Llama8 8 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 My wife's currently got a Dell Inspiron 1300 (Celeron M380 1.6GHz cpu, 1 gig of 400MHz ram, Intel integrated Media Accelerator 900 graphics card) & we saw one of these (Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6GHz cpu, 1 gig of 667MHz ram, ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1200 graphics) in Morrisons (local supermarket chain) for £279. Question is, is it worth it? Link to comment
locolagarto 15 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Not sure how the Dollars converts to pounds, but I'm using a Dell Inspiron with 2.2 Ghz dual core I bought in Febuary with 17" screen and DVD burner for $500US. An I love it. there is other good equip out there but I have nothing but Dell in my house. I've had no complaints. Link to comment
Popcicle 0 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 (edited) You guys are so lucky! In Sweden the prices are like 3x higher... Although laptops aren't really what I would prefer for gaming... Edited October 19, 2009 by Popcicle Link to comment
locolagarto 15 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 You guys are so lucky! In Sweden the prices are like 3x higher... Although laptops aren't really what I would prefer for gaming... Definetly not for gaming. My desktop is a lot heavier duty with major vid card and memory. Link to comment
Furian67 14 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 BTW what kinda hardwear would I need to run sacred on the pc? Back whenn I played EverQuest I had to turn off all the spell effects when I ran my bard, twisting 3-4 songs at a time was too hard on my system back then. Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 My wife's currently got a Dell Inspiron 1300 (Celeron M380 1.6GHz cpu, 1 gig of 400MHz ram, Intel integrated Media Accelerator 900 graphics card) & we saw one of these (Athlon 64 TF-20 1.6GHz cpu, 1 gig of 667MHz ram, ATI Radeon™ Xpress 1200 graphics) in Morrisons (local supermarket chain) for £279. Question is, is it worth it? I'd be saying no, but I have no price comparisons in pounds at the moment. The laptop you link to is basically 'about' as powerful as an Asus EEE laptop. And that power hardly differs from the old laptop. The graphics would pack a bigger punch, but that's not worth it to buy another one given the small difference (Xpress 1200 still is onboard graphics). Link to comment
Llama8 8 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 The laptop you link to is basically 'about' as powerful as an Asus EEE laptop. And that power hardly differs from the old laptop.The graphics would pack a bigger punch, but that's not worth it to buy another one given the small difference (Xpress 1200 still is onboard graphics). Yeah, that's about what I was thinking, I think the only difference would be that the newer one would be a dual core (I think). Ahh well, never mind... Link to comment
gogoblender 3,068 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Does it have to be a lap top for her? Is she absolutely looking to be mobile with it? Laptops you can get at about the same performance as desktop, but at double the price. gogo Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 The laptop you link to is basically 'about' as powerful as an Asus EEE laptop. And that power hardly differs from the old laptop.The graphics would pack a bigger punch, but that's not worth it to buy another one given the small difference (Xpress 1200 still is onboard graphics). Yeah, that's about what I was thinking, I think the only difference would be that the newer one would be a dual core (I think). Ahh well, never mind... The laptop you linked to is a single core, I checked it at a processor finder website. So no, not worth it... Link to comment
Llama8 8 Posted October 21, 2009 Author Share Posted October 21, 2009 The laptop you linked to is a single core, I checked it at a processor finder website. So no, not worth it... Oh, bugger. Does it have to be a lap top for her? Is she absolutely looking to be mobile with it? Laptops you can get at about the same performance as desktop, but at double the price Yeah, we got rid of her computer desk & free'd up a lot of room in the front room, so yes. Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 (edited) Proof... You could always try changing the CPU in the old laptop, if you are willing to open it up? That could increase the speed of it a bit. Don't expect wonders, though, because you probably could only go as high as a Pentium M, but those can be found running at about 1.8Ghz, which will feel a lot faster than the Celeron. Edited October 21, 2009 by Timotheus Link to comment
Llama8 8 Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Are laptop cpu's attached in the same way as desktops (ie, not soldered directly to the mobo)? A "proper" Pentium also shouldn't be as crippled as a Celeron. Link to comment
Timotheus 416 Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 (edited) No it basically works the same. It's just that everything is smaller cpu is fitted on the motherboard with a heatpipe structure on top of it to cool it. I see you've already got a Celeron at 1,6GHz in it, that's pretty fast already. Though a Pentium carries more cache, and from the top of my head also seems to work faster than a Celeron. Edit: Actually, the fact that it is a Celeron M380 is quite the bonus. It has a Dothan core, which means it's FSB speed is 400MHz. That's almost as fast as singlecore socket 479 processors can run. The latest models run their FSB at 533MHz, but I'm not sure whether they would work. I'm trying to find you some compatible numbers for Pentium M parts: The fastest you can go, is a Pentium M 765. It runs at 2,1GHz and has 2MB cache, and it has a few other bonus features the Celeron doesn't (Speedstep, among others). IIRC, all Pentium M models with a 5 at the end of the three digit code should carry Dothan core, running at an FSB speed of 400MHz, being compatible to the laptop. Edited October 23, 2009 by Timotheus Link to comment
Llama8 8 Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 who ate the llama All of the answers I can think of to that probably aren't suitable for printing... Link to comment
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