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    need some advice

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Shimrah, Aug 15, 2006.

  1. Shimrah

    Shimrah Newbie

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    I own a asus laptop
    specs are :
    amd sempron 3000
    512mb ram
    40 gig hd
    radeon mobility 9200 32ddr(not shared memory and i cant add system memory)

    I play only 2 games ut and ut2004
    ut runs perfect but ut2004 runs only @ 800by600 16 bit everything low
    but i still cant play large maps and sometimes its ver
    so i want to buy a new machine or upgrade my old one
    these 2 machines i can get for a decent price

    15.4 inch TFT WXGA Color shine (1280x800)
    AMD Mobile Sempron 3200+ ( New 64bit)
    NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6200 128MB TurboCache™
    512MB DDR 333(512x1)
    80GB 5400rpm

    or

    Asus A6KM-Q038H, 15.4 inch TFT WXGA Color Shine (1280x800), AMD Mobile Sempron 3300+, NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7300 256MB TurboCache, 512MB DDR(512x1), 60GB,

    are these 2 better than the radeon 9200??

    or shall i upgrade my old machine to 1gig ram?

    other option is a laptop with a radeon express 200
    with 128mb memory plus shared mem

    thnx for all the help
     
    Shimrah, Aug 15, 2006
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  2. Notebook Solutions

    Notebook Solutions Company Representative NBR Reviewer

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    Welcome to NBR!

    The option to ugrade to 1 GB will not work on your old notebook. It wont give you any better FPS at those games, because the videocard itself is already very poor.

    Between those 3 machines the 7300Go is better. It is around 1.5x better then the 6200. The 6200 has 800 3dmark05, while the 7300Go has around 1300-1400. The X200M scores around 700-800.

    So your best choise will be the ASUS A6KM with 7300Go. But I strongly recommend you to buy 1 bar of DDR, so you can upgrade to 1 GB. I mean not the old machine, but the new one you are going to buy.

    Hope I helped you.

    Charlie :)
     
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  3. Shimrah

    Shimrah Newbie

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    oke thnx for the help!
    shall go for the asus then :)
     
    Shimrah, Aug 15, 2006
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    I play UT04 on high w/ no shadows with my spec (in my sig) which isnt too different from the A6KM and there is no lag.
     
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  5. Shimrah

    Shimrah Newbie

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    Oke going to replace the hard drive from that asus with a 60 gig 7200rpm 8mb chache silent drive (standard its 60 gig 4200rpm 2mb) its an extra option :)

    and place 512mb in the empty slot so i have than 1 gig total
    that will do for now
    total costs are 873,-euro
    23 euro above the limit but hell :)
     
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  6. Notebook Solutions

    Notebook Solutions Company Representative NBR Reviewer

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    That is a pretty good deal Shimrah,

    A fast harddrive is indeed a big plus, and 1 GB of DDR makes it complete. Congratulations with your new notebook then.

    Charlie :)
     
    Notebook Solutions, Aug 15, 2006
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