Raiden June 15, 2004 Share Raiden Member June 15, 2004 Build or Buy? What about the Dell Inspiron XPS? I mainly play like CS, SWG, EQ, L2, all that stuff. And Lots of image storing and graphics too. movies also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubblegum Bandit June 15, 2004 Share Bubblegum Bandit Member June 15, 2004 Not to be snubbish on this Raiden.....but you will get much better answers in the Hardware forums, so I'm going to move this topic to there. While I understand that a computer can indeed be a tool.....this forum is more for power tools and the likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet-401 June 15, 2004 Share bullet-401 Member June 15, 2004 Lol that just confused the crap out of me.. so anyways... In my opinion: Best bang for your buck: eMachine M6809 (upgrade the hard drive to a 7200 rpm and you're good as gold) Quality with no price limit: I would have to say- Voodoopc Others on the top of my list: The dell XPS and Alienware. Building? Do you mean configuration? If that is so then Go for the Voodoo, XPS or Alienware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa June 15, 2004 Share Playaa Member June 15, 2004 I still gotta disagree on that eMachine laptop just for the screen Bullet... I mean it IS a great price for the machine...but you are getting a big downfall in a screen that only does 1280 x 800 res. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet-401 June 15, 2004 Share bullet-401 Member June 15, 2004 What do you mean? That screen is huge! It's wider then most laptops. And plus the res is fine. Anything above 1280 on a laptop is just way too small. sigh EDIT: Bahh I didnt get to finish what I was saying My supervisor came by. I will convert you someday playaa! Come to the dark-side of the 1280 res! Muhahahahahahahahah EDIT of an EDIT: I was just looking on Bestbuy's site and most of the laptops that were below $1600 were 15.4" and smaller for the screens. Some of the 15.4" are only 1024res. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa June 15, 2004 Share Playaa Member June 15, 2004 dude, I use a laptop every day at 1600 resolution...and it is like 100 times crisper and easier to read than my 21" monitor at 1024 or 1280 res. like I said before...if you can live with it, go with the eMachines...but I personally think that is too low of a resolution especially for a gaming machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet-401 June 15, 2004 Share bullet-401 Member June 15, 2004 Whats the monitor size on that? For the 1600? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r June 18, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member June 18, 2004 dude, I use a laptop every day at 1600 resolution...and it is like 100 times crisper and easier to read than my 21" monitor at 1024 or 1280 res.like I said before...if you can live with it, go with the eMachines...but I personally think that is too low of a resolution especially for a gaming machine you dont game in 1600 res. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa June 18, 2004 Share Playaa Member June 18, 2004 monitor size for the 1600 was a 17" widescreen and you may not game in 1600 right now...but 2 years ago gaming in 1280 was "over the top"...and in a laptop I want something that will stand the test of time 10 times better than a Desktop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r June 18, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member June 18, 2004 then ya better not buy a laptop, top end video for one is a mobile 9700. No laptop stands any test of time when it comes to gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowbar June 29, 2004 Share Crowbar Member June 29, 2004 Word bought a Gateway laptop when he was over in Iraq. He loves it. It's got a 17" widescreen, 80 gig hard drive, Radeon 9600 Pro. The thing runs CoD great, BF Vietnam is a bit choppy with graphics on high, but we turned them down to low-medium range and it runs fine. Downside is the price. He paid around $2500 for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet-401 June 29, 2004 Share bullet-401 Member June 29, 2004 On those moble 9600's. I have one in my laptop that I just got. You can overclock the core from 300 to 400 pretty good Default I got 9228 on 3DMark01 Overclocked from a core of 300 to 400 I got 11329 Get the atitool at guru3d.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashad January 6, 2005 Share Rashad Member January 6, 2005 You can overclock the core from 300 to 400 pretty good You have to show me how to do that some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet-401 January 6, 2005 Share bullet-401 Member January 6, 2005 I would but that overclocking reduces the lifetime of the hardware quite a bit. I have never overclocked since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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