Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah but im in estonia ...so there isnt such servise as customize notebook ... :(
    and i guess if ill buy this ram then i have to add new 1 and just throw away old1 ...and im sure that it is very hard to find ram for xi 1546

    i think that this notebook is almost the best in my country and it costs around 1700 $
    And ... as i see u got Fujitsu-Siemens also ... so then u should no about battery :confused:
     
  7. ronkotus

    ronkotus Notebook Evangelist

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    It's not hard to find ram for xi 1546. You would want two 1GB SO-DIMMs with 533Mhz or 667Mhz. Would this link help you? I don't use my laptop with battery. With battery it lasts about 1h 45mins if you keep everything at batterysaving and dim screen. You might want to read this review.
     
  8. reinoks

    reinoks Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah but i can easly change 1 ram chip only ... then i can get one 512 mb 533 ram and other 1 gb (faster) ... and how many ports for ram there is ..?

    and where i can buy/order other battery for this notebook ?
     
  9. ronkotus

    ronkotus Notebook Evangelist

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    There's no more than two memory slots in any notebook. There's no more powerful batteries or additional batteries for this notebook. This is actually a desktop replacement notebook, not something you carry with you everywhere. Get smaller laptop with lesser graphics card if battery life matters to you.