Nvidia GeForce Go 7800

I looked it up here and it's a lower "high end" laptop video card. I was debating getting a Dell e1705 Laptop @ 2GHz, this card in it, 1gb RAM, and a 7200 RPM Hard drive.

You guys think the Nvidia GeForce Go 7800 would keep up with today's games (Oblivion, FEAR, etc.) and possibly future games in this config?

Any tips are appreciated! Thanks in advance!

 

in short, yes.

tips:use omega drivers to boost performance.

 

Well, if you need the computer now, BUY IT! The 7800 is one of the top tier vidcards out there. My 6800 has played FEAR, Battlefront and some other older games fine. Unless you are too picky, I don't think you'll complain about the performance of the 7800.

 

The GO 7800, though not the BEST card out there, is still very powerful and it'll run all games currently out there, that I know of, fine at higher-max settings.

 

Thanks for the replies guys. I plan on getting an e1705 once a Dell 40% off coupon code comes out so I can nearly max config for around $1200 out the door. ^_^

 

Send me a config for what you are talking about. That config should be around 2100 or so, I don't think thats max. I would assume a t2500 with a 7200 rpm drive the 7800 go, dvd burner, 9 cell battery 2 gb ram etc? Well anyway send me the config you're using.

 

Ah sorry, that was a quite deceiving I guess. Through my eyes I'm just looking for a cheap, yet powerful gaming laptop. I plan on going with this config:

1.83GHz (No real need to go higher)
1GB RAM (Free upgrade. I plan to resell this on eBay and Newegg for 1GB of 667MHz RAM)
Cheapest HDD possible (I plan to Newegg again, for a 80GB @ 7200 RPM)
Nvidia GeForce Go 7800
17" UltraSharp Display
6-Cell battery (Plan to eBay for a 9-Cell)
The rest is gravy....

Should turn out to be around $1100 and gonna call Dell on Monday and see if they will go for $1000 shipped. Another $250ish for the battery, RAM, HDD and I'm set.

 

Any particular reason you're getting a 7200 RPM? In games there won't be an enormous difference between it and 5400, and you could get a larger 5400 for the price.

 

I would go for a 7200RPM drive if you can, the performance will be much faster with anything that requires use of the hard drive.

The Dell E1705 is definitely your best bet for a low-priced yet high-performing gaming noteboook. With a bit of overclocking, the Go7800 is a beast.

BTW - the difference between 533 and 667MHz RAM isn't that big, but I'd still go for the 667 because the notebook supports it. I would get the minimum from Dell like you are doing, then buy a single 1GB DDR2-667 chip. Add another later to have the full 2GB. 2GB will help in the latest games.

 

With games that'd generally only be the loads times though, wouldn' tit? I look at those as 'time to go get a snack' breaks that I enjoy being a touch longer. =X

 

Most games will see an improvement in the loading times only for the game with a faster hard drive. However, some RPG's load parts of the map as you are going, namely Oblivion, so it helps to have a fast hard drive in that situation to avoid slow-downs.

 

its not that much of a difference.. here's some numbers I took from a site who did a test on the transferring speed..

7200 rpm = 111.4 mb/s

5400 rpm = 90 mb/s

 

almost a 25% increase?

by the way, are there guides to replacing hd's and everything else? or should i not bother because I havent done it before on a laptop? because i would rather do that, get the least amount from dell then upgrade from newegg, ebay etc. Also, how would i go about selling these items?

 

There should be something concerning HD replacement in the service manual of the computer.

 

25 % 21mb/s, i'm not sure if thats really worth it, but i guess for some it is