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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:47 pm
by GORDON
Is it possible to get one that will run TF2 smoothly at full graphics, for less than $1k (with extra battery)?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:50 pm
by Troy
Newegg.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:35 pm
by GORDON
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
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:40 pm
by Troy
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:41 pm
by GORDON
I can't believe that an extra battery would be 23% of the price of the entire laptop.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:55 pm
by TheCatt
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:56 pm
by GORDON
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?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:21 pm
by TheCatt
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:22 pm
by TheCatt
Hmm, that TD one is refurb now that I look at it.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:22 pm
by GORDON
I dunno. Just dont wanna.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:29 pm
by Cakedaddy
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:32 pm
by Cakedaddy
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:34 pm
by GORDON
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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Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:48 pm
by Cakedaddy
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:21 pm
by TheCatt
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:40 pm
by GORDON
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?
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:53 pm
by Cakedaddy
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:13 pm
by Cakedaddy
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:18 pm
by GORDON
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:53 pm
by TheCatt
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.