A maxed out - ZD8000 or R4000 for Gaming/Photoshop..??

[pcfitness]

I'm in the market for a new laptop. I mainly use DreamweaverMX, Adobe Photoshop CS, Doom3 and Half-Life 2. These two notbooks maxed out on hp's site both should kick ash. $1,517.00 for the AMD 4000+ notebook and $2,168.00 for the Intel p4 650 chip etc. The only thing that kind of worries me is the graphics card/chipset of the R4000..:-/ All the programs I mentions are equally very important to me. So I need some of you gEeKs out there to give me some input. I'm definitely a gEeK but unfortunately I don't have all the answers...🙂

Thanks,
-pcfitness.
www.hp.com

 

[pcfitness]

Not to mention the price was of some importance to me as well...heh. So if the performance between the two would not be that severe I might as well go with the cheaper one....? dunno...

 

[pcfitness]

One more thing, doea anyone know the deal with the 128MB ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M w/Hypermemory? Like how good of a card that actually is lke for gaming for instance? I'm not that educated on the card. It is an option with the R4000.

 

[Ben88]

That card will suck for gaming, it's based on the x300se. If you want to game you need a minimum r9700/6600go.

You should look into the Dell 9300, 17" widescreen LCD with a geforce 6800go. Should be able to get one for around $1500.

 

[pcfitness]

Even running with the athlon 64 4000+?

 

[Ben88]

Yes even with the 4000+. A good graphics card is your priority....You should get an Intel Mobile chip or an AMD Turion when it comes out.

 

[ohnnyj]

Originally posted by: pcfitness
Even running with the athlon 64 4000+?

I agree with Ben. You could have an FX processor in a desktop machine and pair it up with a low end card and you will get slow performance out of your games.

And the 9300s from Dell are worth looking at. I would get a machine with the Pentium M or the Turion (if you can find one).

 

[pcfitness]

the only prob is i need to use my hpshopping e-finance card..lol so maybe the zd8000 is a better idea?