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    Jhl90 (t8300-9600m Gt-200gb-2000mb-wxga)=1300$

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by icehell, Jun 21, 2008.

  1. icehell

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    JHL90
    *proc.T8300
    *Ram.2GB
    *GPU.NVIDIA GFORCE GO 9600 GT 512MB
    *HARD.250GB
    *WXGA.1280X800
    *HMDI
    in www.microexpress.net
    for 1300$
    ¤JFL9226
    same configuration as JHL90 but with T9400 (2.5GHZ/6MB CACHE)
    Which is the best?
     
    icehell, Jun 21, 2008
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  2. grbac

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    Faster CPU is always better, if money is not a problem.
     
    grbac, Jun 22, 2008
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  3. Wirelessman

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    These days CPU's are not used to its fullest capacity, perhaps not even 65%, is all marketing, believe me, the T8300 is fine. Most of the work is in the video card and those GPU's run at 400MHz.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 22, 2008
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  4. jedisolo

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    If you want a good gaming experience it's better to have a lot of ram, fast cpu and gpu.
     
    jedisolo, Jun 22, 2008
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  5. Dreidel

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    Is this a pre-order or available immediately and does anyone know the specs of the 9600m GT
     
    Dreidel, Jun 22, 2008
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  6. Wirelessman

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    I agree lot of RAM in the mobo and the video card, and a fast GPU will be good for gaming, a CPU of minimum 2GHz it will be just fine.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 22, 2008
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  7. icehell

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    Order now and get in july!!!
    In july everything will be changed,!
    Anybudy knows xoticpc and powernotebook price for this beast?
     
    icehell, Jun 23, 2008
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  8. Althernai

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    You are talking only about gaming and even then it depends on the game. For example, Mass Effect loves fast CPUs and uses every bit of my T9300 it can get.

    I think as multi-threaded applications become more common, CPU power will become important again (even in graphically intensive applications). Also, once the last generation of P4s and their AMD kin are dead and buried, it will make more sense to use the entire processor rather than a single core like many things currently do.
     
    Althernai, Jun 23, 2008
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  9. Wirelessman

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    Good point, thank you for bringing it up. One question though, how do you verify that your game or any application is using how much of the CPU?
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 23, 2008
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  10. Wirelessman

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    I think they are similar in prices, but you also need to consider the customer service and warranty aspect, especially when you laptop fails, these two things are paramount, and I heard that powernotebook is good in these two aspects.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 23, 2008
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  11. Althernai

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    Vista has a tool called Resource Monitor which can run in the background. It tells you what the maximum frequency of your CPU is (the newer ones set this dynamically as needed up to design specs) and also how much of it is being used. It plots a 60 second graph of both so you can ALT-TAB to check up on the application.

    There are probably more sophisticated tools you can download, but this gets the job done.
     
    Althernai, Jun 23, 2008
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  12. Wirelessman

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    Yeah, I'm aware of that, you can actually do Ctrl+Shift+Esc and select resource monitor. But I'm still not convinced that today's 2.5GHz and higher CPU's are really used effectively.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 23, 2008
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  13. grbac

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    Yeah but majority of people aren't buying a notebook just for today but for the next 2 or 3 years or even more and we all know how IT is growing rapidly - always. So spending now a little bit more on GHz and L2 Cache - faster CPU, I think is wise.
     
    grbac, Jun 24, 2008
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  14. Wirelessman

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    Laptops are going down in price, once they will become a commodity they will be even cheaper. I bought a powerful laptop 2 years ago for $4k, today I don't think I can even get $500 for it.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 24, 2008
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    It will aways show 100% utilisation but that doesn't really reflect how much of the cpu is used. For benchmarking cpus, specialists usually use the lowest settings and resolution available in games so that the cpu isn't held back by the gpu....
     
    Ayle, Jun 25, 2008
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  16. Wirelessman

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    I'm very sure that CPU is not held by the GPU, the GPU is much slower than any good CPU today.
     
    Wirelessman, Jun 25, 2008
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    is the 9600m going to be released in a gddr3 version as well?
     
    AdamU, Jun 30, 2008
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    Perhaps... but most likely not by Compal. I don't understand why they're skimping on this (GDDR3 can't be that expensive at this point in time given all of the other laptops using it), but we've had a long discussion on this and it looks like that's what they'll do. Maybe they'll change their tune later.
     
    Althernai, Jun 30, 2008
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  19. Morthal

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    Maybe it isn't, but Dell and Asus give much $$$ to nVidia to don't allow them ;)
     
    Morthal, Jul 1, 2008
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    how would this laptop run a game like crysis?
     
    vestibule1443, Jul 1, 2008
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  21. Morthal

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    Don't know until it'll be released. Probably medium at 1280x800.
     
    Morthal, Jul 2, 2008
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  22. INEEDMONEY

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    Ahh I hate the port layout on this machine, but that's a good price.

    Well the one with the faster processor is better, but I guess the question is do you need it? What kind of task will you be doing? Is it worth the money?
     
    INEEDMONEY, Jul 2, 2008
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    I need portable powerful notebook ....Am looking for the great discount of bestbuy gateway p-fx 6860 = 1100$ but many warn me of cheap built and screen!
    So waiting to jhl90 to release and looking also for macbook 13".
     
    icehell, Jul 2, 2008
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  24. INEEDMONEY

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    I actually heard Gateways have gotten alot better than how they were before.

    So are you getting a mac as well as the JHL90 or trying to decide between the two?
     
    INEEDMONEY, Jul 2, 2008
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  25. icehell

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    Am deciding between the 3...
    Gateway fx 6860-jhl90-macbook
     
    icehell, Jul 2, 2008
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  26. RePaRaQu

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    The JHL90 score in 3DMARK06 with the resolution set to 1024x768 is 5100 points.
    With default settings and default drivers.
     
    RePaRaQu, Jul 2, 2008
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  27. icehell

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    Microexpress.Net update price of jhl90 with new fsb 1066MGH cpu....
    Waiting for rjtech and xoticpc to see how much they gonna price it!
     
    icehell, Jul 13, 2008
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    shosho, Aug 3, 2008
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