What laptop to get for NFSMW?

RiceDie · Post by **RiceDie** » 23 Nov 2005, 19:27

Well my Acer Ferrari 3200 doesnt do it for me anymore

Acer Ferrari 4005 WLMI X700 128Mb (256bit AFAIK)

Acer Aspire 1696WLMi X700 256Mb (128 or 256bit) anyone know?

Dell Inspiron 9300 GF6800 256Mb

Fujitsu Siemens AMILO M-3438G GF6800 256Mb

X700 128Mb and 256Mb is the bit of the memory the same

Will the 6800 be better choice?

my budget is $2700+ about in my country expensive WLMI costs $2700

Cpt.Razkit · Post by **Cpt.Razkit** » 23 Nov 2005, 19:54

you cant buy a desktop?

Well anyone with a good processor and a 6800 is pretty good. you can wait a while and get one that has a 7800 in it in a few months, if you can wait that long

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 23 Nov 2005, 20:27

Dell Inspiron 9300 GF6800 256Mb

korge · Post by **korge** » 23 Nov 2005, 20:32

EA wrote:DirectX 9.0c is included on this disc and may require the latest drivers for your video and sound card. *Supported video cards: NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX/GTS or greater, ATI Radeon 7500 or greater; Intel 950/i915g; S3 GammaChrome S18 Pro. Laptop models of these chipsets are not supported.

RiceDie · Post by **RiceDie** » 24 Nov 2005, 14:17

Yeah i can get a desktop but i odnt have enough space in my current house, when i finish building my house then i will get desktop cant wait i hate lpatops as primary PC's they dont cut it

EuroRacer · Post by **EuroRacer** » 26 Nov 2005, 01:35

What's wrong dude ur laptop is just fine I would be so happy if I had one of these...

NFS:MW should run at 1024x768 easily looking at the specs. If it really runs that bad you should reinstall that thing and make sure you don't install crap on it.

And if you want a real gaming rig, do what Cpt.Razkit said and buy a proper desktop, you can build an awesome gaming-rig with that budget. I just think it would be a waste of money to buy a new laptop already.

jhwee · Post by **jhwee** » 03 Dec 2005, 19:49

Your Acer Ferrari doesn't do it for you? :O!

Well I have an Acer Aspire AS2012WLMi; 1.5 GHz Banias, 512MB Ram, Radeon Mobilitiy 9700 64MB graphics card and it runs well

.

RiceDie · Post by **RiceDie** » 17 Jan 2006, 15:46

I got the Acer Ferrari 4005, well its okish, my system is clean no bs on it games latest drivers updated etc... and my laptops dont get connected to inet its just im used to desktops so laptops suck at their performance thats why i change em freqentlly.

supermorph · Post by **supermorph** » 13 Mar 2006, 22:37

mynes almost half that spec and i get great performance,
you should really upgrade the ram and swap file size, then u can run quicker at the games

i only got an x200 in myne so it goes to show, its only the ms os and the ram holding u back really.

SparcoPusher · Post by **SparcoPusher** » 06 May 2006, 19:54

I got an alienware area51m-7700 laptop
specs:
2 P4s @ 3.6ghz each And i don't mean dual core, it really got two in there

256mb Nvidia 6800 go gt
2.5 gb ram
300gb hard drive dual
2 dvdrw drives
audigy 2 sound card

this baby is sweet

was trying to see if i can get dual gpu's but they said they can't do that as yet.....can't wait for that one, and i run nfsmw at 1600x1200 32bit with all the graphics up, runs great on there

2furio · Post by **2furio** » 06 May 2006, 20:14

SparcoPusher wrote:I got an alienware area51m-7700 laptop
specs:
2 P4s @ 3.6ghz each And i don't mean dual core, it really got two in there
256mb Nvidia 6800 go gt
2.5 gb ram
300gb hard drive dual
2 dvdrw drives
audigy 2 sound card

this baby is sweet
was trying to see if i can get dual gpu's but they said they can't do that as yet.....can't wait for that one, and i run nfsmw at 1600x1200 32bit with all the graphics up, runs great on there

You can't have 2 CPUs in a laptop...it's either dual core or not, 2 dvd-rw drives...suuuure.

