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Is this a good laptop?

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  • 08-06-2007 8:15pm
    #1
    singloud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭


    I'm buying a laptop for university and was wondering if people could give me feedback on whether this laptop is decent for playing games?

    Processer:
    Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core T2080 Processor (1.73GHz,533MHz,1MB L2 cache)

    Windows Vista home premium

    1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x512]
    (I'm considering adding more memory gradually)I already have a 512 stick

    80GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive

    256MB ATI® Mobility™ Radeon® X1400 HyperMemory™ graphics card


    Will these specs be ok for playing Oblivion at mid-level settings?

    Many thanks

    CIan


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    humaxf1
    Registered Users Posts: 865 ✭✭✭humaxf1


    dump vista for a start...a load of liathrodi. did i spell that right?

    more RAM... good idea for when vista actually works

    hard drive... do you have lots of mp3?

    video card... im no gaming guru. 256 RAM is plenty for everyday stuff at least


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    singloud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭singloud


    what exactly is vista anyway? NEwer version of XP?


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    singloud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭singloud


    Sorry,another question.

    What exactly does processor speed do?
    Does it have a large effect on games?


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    singloud wrote:
    What exactly does processor speed do?

    It's how fast the processor can process information, how fast it can do sums, basically.
    singloud wrote:
    Does it have a large effect on games?

    Generally speaking nowadays, it doesn't. It's all about the graphics card.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    tom dunne wrote:
    Generally speaking nowadays, it doesn't. It's all about the graphics card.

    I think oblivion uses a fair bit of the processor. Probably all that ai.


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    singloud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 369 ✭✭singloud


    Where woudl be the best place to get a good laptop at a decent price?
    Laptops direct had a beauty at 930 but it was sold out and was an outlet item


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