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    lenovo t61p beat an 8600gt?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dieselnator, Dec 20, 2007.

  1. dieselnator

    dieselnator Notebook Enthusiast

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    would a t61p suffice to play lord of the rings online?
    if so, i was wondering if overall an fx570 is better than a 8600gt?
    thanks in advance!
     
    dieselnator, Dec 20, 2007
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    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    Techniquely, 8600gt is better for gaming, since fx570m is a business class graphics card. In reality according to notebookcheck.com fx 570m is one up from 8600gt.
     
    Acorn, Dec 20, 2007
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    ChristopherAKAO4 Notebook Nut

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    I think it's really about the same card.
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Dec 20, 2007
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    A FX7570m is pretty much an 8600m GT with GDDR3 memory.
     
    Lithus, Dec 20, 2007
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    dieselnator Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok cool thanks guys
     
    dieselnator, Dec 20, 2007
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    chrisroman Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried the demo of LOTRO and it played very well with plenty of eye cany turned up, but definitely got hot fast, so not very comfortable playing with unit on lap.
     
    chrisroman, Dec 20, 2007
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    dieselnator Notebook Enthusiast

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    cool but it won't shut down the laptop will it?
     
    dieselnator, Dec 20, 2007
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    chrisroman Notebook Enthusiast

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    So far no issues here. From what I've seen the shutdown problem was with 4GB configurations, which I believe has now been corrected anyway.
     
    chrisroman, Dec 21, 2007
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    dieselnator Notebook Enthusiast

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    great and do you think a 2.0 processory would affect gaming very much down from a 2.2 processor?
     
    dieselnator, Dec 21, 2007
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    Tim Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well...a notebook cooler never hurts. I use one of those for when I have my laptop on the desk. Gaming doesn't work that well on battery or playing games while the laptop is on your lap.
    Tim
     
    Tim, Dec 21, 2007
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    chrisroman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Maybe a 7%-10% decrease in performance with a 2.0 vs 2.2. Doubt you would really notice.
     
    chrisroman, Dec 21, 2007
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