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    Rate my Notebook please

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by tiberus86, Jan 6, 2005.

  1. tiberus86

    tiberus86 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, i just bought a nice Dell I9200. Its specs are:

    Pentium M 1.8ghz
    768 mb ram (1 x 512 , 1x 256 )
    ATI mobility 9700 128mb
    60gb 7200rpm
    Ultrasharp WXGA+

    I couldn't get all i wanted cause it woulda been too high of a price, and im on a budget.
    I didn't get it yet, but its coming, im just eager to see what kind of opinions you guys have.
    So i was wondering if my new notebook can play the lastest games like Doom 3, Half life 2, far cry, world of warcraft etc and at what type of setting? Also i was wondering if there are any coversion charts for a pentium m notebook to pentium 4 to check the recommended specs on game boxes.
    I also have a question on adding memory. I ordered this notebook with 1 stick of 512 ram and i bought another stick of 258mb ram from newegg. I checked that they are the same type and pin #. Are these compatable? and is it easy to install?
     
    tiberus86, Jan 6, 2005
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  2. voigtrob

    voigtrob Notebook Guru

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    I've got an HP zx5000,
    P4 3.0Ghz
    768 RAM
    Radeon 9600, 128 megs
    60gb 7200 RPM
    WXGA 15.4"

    So very similar stats. The only really recent games I have are FarCry, Halflife2, and Vampire, The Masquerade: Bloodlines. With just a little tweaking I can pretty much get all of them to run essentially flawlessly at High or Very High detail settings across the board. Not really butter-smooth FPS probably, I haven't checked, but incredibly playable and awesome, I love it. Also the great news is if I plug in anything even just a few months old it plays like a DREAM, which is sweet. Enjoy it.
     
    voigtrob, Jan 7, 2005
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