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    X205 Uber cheap?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by The Forerunner, Sep 28, 2007.

  1. Kimber 1911

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    Order online from best buy direct.
     
    Kimber 1911, Sep 29, 2007
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  2. Kimber 1911

    Kimber 1911 Notebook Consultant

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    I think the Amazon route is the way to go.
     
    Kimber 1911, Sep 29, 2007
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  3. Duran

    Duran Notebook Consultant

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    This laptop is for people are impatient like me ;)
     
    Duran, Sep 29, 2007
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  4. The Forerunner

    The Forerunner Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah that is a pretty good deal for a laptop.
     
    The Forerunner, Sep 29, 2007
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

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    1.66GHz is plenty for today's gaming. Besides, all but the laptops packing the highest end of video cards will be GPU limited. The 8700M-GT is not powerful enough to use more than 256MB of memory anyway so that does not matter.
    I'd agree - the resolution is a little low for those used to WSXGA+ screens but it is still a decent resolution. It's a small step up from WXGA.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 29, 2007
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  6. Duran

    Duran Notebook Consultant

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    If this laptop can handle World in Conflict at high settings.......then it could handle games in the future for the time being.
     
    Duran, Sep 29, 2007
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    8700m gt sure can handle WIC.

    But my own experience with it tend to suggest that its internals are significantly hindered by CPU.... when I play games, the cpu tend to hit 100% most time and when it does, the fps drops or stutter often....

    Also, someone else managed to change his X205 CPU from 1.8Ghz to 2.4Ghz - a 30% cpu upgrade,
    but results in 80% fps increase in real performance in games like FEAR....

    So a small cpu upgrade will results in massive improvement in overall GPU performance... at least for the 8700m GT in X205.
     
    planet, Sep 29, 2007
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  8. Duran

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    There is always an upgrade to the cpu if I think performance is subpar :)
     
    Duran, Sep 29, 2007
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    arghh went to my local best buy to look at this system and even though it says they have them on the web site they DONT.. the guy said they never got these in.. so be careful about that i made a 45 min trip for nothing
     
    zfactor, Sep 29, 2007
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