SparcoPusher · Post by **SparcoPusher** » 06 May 2006, 20:44

hmmmm, well, according to my purchase inventory, it says that i purchased 2 physical processors, but i could be wrong, maybe it really is dual core, but the damn thing is sweet, and yes, two dvd-rw drives!
_NEC DVD+RW ND-6650A <<<two of those, look them up if ya want the info on em

vellu · Post by **vellu** » 06 May 2006, 22:22

You must be kidding. That can't possible be a laptop... An impressive desktop PC, perhaps.

SparcoPusher · Post by **SparcoPusher** » 07 May 2006, 01:19

http://www.alienware.com/Configurator_P ... KU-DEFAULT

check that out if you don't believe me, they different offers that they offer for configurations change from time to time, but you can definitely have 2 dvd-rw drives on a laptop

by the way, i was talking to one of their *representatives* and she said that they are working on having 2 physical processors on their new line of laptops when the p5 comes out

don't know about that, i never heard any news on a p5 coming out, so who knows

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 07 May 2006, 01:32

I only see singlecores.

SparcoPusher · Post by **SparcoPusher** » 07 May 2006, 01:40

like i said, what they offer change from time to time, look around on the site, the amd version might have dual core

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 07 May 2006, 01:50

Yes, they have. But those aren't 2 seperate CPUs. It's 2 cores dumped on one socket.

SparcoPusher · Post by **SparcoPusher** » 07 May 2006, 01:55

SparcoPusher wrote:hmmmm, well, according to my purchase inventory, it says that i purchased 2 physical processors, but i could be wrong, maybe it really is dual core, but the damn thing is sweet, and yes, two dvd-rw drives!
_NEC DVD+RW ND-6650A <<<two of those, look them up if ya want the info on em

corrected myself right there, after i got off the phone with them

.....or didn't you read it

vellu · Post by **vellu** » 07 May 2006, 08:57

Quote from the site:

"IntelÂ® PentiumÂ® 4 660 Desktop Processor w/ HT Technology 3.6GHz 800MHz FSB 2MB"

It's not two-processors, or even dual-core. It's just a regular P4 with HyperThreading enabled (which sort of emulates two processors on a single core, looks like two on the OS though).

What the heck for do you need dual DVDRWs anyway? You are copying that much stuff you can't wait for HDD image creation in between?

Impressive machine no doubt, but I wouldn't really call it a laptop, must weigh a ton with dual harddrives, dual dvdrws, big screen casing etc. Not to mention battery life with all that crap bolted on. Portable is more like it...

Sir Ibi · Post by **Sir Ibi** » 07 May 2006, 13:36

Ye, a notebook like that will be a hefty piece of kit to carry around not to mention a potential target for theives. And using it anywhere else where there is no where to plug it in will drain the battery in no time.

So a notebook like that, will more then likely stay at home plugged in to the mains, in which case a desktop with similar specs will be a lot more cheaper. And you won't have to bend your head at an uncomfortable angle just look at the monitor whilst typing on a small keypad.

The only useful way you could use a laptop like that if you didn't have any space for a regular desktop. In short a waste of money

SparcoPusher · Post by **SparcoPusher** » 07 May 2006, 17:59

well, it's actually not heavy, and yes, i do burn alot of stuff, and i hate emulation software, although they are faster when it comes to installing games, but, hey, i had the money, plus i had not bought myself something *big* in a long time, lol

vellu · Post by **vellu** » 07 May 2006, 18:48

Well, wouldn't one DVDRW have been enough? I don't think you can burn two disks at once...

Just out of curiosity, how much does it weigh?

SparcoPusher · Post by **SparcoPusher** » 07 May 2006, 20:35

like i said, i had the money to afford it, and i really just wanted something *outlandish*

hmmm, weight, *checks* a wopping 9.7 pounds

hmmm, doesn't seem that heavy to me, i don't mind the weight.......and yeah, i don't got enough space for a destop in my dorm, too small

SparcoPusher · Post by **SparcoPusher** » 07 May 2006, 20:36

by the way, about burning two discs at once, i can

vellu · Post by **vellu** » 07 May 2006, 20:59

9.7, not too bad. Almost twice what a "regular" laptop weighs, but tolerable.