What you guys think of this rig

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caynee

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I wanted to know if you guys think that my new laptop will perform at the level of my desktop, and about the deal itself.


GateWay 500XL: Purchased Oct 2002 for $2400

2.53GHZ Pentium 4
1024mb PC2700 Ram
120GB 5400RPM HD
Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128mb
DVD-RW and CD-RW
Windows XP Home
18" DVI LCD

This system screams with eveygame ive played, most recentally BattleField Vietnam.....Doom 3 should have no problems either.

HP ZX5000: Purchased Aug 2004 for $1700

3.0GHZ Pentium 4 Hyper Threading
1024mb SDRAM
60GB 5400RPM HD
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 128mb
DVD/CD-RW
Windows XP Home
15.4" WXGA

Specifically...are the graphics card perfomance levels comparable?
 
For $1700 you could have gotten a so much better computer with the best GFX availible. I paid 950 for... and run doom 3 at 1280x1024 MED

AMD 2400+ Mobile 35watt @ 2.6ghz (barton core)
1gb Corsair XMS Ultra Low Latency PRO (5-2-2-2) CL 2
2 120GB HDD Ultra ATA100
ATI X800 Pro (hopefully hardmod to XT PE)
DVD-RW Dual Format / 16x DVD-ROM
XP Pro SP2
19.1 inch trinitron

That vid card you have is horrible for doom3
 
He is talking about a laptop:p

As for gaming, you would have been better off getting a AMD64, it is better for gaming and gets decent battery life compared to the 3ghz P4:confused: Otherwise not bad;)
 
i have amd64 3400
512 ram
128 ati card using omega drivers
80gb hdd
and i still have problems with doom3
it makes my laptop god damn hot lol
 
this is just a general question, dont take it personally caynee, why do people buy really good laptops? whats the point? why not spend half the money and buy a desktop system, if u have to get one for its mobiliy, why spend heaps on one?
 
EXACTLY!

if you want power, get a desktop . . .

get a laptop if you want mobility . . .

especially if you already have a desktop

you could have gotten a centrino system . . . those have really good performance
 
if u want gaming power go with pc. imo playing game on laptop is rather uncomfortable. :)
 
the only game i play on my laptop is pinball :p

oh and fifa 2004 . . .

and flight sim

but both on modest settings
 
yeah I can't play shit on my moms laptop. The screen just doesn't display the graphics the same and it feels like there's lag between moving the mouse and getting the response. Nothing like a good gaming PC =)
 
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