Mx7525

Just bought an MX7525 for my daughter's 13th birthday have not given it to her yet. I am worried about the speed of the HD [4200] I should not have to replace it after just buying it. Bought it for $1400 CAD @ FutureShop. Please give me some advice if I should return it and look at the Turion or go Intel [Dell 6000 w/ an X300 128].
Thanks

 

The 7525 will easily out perform the Dell 6000. The hard drive isn't fast, but it is very sufficient for 'regular' needs (i.e. email, downloading, music, movies).
What does she plan to do? I used to game (simple stuff like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) and my 7426 (an earlier model) performed very well.

I hope this helps

 

She would be playing NFSMS or Underground. That might be the fastest game she would play on it.

 

Ah yes, I played that game before... No problems running it whatsoever
While a faster harddrive is nice, it is not necessarily required.

 

Thanks for your help/feedback and hopefully I do not regret buying a Gateway.

 

I am sure that you won't.
Congratulations on the purchase.

 

Yeah its a kick but dtr machine. Im sure she will love it the graphics look amazing!

 

Does anyone have 3D Mark 03 and 05 scores for this machine? I have a Emachines 6810 and I'm thinking of upgrading, but I want to see if there is a significant difference.

 

Search around and others have probably already written it somewhere but my 7515 gets around 1200 so the 7525 should probably get a little bit better than that.

 

Sure do.





These tests are run on default settings, the laptop is not overclocked, Windows XP SP1 with no special hack, tweaks or disabled services of any kind. Theoretically, anyone that runs these synthetic benchmarks should be getting close to these scores out of the box.

My 2 cents on these 3DMark scores: They are useless. All these benchmark scores are all bragging rights, no more no less. 3DMark is always based on a series of synthetic benchmarks, which can be easily manipulated by optimized drivers, thus making a poor real world comparison. My thinking is try out the games themselves, not look at benchmark numbers. If they are playable by your standards, then that's all that counts.

 

Thanks... I know the 3dmark scores are pretty useless, but I'm trying to decide between keeping my emachines 6810, getting a 7525, or two Acers - one is a 4400 Turion 1.8 with an X700 and the other is a Acer 5672 with core duo 1.66 and X1400 vid card. I'm not sure which video cards are really comparable so that is why I wanted benchmarks. They are all 15.4 wide screens with 1G of memory and 100GB hard drives. I am leaning towards the Acer 5672. It is a beast of a machine for the money and has dvi out, bluetooth and a lot of other nice features.

 

Well, any one of those notebooks is better than your eMachines 6810. That said, here's how it shapes up:

Gateway MX7525:
Has the fastest processor for single-threaded applications and should be competitive with the 1.66 GHz Core Duo, if not clobbering it outright in most benches. Will not multitask as well as the Core Duo, though.
Has the slowest GPU of the three, the 128MB X600 is still decent but is eclipsed by the other two. Mine benches 1760 in 3DMark05.

Acer 4400:
Has the slowest processor of the three.
Has the fastest GPU of the three. Benches around 2500 in 3DMark05.

Acer 5672:
Has the snappiest processor of the three. In terms of raw performance is likely eclipsed by the MX7525, but will provide a smoother overall computing experience.
GPU is middle of the road, a 128MB X1400 scores around 2000 in 3DMark05.

Hope that helps.

 

How does the X1400 compare to the older X600 and X700 cards? I'm guessing somewhere in between. Also, the specs on the 5672 say it is a pci express card, so I am wondering if it is actually in a slot and might be upgradable.

 

X1400 would be about the same as the X600, but the X1400 would support ShaderModel 3.0/PixelShader 3.0, whereas the previous generation does not. The PCI-e on notebooks doesn't mean that it has a PCI-e slot, but rather that it uses the same interface architecture as a PCI-e slot.