x3100 vs 7400GO

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a notebook soon to play Age of Empires II, Singles I, Sims I and II and Diablos (It's the one I own now), and maybe more. What about those two laptop from HP:

DV6560 (1099.99$ at Fry's)
Chipset:Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 Mobil Technology(Santa Rosa)
Processor : 1.86GHZ at 533MHZ FrontSide Bus
Display: 15.4" widescreen High Defination display(WXGA)at 1280x800 Resolution
Memory: 1024MB DDR2 667mhz Expand up to 2GB
Hard Disk Drive: 160GB Serial ATA hard disk drive
Optical Disk Drive: DVD -/+ RW double layer drive
Graphics:Intergerated Intel GMA X1300 Video Card
Sound: Built in stereo speakers , Sound Volume
Card Reader : 5 IN 1 Memory Card Reader Built In
Control Buttons: Internet button to launch default browser
Communications: Modem ,802.11a/b/g WiFi Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG , 10/100 Base TX Ethernet
Expandability: 2 main memory slots , PCI-E Express Slot
Operating System: Genuine Windows vista Home Premium

DV6375 (1429.99$ at Fry's)
Entertainment-centric notebook PC with 15.4-inch screen and 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 processor
160 GB Serial ATA hard drive, 2 GB RAM (max), 8x LightScribe DVD-/+RW drive
Connectivity: 3 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, expansion port 3 connector, ExpressCard 54/34, 5-in-1 memory card reader
Tri-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g), 10/100 Ethernet, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics card with 128 MB of discrete memory
Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities)

Do I'm better to look for a Dell? Let me know what is best or what should be better from HP.

Thanks
Mel

 

Why not this one?

ASUS F3 Series F3JP-AS096C NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo T7200(2.00GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA+ 1GB DDR2 667 160GB 5400rpm DVD Super Multi ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220169

price: $1,398.99

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If I could wait I would go with the new dell 1520, with 8600M video card....

 

The Go7400 is somewhat more powerful than the intel X3100(it's not X1300). Other than that the differ only in their platform, with the 6550 featuring the updated Santa Rosa platform.
If you look around, you can find the F3Jp for under $1300. It features much better graphics, albeit a slightly older platform. If thoe games are your primary requirements, then I'd say the F3Jp is indeed a better choice.

 

I thought that santa rosa implied 800 FSB, but it seems that i was wrong....
i don't know but the old plataform and higher FSB seems to be better....

 

X3100 should run those games fine, and Santa Rosa is the better pick.

 

I still think you should wait a few more days for the dell 1520.... that´s what i am doing right now.... will only buy later...