Greenplantseed
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Desktop vs. Laptop: The 3000 dollar question!
I posted here yesterday about getting a directX 10 notebook GPU sometime soon and heard a lot about getting a desktop, instead. All I want to know is if there is a justifiable reason... It's a little hard to throw around 3 grand, if you know what I'm sayin'. I can get some great graphics on a notebook and take it with me everywhere, or I can get a desktop that has super graphics and take it nowhere. Check out this specs lineup:
Desktop:
-Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600 (4MB L2 Cache,2.4GHz,1066 FSB)
-2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
-250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
-Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
-1GB NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual-GPU Graphics Card
-Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card
Notebook:
-Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
-2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM
-80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
-8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
-512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX
-Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
These two setups cost within 100 bucks of each other. All I want to know is if I'm going to notice any difference on a desktop that would overwhelmingly compel me to buy it over the laptop. Talk to me, sweet cheeks.
I posted here yesterday about getting a directX 10 notebook GPU sometime soon and heard a lot about getting a desktop, instead. All I want to know is if there is a justifiable reason... It's a little hard to throw around 3 grand, if you know what I'm sayin'. I can get some great graphics on a notebook and take it with me everywhere, or I can get a desktop that has super graphics and take it nowhere. Check out this specs lineup:
Desktop:
-Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600 (4MB L2 Cache,2.4GHz,1066 FSB)
-2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
-250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
-Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
-1GB NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual-GPU Graphics Card
-Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic (D) Sound Card
Notebook:
-Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
-2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ, 2 DIMM
-80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
-8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
-512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX
-Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™ HD Software Edition
These two setups cost within 100 bucks of each other. All I want to know is if I'm going to notice any difference on a desktop that would overwhelmingly compel me to buy it over the laptop. Talk to me, sweet cheeks.