dwEEziL June 25, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member June 25, 2008 Mwa-ha-ha, your ride to FF should be fun. You need to video it and post it up for everyone else to enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo June 25, 2008 Share anonymo Member June 25, 2008 what doesn't make me sound very knowledgeable? http://infonec.com/site/main.php?module=detail&id=351727 No no no...not that you didn't get the price right...I just find it unusual that you would use the price of hardware as a way of making comparisons...it sounds like my 16 year old cousins trying to argue which is better the 360 or the PS3 and agreeing that its the PS3 because it's more expensive. (I mean, would you just sit by idly if I made statements like that? I hope not) You have made your own standards around here... I just expect more from you so it made me scratch my head...especially considering you should know that comparing the prices of a mobile card to its desktop sibling is quite arbitrary. (honestly, if you can get the 9650M GS into my laptop for $150 I will carry you to FF on my back) Not sure why you considered the mobile version to be "castrated" unless you are referring directly to the drivers as according to most of the forums I've been looking in the two cards (8600 GT and the 8600M GT) share identical specs once you load the non-mobile drivers and then only differ in terms of how well they can dissipate heat, the obvious limiting factor in a laptop. I hope there's no hard feelings, at least I have none. I just think you're (going) crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick June 25, 2008 Share [LaW]Maverick Member June 25, 2008 speaking of rising tempers....I'm surprised SJ hasn't popped in here to say "Buy a Mac!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL June 25, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member June 25, 2008 He's busy with the "Need a suggestion on a Mac Laptop" thread I started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNA June 25, 2008 Share DNA Member June 25, 2008 Dont worry you have now got his attention and soon we will find all of our posts edited to something sooooo wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick June 25, 2008 Share [LaW]Maverick Member June 25, 2008 Have you looked into the ASUS lappys yet? or did you start ignoring this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThruX June 25, 2008 Author Share ThruX Member June 25, 2008 Yes, I ignore this thread until I am at work and have time to read it. Asus looks like a decent machine, I am still lost in the 8900gt/gs 7200rpm mumbo jumbo. Since when has India become so advanced in the digital age, I even saw a show how when you drive through McDonalds someone in India takes your order. Well thank you for all the info Just going to have to find something that fits my budget, Most likely will be dell though. Seems like the one I want will be enough for what it will be used for. If I had more knowlegde about comps I would build my own like you said, unitl then sticking to the bundled pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick June 25, 2008 Share [LaW]Maverick Member June 25, 2008 Yes, I ignore this thread until I am at work and have time to read it. Asus looks like a decent machine, I am still lost in the 8900gt/gs 7200rpm mumbo jumbo. Since when has India become so advanced in the digital age, I even saw a show how when you drive through McDonalds someone in India takes your order. Well thank you for all the info Just going to have to find something that fits my budget, Most likely will be dell though. Seems like the one I want will be enough for what it will be used for. If I had more knowlegde about comps I would build my own like you said, unitl then sticking to the bundled pack. Good deal! Go with what makes you comfortable/happy, though I still say you can get more bang for your buck out of the Asus.... Oh, and I remember, before they went out of business, calling a CompUSA store number for a location here in the US, and getting FORWARDED TO INDIA. I couldn't believe it. The person in India then had to check via computer whether the product was still in the store! It was insane! Then when I got to the store, the product was, in fact, gone though our friendly Indian representative said it was in stock. What happened to calling the store and asking a representative on the floor to take a quick peak to see if it was there? I guess it's just another reason CompUSA went out of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo June 25, 2008 Share Cujo Member June 25, 2008 what doesn't make me sound very knowledgeable? http://infonec.com/site/main.php?module=detail&id=351727 No no no...not that you didn't get the price right...I just find it unusual that you would use the price of hardware as a way of making comparisons...it sounds like my 16 year old cousins trying to argue which is better the 360 or the PS3 and agreeing that its the PS3 because it's more expensive. (I mean, would you just sit by idly if I made statements like that? I hope not) You have made your own standards around here... I just expect more from you so it made me scratch my head...especially considering you should know that comparing the prices of a mobile card to its desktop sibling is quite arbitrary. (honestly, if you can get the 9650M GS into my laptop for $150 I will carry you to FF on my back) Not sure why you considered the mobile version to be "castrated" unless you are referring directly to the drivers as according to most of the forums I've been looking in the two cards (8600 GT and the 8600M GT) share identical specs once you load the non-mobile drivers and then only differ in terms of how well they can dissipate heat, the obvious limiting factor in a laptop. I hope there's no hard feelings, at least I have none. I just think you're (going) crazy. we'll talk in the car. with video cards you generally get the performance you pay for. also, in my experience the mobile cards are generally clocked down from the desktop cards. that may not be the case with the 8600 but in the past it's always been the case. my 6600gt for example paled in comparison to the desktop version. i believe the gpu clock was 100mhz lower and the ram about 300mhz lower. yep, the 8600m gt is clocked 65mhz slower core and the shaders are 240mhz slower. the ram is the same speed though. so ya, that's what i meant by castrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo June 26, 2008 Share anonymo Member June 26, 2008 Was playing AoC at 1920x1200 yesterday...pretty solid 20+fps considering it's all on medium with 1500m view distance. You people need to understand that cujo and I will discuss these issues without pulling punches...we're not worried about hurting feelings, we're computer geeks, we have no feelings...at least we disabled them on startup to save RAMZ Plus we're usually in agreement but don't know it, so we have semantic arguments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler June 26, 2008 Share boiler Member June 26, 2008 .... So does this mean you're doing the webcam or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo June 26, 2008 Share anonymo Member June 26, 2008 .... So does this mean you're doing the webcam or not? It's going to be $49.99 for the event, PPV channel 208. Please order in advance to avoid missing the action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa June 26, 2008 Share Playaa Member June 26, 2008 Buy a Macbook Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick June 26, 2008 Share [LaW]Maverick Member June 26, 2008 Buy a Macbook Pro. And I was expecting SJ to do this! Wow, Playaa comes out of the Mac gate finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo June 26, 2008 Share anonymo Member June 26, 2008 Buy a Macbook Pro. And I was expecting SJ to do this! Wow, Playaa comes out of the Mac closet finally! fix'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa June 26, 2008 Share Playaa Member June 26, 2008 /is Macrosexual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo June 27, 2008 Share Cujo Member June 27, 2008 Was playing AoC at 1920x1200 yesterday...pretty solid 20+fps considering it's all on medium with 1500m view distance. You people need to understand that cujo and I will discuss these issues without pulling punches...we're not worried about hurting feelings, we're computer geeks, we have no feelings...at least we disabled them on startup to save RAMZ Plus we're usually in agreement but don't know it, so we have semantic arguments. i've never lol'd at something i read online more than i did when i read this. my gf still doesn't get it but i man i nearly fell off the couch. (i'm at the cottage on the laptop). as far as the webcam broadcast, if there are people that want to watch we can definitely set it up at least while we're on the canadian side of the border. after that i think i might be charged roaming to use the wireless. any suggestions for free software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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