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faster video card or processor?
Hi everyone,
I'm considering buying a Dell XPS laptop. In terms of gaming power (FPS in Crysis, for example), which combo would be preferable: 1. Core 2 Duo Extreme X9000 processor plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8700MGT with 512 MB GDDR3 memory 2. Core 2 Duo T8300 processor plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX with 1 GB GDDR3 memory The other components of the systems are the same. Thanks, Daryl |
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On 5/1/08 9:19 AM Daryl brightened our day with:
Hi everyone, I'm considering buying a Dell XPS laptop. In terms of gaming power (FPS in Crysis, for example), which combo would be preferable: 1. Core 2 Duo Extreme X9000 processor plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8700MGT with 512 MB GDDR3 memory 2. Core 2 Duo T8300 processor plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX with 1 GB GDDR3 memory The other components of the systems are the same. Thanks, Daryl What's the screen resolution of the laptop. I'd go with more CPU horsepower for a laptop though I don't know anything about either of those GPUs (I have a 8600 GTM in my Macbook Pro). At lower resolutions (meaning less than or equal to 1440x900) the cpu will be your bottleneck. -- "Out here on the perimeter there are no stars" Steve --Inglo-- |
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I plan to attach the laptop to a regular PC monitor for gaming
purposes. Therefore I'd like the resolution to be as high as it can get. |
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Daryl wrote:
Hi everyone, I'm considering buying a Dell XPS laptop. In terms of gaming power (FPS in Crysis, for example), which combo would be preferable: 1. Core 2 Duo Extreme X9000 processor plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8700MGT with 512 MB GDDR3 memory 2. Core 2 Duo T8300 processor plus an NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX with 1 GB GDDR3 memory The other components of the systems are the same. Thanks, Daryl Are you considering one of the specialty Alienware notebooks? That is the only way I can see 1G of memory on a notebook video card, and it's not SLI. If so, you can and should fully customize your notebook, and select the better processor from the first option, and the better video card from the 2nd. Obviously, your budget allows it. |
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"Daryl" schreef in bericht
... I plan to attach the laptop to a regular PC monitor for gaming purposes. Therefore I'd like the resolution to be as high as it can get. I'd get the fastest GPU. Sincerely, Rene |
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On May 2, 7:13*am, "Rene" wrote:
"Daryl" schreef in ... I plan to attach the laptop to a regular PC monitor for gaming purposes. *Therefore I'd like the resolution to be as high as it can get. I'd get the fastest GPU. Sincerely, Rene That's what I was thinking too. The two choices are about equal in cost. If I got the best of both, it would be ~$700 more. |
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