Which Of These Laptops Are Better For Gaming / Longevity?
June 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under 17 inch Laptop
HP dv9700t
Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
• Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 6 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
• 17.0″ diagonal WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1680 x 1050)
240GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (120GB x 2)
• 4GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
• 50% OFF 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS!!
• HP Imprint Finish (Radiance) + Webcam + Microphone
Price: 1830
Dell Inspiron 1720
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 (2.5GHz/800Mhz FSB/6MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home
High Resolution (1920 x 1200)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
Size: 320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Dell XPS M1530
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home
LCD(1440×900)
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
200GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
the Dell Inspiron 1720 should be the best
assuming you are talking about $US, then you can get a machine with an 8800m in your price range which will be a lot better than any of these machines for gaming.
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Gateway P-6831FX
Im not saying you should buy this particular model, just that if you are a gamer the gpu is the one thing you need to get right, particularly if you want to be able to play recent games for the longest possible time (youm mentioned ‘longevity’ and Im assuming this is what you meant). an 8600 is really getting pretty under par and there are a number of current games that wont run well on it. the 8800 is pretty much the entry level standard if you are a gamer. GPU’s are not upgradeable and this is the component that will determine more than any other element the quality of gamepolay in terms of the number of fames per second the machine is able to display and the resolution the game will run at.