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#1 Mart_n
Member since 2007 • 25 Posts

like $400, i will use it for editing videos and/or gaming

what would you change to it?

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considering you'll be editing videos you may want a bigger hard drive. otherwise, everything seems great (keep in mind that im not a computer expert :P).
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#2 Mart_n
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[QUOTE="Mart_n"]Awesome, I was thinking about getting a different model with a nVidia Graphics Card inside. However, that option would be over 150 more expensive - and I don't think that the games I own will need such a powerful GPU to play.slayerpker

I bought a cheap Walmart compaq laptop and it had the intel GM4 series, and it ran most everything fine until it died... Lesson: don't buy laptop from wallyworld :P

Haha yeah I learned that lesson a loooooong time ago.
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#3 Mart_n
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Awesome, I was thinking about getting a different model with a nVidia Graphics Card inside. However, that option would be over 150 more expensive - and I don't think that the games I own will need such a powerful GPU to play.
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#4 Mart_n
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So, in short, you need to have an N router for a smooth online gaming experience? Or will a G suffice?
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#5 Mart_n
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[QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"]Its not that bad, i have used the X3100 and its a surprisingly capable chip, just has some big flaws Overall, for a cheap laptop, its going to do a lot. The minute you put a dedicated nVidia or ATi GPU in there, even if its weak, the price of the system is going to shoot up.

What games are you capable of playing using the X3100?
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#6 Mart_n
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...that my best option is buy this laptop. Check out the build I customized: http://www.sagernotebook.com/product_customed.php?pid=159900&action=custmed_update For anyone who can help, will this be good enough to run games such as WoW, Sims 2, Civ 4, and Spore at like medium settings? Also, since it is my first time buying from them, does anybody know if the Sager brand is well-made or do they have a reputation for making bad laptops? Thanks in advance!
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#7 Mart_n
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[QUOTE="Mart_n"][QUOTE="nichder"]

I have an Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset family. I do know that Civ IV works good. So does the demo for Sins of a Solar Empire, demo for World In Conflict, Fable: The Lost Chapters, and World of Goo too. :P

nichder

When you are playing those games, what graphics settings are you running them on? And @ imprezawrx I wish I could get a laptop with a 8600GT in it, but it doesn't fit my budget!

Civ IV I'm running on high on all settings. Fable I'm running low as the frame rate seems to take a bit of a hit with them really high. Don't know about Sins though.

Just to clarify, you are playing all those games using a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD? If so, then the laptop I'm looking at is perfect for my gaming needs!
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#8 Mart_n
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I have an Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset family. I do know that Civ IV works good. So does the demo for Sins of a Solar Empire, demo for World In Conflict, Fable: The Lost Chapters, and World of Goo too. :P

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When you are playing those games, what graphics settings are you running them on? And @ imprezawrx I wish I could get a laptop with a 8600GT in it, but it doesn't fit my budget!
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#9 Mart_n
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try this, its a barebones laptop kit from OCZ it already has an 8700 built in and you can choose the rest!

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3940221&Sku=O261-NB15

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Sorry, I'm not looking into building my own laptop. Also, for anyone who knows, what are some other stores in Canada that sell computers (other than the mainstream stores)?
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#10 Mart_n
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This laptop is ideally what you're looking for, but I would strip it of Vista and install XP, and use a custom video driver from laptopvideo2go.com, to get the most performance out of it.

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It's a nice laptop, but are you sure that processor will be able to handle what I want out of it? Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but that processor isn't even dual-core :S.
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