can this big boy handle the games?

can this configuration play most of the new games like doom3 right now?:
HP Pavilion zv5230us
- Intel® Pentium® 4 2.66GHz
- Memory: 512MB
- Hard Drive: 40GB
- Optical Drive: DVD/CD-RW
- Display: 15.4" WXGA
- Graphics: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 IGP
- Video Memory: 128MB
- Audio: 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio; internal Harman Kardon speakers

 

what about these 2:

emachine AMD Athlon 64bit processor 3200+ 3.2GHz

-Integrated ATI Radeon 9600 Video (64MB discrete RAM)
-15.4" Widescreen with Ultrabright WXGA technology
-802.11g Wireless LAN built in
-512 MB DDR SO-DIMM memory
-Digital Card Reader (CompactFlash, Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick (PRO), Multimedia Card (MMC)
-8x DVD+/- RW Drive
-10/100 Mbps built in Ethernet



hp pavilion zd7000
Intel P4 2.8 Ghz 512M Memory
60G Hard Disk 16X DVD/CD-RW
15.4" WXGA WIDESCREEN TFT + GeForce 4 Go5600 128MB
5.1 Sound + Harmon Kardon Speakers Media Port
Charger WiFi 802.11G

which would be better for game purpose?, i guess its just comparing the processor and the video cards

 

Not with that grahpics card. Well, You could play Doom 3 but at the lowest settings possible.

 

The eMachine wins hands down. Better graphics card, better cpu for games.

eMachine doesn't build the best-constructed machines out there, but that laptop's performance will be substantially better than that anemic HP. Compare the price -- get the HP only if it's substantially lower(not likely).

cheers,

yass

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by laderboy

 

question,
the emachine has ati 9600 64mb, and hp has geforce go5600 128 mb,
although ati9600 is better, doesn't the higher video memory count for something?

 

Not often. Most games with the exception of the high detail setting on games like Doom3, Farcry, can store all their textures on 64mb alone. In these cases the extra ram doesn't do anything for ya. However if the texture map is bigger (which most newer games would have) -- bigger than it can fit w/in the on-board video memory, the graphics card have to swap video memory in and out -- that will impact overall performance. However this difference probably will not be significant enough to overcome the inherent slower go5600, vs. the ati 9600.

cheers,

yass

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by laderboy

 

The emachine, its got a better processor, and a faster vid card.

 

i bought somewhat something like the zv5230us
but better[ ]

 

hey i just realized, the seller said:
AMD Athlon 64bit processor 3200+
but didn't say its 3.2GHz, i just found out that 3200+ usually means 2GHz or 2.2GHz, does it make a difference in the decision?

 

the 3200 part means that it will perform simalr to a Pentium 3.2GHz I've found that their measurement if very accurate if anything they geuss low. Just think of it as being as powerful or more powerful then a P4 3.2GHz

Compaq R3000T (CTO)
P4 Desktop 3.0GHz w/HT
2 X 1024MB RAM
Radeon 9600 128MB
60GB 7,200RPM HD
AquaMark3: 24,257, 3DMark03: 3,115

 

thx for all the help guys, appreciated

 

man this gets complicated, i found a gateway with the exact same spec as the emachine i think, is there a quality difference between the 2?

 

Gateway owns emachines so I'd expect its simalar to the HP/Compaq brand where they are the same thing in difference cases. Persoanlly I think I'd go with emachines, but better to let someone else with experence between the two answer this one.

Compaq R3000T (CTO)
P4 Desktop 3.0GHz w/HT
2 X 1024MB RAM
Radeon 9600 128MB
60GB 7,200RPM HD
AquaMark3: 24,257, 3DMark03: 3,115

 

that emachines is the way to go. Best value for performance. I own the m6809 and the beast runs HL2 piece of cake @ medium to high detail levels. Just make sure to get omega drivers and have your card overclocked. Nothing beats its value.

Emachines M6809 - 3200 AMD 64 - 512 DDR - 80gig - ATI 9600 O/C'd @ 457/223