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Surprise, surprise another gaming Laptop question
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25-10-2007 1:30pm#1
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for gaming laptops..following tables are helpful
...and if you have time..look around the site as well..there's awful lot of info..
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html?&or=&search=&sort=sorting&type=specs
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html
it answers a simple question "which is better" regardless of the price0 -
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Yeah the Pro is one of the very few laptops that come with the DDR3 8600GT so it would trash the Vostros models, but that said it comes at a steep price. Macs are plenty capable of gaming, but due to the cost in relation to the performance you actually get for said purpose, are not very economical.
this is probably what Death meant to say.
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Deadwards.com wrote: »I do play some online games (half-life and wolfenstien) but not too much else.
http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Half-Life-Platinum-Edition-2
http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2002/02/wolfenstein/
uhhhhhmmmm try googling before saying that, things change, machines move on, you might have gotten away with that years ago. Its a very general statement to make. Hardcore gamers are less likely to be a Mac yes, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't buy one, Macs can play games.death1234567 wrote: »If you want a gaming laptop then dont buy a Mac.
+1Please don't just throw up nonsense like that without backing up your statement.don't you know mac can run windows very well now? and it could come with a very powerful graphic card as well
Precisely, "anything you can do we can do better"
Sorry, what I mean is... you can have the best of both worlds with "us"!!0 -
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440Htz in fairness gaming on the actual Mac OS is a joke. You pay about 300% for games then you would for the PC. Example - most games that fall into PC budget ranges of 8-15 euro still cost 20-50 euro for Mac. And generally fall on the more expensive side. 25 Dollars for RTCW is a joke. Dual Boot would really be the only way to go.
And, if you want to game on a MAC, you need to get the Pro with 8600GT. And that starts at what - nearly 2 grand? And that's for the crappy 8600GT, the proper one only comes with the one starting at 2.4K!! Compare that to the 8600GT in the Vostro which costs about 800. Granted it's slightly worse performing but maybe about 20% compared to the 300% price difference.
Basically, again, yes Macs can play games. But should never be looked at as a games machine, as its sole intention. Just a waste. You'd really want to want a mac for other reasons and see gaming as a bonus. In which case, you could get a regular macbook or pro and still have enough left over to build a gaming desktop.
Mac+Gaming = not exactly a winning forumla unless you're minted. Macs do certainly not have the best of both worlds in regards to gaming so it would entirely misleading to suggest that they do. There's a reason why the MAC gaming community is so tiny. And by that I mean people playing games on Mac machines, not just Mac OS.
edit: Oh and if you were playing much older games from say 2004-ish then any Mac would be fine for that sort of thing, not just the pro.0 -
Original Poster wrote : "I am completely computer illiterate "
My advice: If you want a gaming laptop dont buy a mac.
I think thats acceptable advice for a computer illiterate, easier run games on PC than MAC for a non-nerd IMO. Thats all.
No need to get all defensive you Mac Fanboi's
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440Htz in fairness gaming on the actual Mac OS is a joke.
Now I never claimed it was wonderful.. just said its possible. The "we can do anything better bit" was just that you can run windows and have the best of both worlds, so you could run your windows games on your windows partition on your Mac, OR your Mac games on your Mac partition. That's all I meant really 0 -
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Of course macs can play games
solitare, minesweeper, etc.
Nobody buys a mac for gaming - or do they? If they're going to dual boot XP they might as well buy a windows machine. (You could counter argue they they would only want to use XP for the gaming and everything else for the mac but I couldn't counter saying use your home PC for gaming and macbook for text documents and blah blah blah). If they are a hardcore gamer they'd want dx10
If you want casual gaming then save yourself some money and buy a vostro with XP. You'll get a great spec one for the same price as a normal macbook (NOT the pro one.) which won't be able to play the games the vostro can0 -
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hey guys..stop this mac/pc dispute.. let's get back to op's question
Hey! That's my job.Deadwards.com wrote: »@ HavoK. I just saw your review of your Vostros and I am sold!! You reviewed all the games that I love and they look fantastic in comparison to my current machine so I think after all of my pontificating I am going to buy here from Dell with the spec you have.
Good choice and great advice from somebody who knows what he is talking about (Havok).0 -
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Looks good. Is the 1680x1050 necessary? Would you use it on desktop? Games will not run at that res on an 8600GT. Just in case you have grand visions that out pace the cards capabilities.
You should also look into Truelife if you haven't already, people are really split 50/50 on it.0 -
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