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    XPRESS 200M + HL2 (zv6000/R4000 users)

    Discussion in 'HP' started by wedge86, May 3, 2005.

  1. wedge86

    wedge86 Newbie

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    I've read reviews... But I want to hear when it's paired with the AMD 4000+ and at least a gig of memory. Anybody try it and if so how was resolution? FPS? Online? Just some facts about the 200M and half life 2... Looking at the R4000 for price reasons and my brother has a zv5000 with the geforce 440 go with 512 ram, and I thought that was fast. Heres a PCI x16 chip set that HAS to be faster than the 440 and by the feel of the zv5k I thought it would play HL2 decently...

    But I digress... Need some facts... thanks!
     
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    southbark Notebook Guru

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    I ordered the R400 fully loaded except only 1gb of ram i will let ya know how it looks
     
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  3. HeXeD

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    OOOO...4000+...Big Bawla!!

    Bump on this cause I was wondering the same thing..specifically about the Gig of Ram
     
    HeXeD, May 3, 2005
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    Sarvaga Notebook Enthusiast

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    I ordered my setup on 4/22 w/ an estimated ship date of may 18th. I'm writing a complete review for the site as soon as I recieve it so I'll post something when I do get it and a review will follow shortly.



    AMD Athlon 64 4000+
    2GB RAM - 80 GB 5400 HD
    ATI 128mb 200M
    DVD-RW w/ Dual Layer
    WXGA Brightview
    Wireless w/ Bluetooth
    12 Cell
     
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  5. wedge86

    wedge86 Newbie

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    Southbark, when did you order it? Just wanna know how often I should check back here :p

    Hey all you zv6000 people... It's the same setup... anyone play half life 2 on their beast?
    resolution? FPS? Online?
     
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    Gargoyle Notebook Evangelist

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    yea were all waiting (chuckle-chuckle)
     
    Gargoyle, May 3, 2005
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    bOOm Notebook Consultant

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    i hate waiting.
     
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  8. wedge86

    wedge86 Newbie

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    WOW!!!! Here me out...

    I have currently on my tower:

    Pentium 4 2.6 GHz
    128 mgb nvidia 5200 (not the ultra)
    512 ram
    pretty much, a crappy gateway with a new gpu and upgraded ram...

    I run half life 2 on 800 x 600, with around 50 fps... Not bad at all... I ran a 3dmark05 on my comp and I got a score of 197...

    197!!!!!!!!!!!

    THATS HORRIBLE!!!

    So Looking at these 770 numbers is a vast improvement for me... I think it's safe to say half life 2 isn't gonna be half bad on this thing... Not to mention the 4000+ adding in some extra butt kickin... I wouldn't worry about this lappy not supporting half life 2...

    ps: that 3dmark has to look awesome if ur computer doesn't play it like a slide show...
     
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  9. wedge86

    wedge86 Newbie

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    what about 1024 x 768 cranked up detail? [ :p]
     
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    I think you are "spot on" wedge. Your 5200 is not a directX9 card, so I could assume the reason of the score...however the average scores for a 5200 is about 200-300. Real world performance is where it is at. With a Athlon 64, and at least 512M of ram..I would expect no problems running Half Life 2. Bumping the quality down to medium and 800x600, there should be no problems. It seems Half Life 2, at that level of detail, would probably bottleneck the processor and not the GPU. Half Life 2's physics and crazy AI puts some stress on the CPU..which a Athlon 64 should be able to handle with no problems.

    I don't see us cranking it up to full detail and running 1280x1024 on this GPU however...
     
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    HeXeD Notebook Enthusiast

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by wedge86
     
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    HL2 will play smoothly on whatever semi-modern hardware you have. It's very good at scaling to fit your machine. It's smooth on my zv5000z. It'll look considerably better on a zv6000.

    I can't even run 3Dmark05. It complains that the GeForce 440 Go is too ancient. HP could have used a GeForce 5200 Go, it was out, but nooooo...
     
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    Hi Guys,

    Just thought I'd chime in.

    I bought the r4000 just a couple of days ago with the following specs:

    AMD Athlon 64 3200+
    512 MB Memory
    80 GB 4200 rpm
    DVD-/+RW
    15.4" screen with the Brightview

    and when running 3dMark05, I got a score of 686, so the 4000+ with a GB of RAM should do just fine. As for the nVidia 440 being too ancient, I read somewhere that 3dMark05 requires a 128 MB vidio card or better.

    Hope you guys like your new machines.
     
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  14. brianstretch

    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by wedge86
     
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  15. wedge86

    wedge86 Newbie

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    Hey brian, what's ur config for ur zv5k?
    and the resolution u play with [ ;)]
     
    wedge86, May 4, 2005
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  16. wedge86

    wedge86 Newbie

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    Well I'm ordering :)

    4000+
    gig ram
    128 mgb 200M
    bluetooth
    No dual layer (no need, too expensive)
    Bright view
    80 GB 5400
    12 cell...

    with some help from APP it comes to $1285.82 which is by far the best price I have ever seen for the monster I'm ordering... I wish I had the money for 2 gigs of ram... I'll find a way to upgrade later if I find it necessary...

    Thanks Brian and Ikmosa, both of you have helped a lot!
     
    wedge86, May 4, 2005
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    AMDemon Notebook Evangelist

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    Wedge86,

    You should consider going through a link @ Fatwallet.com after free registration...Supposedly, they'll send you 3% check back in 2months!!!

    http://www.fatwallet.com/store.php?store=320
     
    AMDemon, May 4, 2005
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