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    Which will give me better gaming performance?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by toshio, Jun 7, 2006.

  1. toshio

    toshio Notebook Geek

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    i have an old custom built desktop rig:

    2.5GHz P4 on an ASUS P4P800 Mobo.
    2 gigs RAM
    ATi Radeon 9600

    and a laptop (specs are in sig). which will be better at handling current games, such as fear, quake 4, doom 3, bf2, etc, at medium settings?

    thanx.
     
    toshio, Jun 7, 2006
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  2. ez2remember

    ez2remember Notebook Evangelist

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    Your laptop - it has better graphics and better cpu.

    1GB is sufficient for most games. 2GB is better but it won't make up for the graphics nor the cpu.
     
    ez2remember, Jun 7, 2006
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  3. _Mazza_

    _Mazza_ Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd say the inspiron, both can handle them well but the inspiron has a better graphics card and cpu, the ram won't make much of a difference if the cards are dedicated. Happy Gaming :)
     
    _Mazza_, Jun 7, 2006
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  4. toshio

    toshio Notebook Geek

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    thanx for the responses. just wanted to make sure i'm installing those games on the right machine :) quite a tedious chore.
     
    toshio, Jun 7, 2006
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Your laptop is definitely going to be faster as posted. Quake 4 has a dual-core patch which enables the game to use both cores of the processor - gives a huge boost to performance. There aren't any other games that have that right now I know of except for Call of Duty 2, but expect more and more to appear in the near future.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Jun 7, 2006
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