Laptop noob question

[Slimline]

Hello, I am going into my second year of college and am looking to purchase a laptop for genereal use. (Living in canada so prices are respective) I am on a budget and managed to find a compaq r4010 on sale for 999.99. I am just wondering if you think this is a descent deal.

Light gaming will be used on this as well but my deskktop is going to be my gaming computer for the most part. Does anyone know what the ati radeon xpress 200 igp performs like or on equivalent to?





Price: $1199*
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Product information

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Standard Features
Processor

AMD Sempron ? Processor 3200+ with Cool'n'Quiet ? Technology

Operating System

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2

Display

15.4? WXGA High-Definition* BrightView Widescreen (1280 x 800) Display

Memory

* 512MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 256MB) at 333MHz
* Maximum Memory 2048MB DDR SDRAM (2 x 1024MB)

Hard Drive

60GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive

Multimedia Drive

DVD±R/RW and CD-RW Combo Drive with Double Layer

Video Graphics

ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M IGP with 128MB DDR (dedicated)

Network Card

Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN LAN(h) ((RJ-45 connector)

Modem

high speed 56k modem

Sound

* 16-bit Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio
* AC audio link
* Volume control button and mute button

Power

90W AC adapter
8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

Keyboard

101-key compatible

Pointing device

Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical Scroll Up/Down pad

Security

* Kensington MicroSaver lock slot
* Power-on password
* Accepts 3rd party security lock devices

Expansion slot

1 Type I/II 32-bit card bus (also support 16-bit) & 1 ExpressCard/54 Slot (also supports Express Card/34

Weight

7.85lbs

 

[fbrdphreak]

What games?

Xpress200M IGP will not play new games at respectable levels. Older games, somewhat. If you want game playing capability, look at the Gateway 7510GX priced @ $1399USD MSRP, but commonly on sale for $1249USD

Info here:
http://www.laptoplogic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=752

 

[Slimline]

It will at least outperform onboard solutions like extreme graphics 2 and media acelerator 900 right?

 

[fbrdphreak]

I've only seen one benchie of the Xpress200M IGP and that was in a user's thread here about his L2000: GMA900 beat it in 3DMark2001.

When we get an Xpress200M based machine, you'll be sure to see in-depth testing; but for now consider it less than or equal to GMA900.

You say "It will at least outperform onboard solutions," what do you think that is? The Xpress200M chipset has an IGP (Integrated Graphics Platform(?)) that is based on the X300. It is basically an X300SE with shared memory. Nothing more.

 

[Slimline]

I apologize about the lack of clarity, I was referring to the more standardized onboard solutions from intel.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Its all good 🙂

 

[Slimline]

I ended up purchasing this laptop and am typing from it now. I am quite impressed with it so far and will get some benchmarks done in the mean time. However one thing I want to know more about that noone seems to know, including the amd website is the processor. It is rated at 1.8ghz and aida 32 says it is athlon 64 compatible it seems. Does anyone have more info on this processor and if it really does run as a 64 bit proc.?

 

[fbrdphreak]

Download CPU-Z and take a screenshot.
But to my knowledge all Semprons are now 64-bit enabled, so yes; it should be ready for XP64.