New Laptop...

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:47 pm

Is it possible to get one that will run TF2 smoothly at full graphics, for less than $1k (with extra battery)?

Post by **Troy** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:50 pm

Newegg.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:35 pm

This one seems ok...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117803

Anyone know anything about that GPU? Initial googling suggest it is a gamer card:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news....gy.html

Post by **Troy** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:40 pm

http://www.newegg.com/Product....Product

You should get that one!!

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:41 pm

I can't believe that an extra battery would be 23% of the price of the entire laptop.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:55 pm

Dunno. I just bought [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/Toshiba-X205-SLI5-2 ... dZViewItem
QQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item330287783173&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318]one of these[/url] for about $965, using eBay cashback and a friend getting me a bit of a discount.

"PCI-Express™ x16 graphics subsystem, featuring:NVIDIA® SLI Dual GeForce® 8600M GT, 512MB GDDR3 discrete graphics memory"

Which should be interesting. I mainly bought it cuz it has 2x160GB 7200 RPM harddrives so the HD will be faster.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:56 pm

TheCatt wrote:Dunno. I just bought [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/Toshiba-X205-SLI5-2 ... dZViewItem

QQptZLaptops_Nov05?hash=item330287783173&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318]one of these[/url] for about $965, using eBay cashback and a friend getting me a bit of a discount.

"PCI-Express™ x16 graphics subsystem, featuring:NVIDIA® SLI Dual GeForce® 8600M GT, 512MB GDDR3 discrete graphics memory"

Which should be interesting. I mainly bought it cuz it has 2x160GB 7200 RPM harddrives so the HD will be faster.

Page not responding... and I wont shop ebay... anywhere else at that price?

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:21 pm

This laptop

Tiger Direct has for $1300

Why no shop at ebay?

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:22 pm

Hmm, that TD one is refurb now that I look at it.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:22 pm

I dunno. Just dont wanna.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:29 pm

To answer the initial post:

No. Not for <$1000. Knock the graphics down a bit, and you'll run really well on a sub 1k laptop. You might squeeze one out for about 12-1300 though. Oh, and assuming 15" screen is big enough.

Also, there's a GeForce 8xxx laptop card that had major overheating issues as well. Make sure you don't buy that one. Don't remember if it's the 8600 or 8400 though.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:32 pm

I bought two Ridgid 18v hammer drills from ebay. Expensive drills. Saved some money buying from ebay. Both are dead. One at 8 months of use. One at less than 6. No warrenty since I didn't buy them from a retail shop. I won't buy anything major off of ebay any more either. Both were sold as new, and looked new when I got them. They were probably refurbs that re-died and they were lying.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:34 pm

Cakedaddy wrote:To answer the initial post:

No. Not for <$1000. Knock the graphics down a bit, and you'll run really well on a sub 1k laptop. You might squeeze one out for about 12-1300 though. Oh, and assuming 15" screen is big enough.

Also, there's a GeForce 8xxx laptop card that had major overheating issues as well. Make sure you don't buy that one. Don't remember if it's the 8600 or 8400 though.

I don't know... this one seems like it has some pretty good power:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117803

The GPU is DX10 ready, and has 512MD of on-board RAM. Seems a little befier than a generic mobo video processor.

4 GB Ram, 2.0Ghz COre 2 Duo.

If I am remembering properly.

Newegg even had a $999 laptop with a blu ray drive, just less ram and processor, I think.

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Post by **Cakedaddy** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:48 pm

I agree that card does sound beefy. But, it is a laptop card, so it's going to be slower than it's desktop counterpart. You will no doubt be able to run TF2 very well on that machine. But, I'm not sure if you'll be able to max all settings. Slow hard drive too. But, that won't matter during game play, of course. I've actually been shopping Sony's quite heavily for a while now, cause that's what the wife wants. So, I can say with some confidence that you are indeed saving $150. I was surprised at that price. Go newegg. So, it's not a jacked up retail with a fake savings. That really is the lowest I've seen that config go for. For what that's worth.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:21 pm

GORDON wrote:Is it possible to get one that will run TF2 smoothly at full graphics, for less than $1k (with extra battery)?

I ran TF2 on my laptop just fine. It's an nVidia 8600 equivalent that's over a year old. 256MB, iirc. Maybe 512.

Here's details on the 8600M

-Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 1024 x 768 (Play in windowed mode)
Settings: See ScreenShot
FPS: 40-120 Average 60-80

So anything newer would do better, I'd assume.
Looks like he did mediumish settings.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:40 pm

Yeah, that deal almost seems to good to be true. Need to jump on it quick.

Anyone want to buy me a spare battery for christmas?

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:53 pm

But Gordon always says 'max'. So, bump the res up to max, turn on shadows, AA, etc on. I'm not saying it won't run it. . . I'm guessing it won't. Maybe it will. Maxing settings out taxes even the newest cards. So, that's all I'm saying. It's going to be MORE than playable. But not sure about max settings.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:13 pm

GORDON wrote:Yeah, that deal almost seems to good to be true. Need to jump on it quick.

Anyone want to buy me a spare battery for christmas?

Ya. For a Sony, 17", etc, etc. That's a damn good price. Again, I've been watching for about 4 months now. And I just pulled the trigger for the wife as well. No tax is just super bonus on top of everything else.

Thanks for finding that.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:18 pm

Cakedaddy wrote:But Gordon always says 'max'. So, bump the res up to max, turn on shadows, AA, etc on. I'm not saying it won't run it. . . I'm guessing it won't. Maybe it will. Maxing settings out taxes even the newest cards. So, that's all I'm saying. It's going to be MORE than playable. But not sure about max settings.

Max resolution on that screen though is less than 1600x1200, so that's what I meant. Max that the laptop screen will allow, which is usually less than what the game will allow.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:53 pm

When did laptop batteries get so fucking expensive? I remember them as $80 or so. I need a replacement for the wife, and it's $150 from Dell.