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    zt3000 or zv5000z

    Discussion in 'HP' started by samurai267, Jun 23, 2004.

  1. samurai267

    samurai267 Newbie

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    i'm am about to purchase a notebook and have come up with these two:
    zt3000 and zv5000z
    the main thing i would like to know is more on the zv5000z...specifically about the graphic card(64MB NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go +1394 & 5-in-1)...is it as good/better than the graphic card of the zt3000(64MB ATI Mobility Radeon 9200)

    also which would be better to play games on, games such as Halo, Knights of the old Republic, Call of Duty, City of Heroes

    thanks[ :D]
     
    samurai267, Jun 23, 2004
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  2. Quikster

    Quikster Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    the radeon 9200 is the better video card of the two, but the zv5000z has the stronger processor.

    zx5000 :: 2.4M :: 512 DDR :: 40gb 4200 RPM HD :: 15.4" :: Radeon 9600 Mobilty M10 :: Aquamark3 22,856
     
    Quikster, Jun 23, 2004
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  3. DaGreek

    DaGreek Notebook Evangelist

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    Just wanted to let you know I have the R3000Z (same as the zv5000z) right now when is getting returned tomorrow I've had it a month and like it but....the GeForceGPU is very week! I played the Halo demo ok, and the Unreal 2004 works well. When I played Fair Cry on the lower settings ir ran ok, not great though. I've not decided to switch to the R3000T Which has an ATI Radeon, muah more powerful! I love the AMD proccsor and wish it was paired with a decent GPU but its not. So I'm will to switch to the slightly less powerful Pentium 4 3.0GHz for the giant leep in GPU Radeon 9600 128MB. One good thing I found out today about the return policy it really is no hassle. They aren't making me pay for the return shipping which is great! They just said ok Fedex will pick it up and we will put the money back on your card, so now my new custom notebooke will ship later this week I think.

    Compaq R3000Z (CTO)
    3400+ AMD 64
    1 X 512MB RAM
    GeForce 4 40 Go 64 MB
    15.4 wide screen
    WSXGA (1680 X 1050)
    CD-RW,DVD+RW
    40GB harddrive
    Wireless b/g
    Windows XP Home
    12 Cell Battery
     
    DaGreek, Jun 24, 2004
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