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Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Sat 22 Oct, 2005 8:45 pm

... not for laptops ...

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » Sat 22 Oct, 2005 8:55 pm

my comp is a desktop...

CompWiz · Post by **CompWiz** » Sat 22 Oct, 2005 11:42 pm

coelurus wrote:I can't get my head around to what good a 6800 with 256 MB of vid RAM will do. A 6600 gt 128MB will do anything currently at very high settings and they're really cheap in comparison.

how about a 7800 with 256 mb RAM? For that matter, how about 2 Geforce 7800's with 256 mb ram each, in SLI configuration

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Sun 23 Oct, 2005 12:08 am

gangsta wrote:my comp is a desktop...

yes, but they were specifically talking about laptops...

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Sun 23 Oct, 2005 1:10 am

lloydkirk1989 wrote:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834224034

Thats a cheap amd64 laptop.

*cough*Integrated Mirage 2 Graphics Engine*cough*

AndySoft wrote:... not for laptops ...

Uhh actually yes. The laptops I am looking at are desktop replacement laptops, and you can change ANYTHING in it except the motherboard.

It all pops apart so you can add ram, buy another hardrive, upgrade the graphics...

EDIT: here's a picture of the alienware one-

CompWiz wrote:
coelurus wrote:I can't get my head around to what good a 6800 with 256 MB of vid RAM will do. A 6600 gt 128MB will do anything currently at very high settings and they're really cheap in comparison.
how about a 7800 with 256 mb RAM? For that matter, how about 2 Geforce 7800's with 256 mb ram each, in SLI configuration

While the regular 7800 is out, the 7800 go isn't out yet.

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 1:49 am

Spengo wrote:
lloydkirk1989 wrote:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834224034

Thats a cheap amd64 laptop.
*cough*Integrated Mirage 2 Graphics Engine*cough*
AndySoft wrote:... not for laptops ...
Uhh actually yes. The laptops I am looking at are desktop replacement laptops, and you can change ANYTHING in it except the motherboard. It all pops apart so you can add ram, buy another hardrive, upgrade the graphics...

EDIT: here's a picture of the alienware one-

CompWiz wrote:
coelurus wrote:I can't get my head around to what good a 6800 with 256 MB of vid RAM will do. A 6600 gt 128MB will do anything currently at very high settings and they're really cheap in comparison.
how about a 7800 with 256 mb RAM? For that matter, how about 2 Geforce 7800's with 256 mb ram each, in SLI configuration
While the regular 7800 is out, the 7800 go isn't out yet.

That's why I don't like replacement desktops. What is that like 5 freakin cooling fans? My mainstream grade laptop only has 1 fan and like 2 vents (no fans). Sure you can't upgrade it but it's bound to run much cooler than a desktop replacement. I guess if you want mobility and power you can get desktop replacements but mobility always assosicated itself in terms of you can actually carry it around and use it on battery power.
I would seriously get this Compaq and I wish I could exchange my laptop for it.. but I guess it's kinna late. Oh well at least an X600 is better than a 9200 and .... Intel's Integrated Graphics *shudder*
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopp ... uter_store

Starts $899 and you can choose from a Celeron M or Pentium M cpu. Comes with a Mobility Radeon X700 w/ 128MB of framebuff memory. BTW The X700 has 8 pipes unlike the X600 which has 4 *pissed*

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 2:00 am

I really don't care much about the battery life. I can always find somewhere to plug in. I'm also willing to lug around an extra 3.5lbs to get the geforce 6800 go. (The one you put says 6.5 lbs. The one I like says 10lbs.)

...and it's four fans and a few vents, not five fans.

One of those round things on the bottom is a subwoofer.

Hopefully, when alienware comes out with some amd gaming notebooks, they will still be around $2k and will have a lot longer battery.

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 2:19 am

No, the batteries die out faster actually if they're exposed to heat. You're better off reducing them to 40% and then storing them if you don't plan on using them for some time.
BTW, 5 fans because there is a side CPU fan... isn't there? Oh maybe i'm having hallucinations again... d@mn atomware!

... umm what good is a subwoofer on the bottom? It's like the guy who said "Hey! Let's put speakers on the shoulder rests on laptops!"

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 3:40 am

I don't understand what you are no-ing to at the top of your post. Subwoofers...weeell, I suppose if you're listening to music on it or something.

The alienware in the picture I posted has four fans.

DigiTan · Post by **DigiTan** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 4:19 am

Jeez, why don't they just slap a radiator on it.

crzyrbl · Post by **crzyrbl** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 5:33 am

the subwoofer is definitely for the music. this is Audio DJ compatible, notice the

you can play cds without loading windose.

as for my comp....

Dell dim 2350
2 Ghz
768 RAM
128 dedicated Radeon PCI 9250 grfx card
(crappy dells, no agp...)
xp home sp2
dvd-rom, cd R/RW, floppy
37gig HD

im going to college too, so I also need a laptop/notebook. Im looking at the ones from Cyberpowerpc over alienware because
#1 the Area-51m have WAY more than i need
#2 the Sentia only has a 12' model
#3 no AMD

koolmansam375 · Post by **koolmansam375** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 9:17 am

CompWiz wrote:
coelurus wrote:I can't get my head around to what good a 6800 with 256 MB of vid RAM will do. A 6600 gt 128MB will do anything currently at very high settings and they're really cheap in comparison.
how about a 7800 with 256 mb RAM?

theyre somewhat expensive (compared to a 6800 Ultra or 6800GT), but i found a good one on newegg im planning to get.

For that matter, how about 2 Geforce 7800's with 256 mb ram each, in SLI configuration

too freakin expensive

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 10:01 am

Damn, a PCI 9250. I installed a PCI 9200SE on my sis' desktop and you can obviously notice the bottlenecks of PCI.
BTW- what's the sound on it? Intel HD I presume?

Spengo · Post by **Spengo** » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 11:12 pm

Do the amd 64's run 32 bit programs faster than the Ghz of the processor? 'Cause most programs these days are still 32 bit.

crzyrbl wrote: im going to college too, so I also need a laptop/notebook. Im looking at the ones from Cyberpowerpc over alienware because
#1 the Area-51m have WAY more than i need
#2 the Sentia only has a 12' model
#3 no AMD

Lol a twelve foot laptop! Inches are ".

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Tue 25 Oct, 2005 1:03 am

Huh?

AMD64 cpus use AMD's 32-bit x86 extension called the x86-64. Basically what AMD did was instead of an entirely new architecture overhaul, thyey extended the original x86 32-bit commands to 64-bit so coding and transistion would be eaisier. And of course they threw in a couple of new 64-bit commands

as we speak, Microsoft supports AMD's x86-64 architecture in it's Windows XPee Prostitute Edition 64-bit.
Anyway it shouldn't matter. All AMD64s own Pentium 4 CPUs.