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    which of these will become obsolete 1st?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Matthew Newell, Apr 7, 2006.

  1. Matthew Newell

    Matthew Newell Newbie

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    -first things first:
    i dont do any 3D intense stuff - be it the latest game or video editing. im more of a mid-range sort of user: playing games like C&C Generals, maybe halflfe and WOW

    so which of these do you think will become unbearably inferior the quickest for a mid-range(ish) gamer?:

    Intel Pentium-M Centrino 740: 1.73Ghz, 533Mhz fsb, 2Mb cache ??
    or
    512Mb RAM: DDR2 533Mhz ??
    or
    ATI Mobility X700 PCI-E 128Mb dedicated ??
     
    Matthew Newell, Apr 7, 2006
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    Phil17 Notebook Consultant

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    If anything it is the amount of RAM you have, everything else should last some time, although it won't be up to date.
     
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  3. Matthew Newell

    Matthew Newell Newbie

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    well thats cool because the lappy im planning on getting (the one with those specs) has a free RAM slot so i can easily upgrade that to 1024Mb
     
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    It is going to go RAM, Video card and then processor.
     
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    i would say, x700, ram, processor.

    reason being..x700 is being phased out (since most notebooks are now coming with x1400), the ram, since you will need a minimum of 1gb for vista, and the processor last, because the max notebook processor is what...2.4ghz?

    pb,out.
     
    pbcustom98, Apr 7, 2006
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