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    Studio 17 t9300 2.5 ghz/800mhz 4GB ATI MOBILITY RADEON HD 3650 Questions.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by TannerMan, Jul 21, 2008.

  1. TannerMan

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    Just Built this computer on Dell site. Thats the main things on it what games Can i run and how well do you think this thing is going to be.
     
    TannerMan, Jul 21, 2008
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    What is cost and do you prefer looks over performance? Then I can input. I say because 3650 is not a strong card for a 17 especially for a gamer.
     
    powerpack, Jul 21, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    The T9300 is a great cpu and tied with 4gb of memory you can run any kind of cpu and memory intensive apps on your laptop.
    I am not so sure how powerful the ati 3650 is, but it is most likely about as powerful as the 8600GT.
    Just because the ati card has 1gb of memory doesnt mean it is better than a 512mb card, it is the gpu processor which makes the difference.

    You should be able to play most games on medium to high settings.
    Just make sure to clean up all of the extra crap which dell throughs into vista, so that it runs nice and fast.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 21, 2008
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    TannerMan Newbie

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    I Bought it already its like 1,500 after like 600 dollars in savings from some summer deal, college Deal, and a Triple A card deal so cant really beat that its a like 1,950 dollar computer. They gave me a free vid camera to cause its a new laptop. I just want to Run a Game Like WoW smoothly is all. Not a heavy gamer but i will have WoW and whatever else i want to buy.
     
    TannerMan, Jul 23, 2008
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Wow will run without any problem on that system, you should not see lower than 50fps in standad use, and no less than 25 in heats.

    When you get your laptop, uninstall all of teh crapware which Dell throws in, and just reinstall teh operating system fresh, and that will greatly speed up your system.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 23, 2008
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    The 3650 is a bit more powerful than the 8600M GT - it's a pretty good card. It should be able to run any game out today, most on high settings (a few exceptions such as Call of Duty 4 and Crysis - medium or low there depending on resolution). As aforementioned, you're definitely great elsewhere. You'll probably be quite satisfied with it.

    Dell isn't actually that bad these days with bloatware, but reinstalling the operating system is a good idea nonetheless.
     
    Apollo13, Jul 23, 2008
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    Thanks guys. IS it hard to reinstall the software cause i know i will **** it up and ruin my computer...
     
    TannerMan, Jul 24, 2008
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Reinstalling the operating system is a 1-2-3 process. put the vista or xp cd in the drive and it pretty much goes by itself. Than install your drivers from the included driver disk and you are ready yo use it.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jul 25, 2008
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    Hey guys thanks for the help. I just got the laptop. Installed everything and when i go on canirunthis website it can run every game past the recomended settings even crysis. i was suprised but it was well beyond the recomended settings even for that game. Good laptop
     
    TannerMan, Jul 28, 2008
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