DELL XPS M170 vs 9400 vs MacBook Pro

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yatusabes

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hi,

Could someone please tell me whether the system I just ordered from Dell or Apple will be able to play the latest games like Q4, fear and bf2.

I thinking in

DELL XPS M170(Pentium M 760 2 GHz, geforce 6800 ultra 256mb, 1gb ram $2,258),

apple macbook pro (1.67GHz Intel Core Duo, ati x1600 128mb, 512MB $1,999),

Dell 9400(1.83GHz Intel Core Duo, 1gb ram, geforce 7800 256mb $2,098)
 
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If you're interested in gaming, right now the MacBook Pro still isn't a good choice. It's a good system from early reports, but it won't boot Windows XP (not unless there's a hack that people haven't figured out yet) and we don't know for sure how well dual-booting Windows Vista and OS X will work yet. There will be some games that run very well on Intel Macs - World of Warcraft, Quake 4, and others not announced yet - and if you're willing to play what's available on OS X this year, that's perfectly alright. But it's currently still the case that you don't get a Mac with gaming as a primary focus.
 
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yatusabes

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Thanks to all for their opinions.

I think to buy the dell e1705.

That Backpack recommends me?
 
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ShellGuy

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I would go with the 9400 just for the fact that i like the business side of dell a bit better.



Will G>
 
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w0ss

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be carefull on the 9400/e1705. From early reviews it appears the 7800 in the 9400 is not that great. From what I have seen with 3dmark05 scores the 9400 gets about 3800 and the xps has been known to go around 5000.
 
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Is that 5000 score with the 6800 Go Ultra, or the 7800 Go GTX? That's important, because it will definitely cost extra to get a Dell XPS system with the GTX chip. If so, it may be more cost-effective to get the Inspiron 9400 instead.
 
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ntrights

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7800 cards should be faster.

GeForce Go 7800 GTX GeForce Go 7800
Graphics Bus Technology PCI Express PCI Express
Memory Interface 256-bit 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) 35.2 35.2
Fill Rate (Billion pixels/sec) 9.6 6.4
Vertices/Second (Millions) 800 600
Memory Data Rate (GHz) 1.1 1.1
RAMDACs (MHz) 400 400

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GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Memory Interface 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GBps) Up to 35.2
Fill Rate (pixels/sec.) 5.4 billion
Vertices/Second 565 million
Memory Data Rate 700 MHz DDR1/DDR2
1100 MHz GDDR3
RAMDACs 400 MHz

edit: link http://www.nvidia.com/page/mobile.html
 
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IlllI

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Originally posted by: w0ss
be carefull on the 9400/e1705. From early reviews it appears the 7800 in the 9400 is not that great. From what I have seen with 3dmark05 scores the 9400 gets about 3800 and the xps has been known to go around 5000.
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according to which early reviews? have any links?


 
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railer

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nah...lotsa folks are breaking 7k on 9300's w/ 7800gtx in 3dmark 05.

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That is OC'd, but the 6800 ultra was OC'd to get it above 5k.....
 
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but the 9400 has the 7800 non-gtx. That is the issue. I think the 7800 is good but right now the premium you pay for the 9400 is not worth it. However some may want the dual core above all else.
 
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problem is that the other dual core alternatives suck. The gateway comes with a ATI x1400 SE, the HP comes with a crappy ATI x700, and sony.. what a joke.

2 grand for a decent dual core with a 7800? I'm getting one shortly.
 
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IHYLN

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Originally posted by: yatusabes
I read reviews where the m170 is better than e1705.

some comment about the sarge 5720-V?
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how is the m170 better than the e1705. can you post the links to reviews please.
 
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