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    Current computer vs. New laptop

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Mippoose, Jul 17, 2007.

  1. Mippoose

    Mippoose Notebook Deity

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    I have been gaming and tasking on my current desktop for quite awhile now.. And was hoping that someone out there could give a ballpark estimate on how well the IFL90 I ordered will do vs my current desktop.

    Current desktop:

    AMD Athlon X2 3800+
    2x512 Corsair XMS DDR1
    PNY GeForce 7900GS
    250gb 72(or 4)00 HD w/16mb cache


    IFL90 (also featured in sig)

    T7300 C2D
    2x1gb DDR2
    8600m GT
    120gb 7200 rpm 3.0 gb/s



    I am just excited because I personally have a feeling it will perform better.

    Current games I play:

    Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
    Counter-Strike: Source
    Day of Defeat: Source
    Supreme Commander

    Most played currently around 1280x1024 or 1024x768, laptop has WSXGA+ but will prolly scale down to lower rez's.

    Will I experience better gameplay, weaker gameply or about the same?
     
    Mippoose, Jul 17, 2007
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    similair game play the ram and c2d will also raise it a little
     
    Thomas, Jul 17, 2007
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  3. sco_fri

    sco_fri Notebook Evangelist

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    You could bench it. My desktop with AMD64 3700+, dual 6600gts and 1gig of ram scored a 2600 on 3dmark06. It was very high on 35mark05, I'm not sure why though, I think the IFL was 5500 or so while my desktop was 8500 or something.
     
    sco_fri, Jul 17, 2007
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  4. Peter5897

    Peter5897 Notebook Guru

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    I have the following specs:

    AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
    NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX, 450 MHz / 1296 MHz
    2048 MB DDR1

    And I got a 4395 on 3DMark06.

    I was hoping the Compal IFL90 would be a gaming upgrade but, unfortunately, it does not appear so.
     
    Peter5897, Jul 17, 2007
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  5. PizzaFTW

    PizzaFTW Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would think that the laptops with a 8600m GT would be somewhat of a downgrade from desktops with the 7900GS and 7800GTX, since most people say that the 8600m GT performs slightly worse than the Mobile 7900GS. Still, the 8600m GT is a great laptop card :)
     
    PizzaFTW, Jul 18, 2007
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  6. lemur

    lemur Emperor of Lemurs

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    Just for kicks I tried to run 3dmark06 on my desktop machine. The software politely refused to run but it was also stifling an incoming bout of laughter and thinking:

    Are you *kidding* me?!? Your hardware is so *ancient* that an abacus would positively be an *upgrade*! How dare you even *think* you could run my benchmarks on such *inadequate* hardware?! Oh, and I will steal your wife while you're not looking, you frigging *eunuch*!!!

    I'm pretty sure any new laptop is going to be an upgrade for me.
     
    lemur, Jul 18, 2007
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