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POLL: Which lappy to get?

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Shockwave

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Like it says, which brand laptop. Graphics performance is PARAMOUNT. Would like to be able to support HL2 with lotsa eye candy.
 
Anyone ever heard of Eurocom? Christ, the EUROCOM D500P Monte Carlo is a FULL featured laptop!
A quick rundown
"Description: Fully upgradable and configurable high-end desktop replacement notebook based on the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor supports FSB frequencies of 400 MHz, 533 MHz, and 800 MHz. Perfect Mobile Workstation or Mobile Gaming Machine for demanding expert user with 128MB of DDR video and ATI Mobility Readeon 9600 Pro on-board. Modular design, capable to support two concurrent optical drives (i.e. DVD-burner and DVD-ROM) and up to two physical hard drives (up to 7,200rpm). High speed 1Gigabit LAN on-board standard along with optional 802.11g 54Mbps wireless LAN. Incredible 15-inch QXGA Active Matrix LCD with resolution of 2048-by-1536 pixels or 15-inch UXGA 1600x1200.
Innovation: FSB800 w/HT Processor; DDR400; 8x AGP with ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro and 128MB DDR video; 1Gigabit LAN; 15-inch QXGA LCD"

So, Eurocom any good?
 
I thought the 9600 was not released yet...odd

Also, never ever ever heard of Eurocom. I'd pick one of the large US mfgs if possible.
 
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Anyone ever heard of Eurocom? Christ, the EUROCOM D500P Monte Carlo is a FULL featured laptop!
A quick rundown
"Description: Fully upgradable and configurable high-end desktop replacement notebook based on the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor supports FSB frequencies of 400 MHz, 533 MHz, and 800 MHz. Perfect Mobile Workstation or Mobile Gaming Machine for demanding expert user with 128MB of DDR video and ATI Mobility Readeon 9600 Pro on-board. Modular design, capable to support two concurrent optical drives (i.e. DVD-burner and DVD-ROM) and up to two physical hard drives (up to 7,200rpm). High speed 1Gigabit LAN on-board standard along with optional 802.11g 54Mbps wireless LAN. Incredible 15-inch QXGA Active Matrix LCD with resolution of 2048-by-1536 pixels or 15-inch UXGA 1600x1200.
Innovation: FSB800 w/HT Processor; DDR400; 8x AGP with ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro and 128MB DDR video; 1Gigabit LAN; 15-inch QXGA LCD"

So, Eurocom any good?
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No
 
Originally posted by: sygyzy
I thought the 9600 was not released yet...odd

Also, never ever ever heard of Eurocom. I'd pick one of the large US mfgs if possible.
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Voodoopc and Eurocom are the only ones supporting them. Eurocom's model launches yesterday but not available for sale yet. Voodoo's I couldnt even find on there site.
Eurocom
Voodo
 
"do any of the ibm's have a high end graphics solution? "

Do Dell, Compaq, HP, Alienware or Other?


Graphics Subsystem
  • l Graphics chipset: ATI Mobility FIRE GL 9000
    l Graphics type: SXGA+
    Graphics data width: 128-bit
    Video RAM std/max: 64MB / 64MB
    Video RAM type: DDR SDRAM
    Max resolution (with std video RAM):
    2048x1536 16777216 colors
    Max resolution (with max video RAM): 2048x1536 16777216 colors
    Max colors (with std video RAM):
    Max colors (with max video RAM):
    16777216
    Graphics bus interface: AGP 4X
    Graphics features: "SuperScene" Full Scene Multisampled antialiasing;
    Support for hardware accelerated
    DirectX and OpenGL
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: Ornery
HTF did you manage to leave IBM off your list?
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Good question! Added
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again, if you want it for gaming, WHY a laptop??
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1) Portable gaming
2) 15+ inch LCD's and the Radeon 9600 should be just fine for gaming shouldnt it? Also, so I can game on the road...ie...Work, road, airplane, at families and friends, at the park, at the beach, while fishing, portable pr0n for bedroom excitement, at concerts and movies, game at the bar.
3) The models I'm looking at are near-to-full desktop replacements.
 
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: Ornery
HTF did you manage to leave IBM off your list?
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Good question! Added
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again, if you want it for gaming, WHY a laptop??
Click to expand...

1) Portable gaming
2) 15+ inch LCD's and the Radeon 9600 should be just fine for gaming shouldnt it? Also, so I can game on the road...ie...Work, road, airplane, at families and friends, at the park, at the beach, while fishing, portable pr0n for bedroom excitement, at concerts and movies, game at the bar.
3) The models I'm looking at are near-to-full desktop replacements.
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Ok.

it's gonna be a heavy mother.
 
Dell Inspiron 8500 if you want gaming performance, because it has an optional Nvidia GeForceTM 4 4200 Go 64 MB video.

otherwise, get an old Dell Inspiron 8200, or your choice of an IBM.
 
Be sure to bring a long extension cord so you can hook it up to an outlet wherever you go. Most of these laptops are running regular desktop processors, they're going to eat your battery away.
 
if you're gonna get a PC laptop, IBM has the best quality and reliability. Dell used to be good, but they've recenlty been rated one of the lower end companies when it comes to laptops
 
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