I've been looking for a very inexpensive laptop that can play most of my games. There are two I'm looking at, and I cannot decide which one is best.
Compaq Presario with Celeron 410
eMachines with 3100+
Before you start saying "those will be horrible for new games", right now all my games run on a P3 @ 866 with integrated graphics, so I'm not in need of that great performance. The game I play most often is Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (based of the Quake 3: Arena engine).
Just because I don't need that much performance, doesn't mean I don't want it though. Because of that, I have many questions about the two laptops.
1) The Compaq has an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, and the eMachines has a ATi Radeon Xpress 200M with integrated X300-based graphics. Which of these would offer better performance?
2) The Compaq has a 60-gig SATA 5400rpm hard drive, while the eMachines has a 40-gig Parallel ATA 4200rpm hard drive. I'm assuming the first is better, but how much of a difference will that make in games? Note that most my files that I would carry with are on DVDs, so the extra hard drive space isn't really needed for me.
3) I couldn't find any battery life specs in the description. In general, which would have a longer battery life (Celeron M vs. Sempron)?
Thanks for all your help.
Compaq Presario with Celeron 410
eMachines with 3100+
Before you start saying "those will be horrible for new games", right now all my games run on a P3 @ 866 with integrated graphics, so I'm not in need of that great performance. The game I play most often is Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (based of the Quake 3: Arena engine).
Just because I don't need that much performance, doesn't mean I don't want it though. Because of that, I have many questions about the two laptops.
1) The Compaq has an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, and the eMachines has a ATi Radeon Xpress 200M with integrated X300-based graphics. Which of these would offer better performance?
2) The Compaq has a 60-gig SATA 5400rpm hard drive, while the eMachines has a 40-gig Parallel ATA 4200rpm hard drive. I'm assuming the first is better, but how much of a difference will that make in games? Note that most my files that I would carry with are on DVDs, so the extra hard drive space isn't really needed for me.
3) I couldn't find any battery life specs in the description. In general, which would have a longer battery life (Celeron M vs. Sempron)?
Thanks for all your help.