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    new here,have some questions

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by elad1013, Jun 10, 2008.

  1. elad1013

    elad1013 Newbie

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    Hy,
    after lots of reading and searching i recently ordered T61p and i would like to get yout opinion on it and how good will it be in running games such as assasins creed,oblivion and more.
    My spec-
    Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T8300 (2.4GHz 800MHz 3MBL2)

    Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Professional

    Display Panel: 15.4 WSXGA+ TFT

    System graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M (256MB Open GL)

    Total memory: 3 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM)

    Hard Drive: 250GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm

    Wireless cards: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (supporting Centrino Pro)

    what do you think? + how do i optimize it for gaming?
     
    elad1013, Jun 10, 2008
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  2. synic

    synic Notebook Deity

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    that's pretty much what i ordered. except i got an 80gb HD and 1gb of ram from lenovo and bought a 2gb stick from newegg, and i got vista home premium. i think we should be ok in the gaming department.
     
    synic, Jun 10, 2008
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  3. mziol

    mziol Notebook Consultant

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    I could test out some games for you, granted ones that I have. There's a guy on here that got his t61p to score around 6000 on 3dmark, can't remember the thread name though. Just take a look at the first ~3 pages of the Lenovo forum.
     
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    fafan111 Notebook Consultant

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    I thought Quadros were for engineering, 3D stuff like that, not gaming. But then again I heard installing a driver makes it optimized for gaming..
     
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  5. mziol

    mziol Notebook Consultant

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    What you say is true, but I also heard they can work good for gaming. I got mine personally because I do exactly that, CAD work heh, but I will test it out on gaming with the stock drivers sometime soon.
     
    mziol, Jun 10, 2008
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  6. synic

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    i'm pretty sure it will run games fine, especially with tweaked drivers... :D
     
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  8. elad1013

    elad1013 Newbie

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    can someone give me a link to a thread with a guide how to optimize the system for gaming?
    also want to know if there's a big diffrence between T8300 and T9300 because i saw many guys here with T9300
     
    elad1013, Jun 10, 2008
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  9. Mu Zeta

    Mu Zeta Notebook Geek

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    Not much difference at all. It's mostly an e-p enis thing.
     
    Mu Zeta, Jun 10, 2008
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  10. mziol

    mziol Notebook Consultant

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    Is this perhaps what you are talking about?:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=209796

    I have a T9300 and I must say it is very fast. As far as the differences I think the cache size on the T8300 is 3MB meanwhile on the T9300 it is 6. That's just off the top of my head though, I may be remembering it wrong. Go ahead and double check on Lenovo's site under the configuration.
     
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  11. synic

    synic Notebook Deity

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    the t9300 is a big jump in cost. i'd stick with the t8300. it'll be fine.
     
    synic, Jun 10, 2008
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  12. Rich.Carpenter

    Rich.Carpenter Cranky Bastage

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    The difference is $75 right now. I'd go with the T9300.
     
    Rich.Carpenter, Jun 10, 2008
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