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    World Of Warcraft Burning Crusade

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by In2netdave, May 7, 2007.

  1. In2netdave

    In2netdave Newbie

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    What would be some laptops within a $1,000 to $1,500 price range that could run WoW Burning Crusade smoothly. Bare in mind i will be using a lot of add-ons and running Ventrillo or Teamspeak.
     
    In2netdave, May 7, 2007
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    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    hp dv6000t (7400), dell e1505 (x1400). ~$1000
    asus F3Jp (x1700), toshiba A105 (7600) ~$1300
     
    link1313, May 7, 2007
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  3. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Anything above the x1600/7600 will run WoW:BC at max settings/resolution with FireFox, Ventrilo, mIRC, Azereus, MSN, etc. at 60fps in a 40 man raid(when it still existed back then LOL!).


    Yes, I haven't touched my WoW account in half a year :)
     
    coriolis, May 7, 2007
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  4. In2netdave

    In2netdave Newbie

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    Is there any laptops in that price range that can do what i said but with a 17' screen?
     
    In2netdave, May 8, 2007
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  5. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The Dell e1705 hands down.
     
    coriolis, May 8, 2007
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    In2netdave Newbie

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    I noticed when I clicked on e1705 there is one that costs $1,600 and one that costs $1,100. The only difference is the ram. One has 2GB the other has 1GB. Would the difference affect my game play?
     
    In2netdave, May 8, 2007
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    stevietennis Notebook Consultant

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    ....i would not pay the extra 500 dollar just for ram...and i doubt they would charge the extra 500 for ram. Maybe they was offering a different screen resolution or something with one of them.
     
    stevietennis, May 20, 2007
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    cycloneguy2618 Notebook Deity

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    Just go with the basic one, and customize it to your liking.
     
    cycloneguy2618, May 20, 2007
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  9. Jsho

    Jsho Notebook Enthusiast

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    For $1088 (before tax and after the $500 off for an Inspiron over $1500 coupon which can be found on this website under Dell Coupons), you can get a Dell E1705 with the following stats:


    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
    Windows Vista™ Home Premium
    LCD Panel 17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ TFT Display with TrueLife™(glossy) (1440x900 resolution)
    1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
    256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
    80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
    8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

    any warranties past the 1 year mail-in or extra stuff will cost more of course

    I am also buying 2 GB of RAM from Newegg for under $100 and getting rid of the 1GB that the system comes with (seems like a waste, but I'm not paying $200 to Dell for 2GB when it's incredibly easy to replace RAM).

    For me, after tax and shipping on everything, the total cost is about $1250, which is great for what you get.
     
    Jsho, May 21, 2007
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