Laptop Virgin needs help on spec.

JOL

I am looking to purchase a loptop with the following spec.

The Machine is a Dell Inspiron.

Core 2, T7700 2.4GHz, 800, 4M
3.0GB Memory Dual channel 667 MHz
160GB, 7200 RPM Hard drive
NVIDIA 8600M GT Graphics card
17" WUXGA, True Life LCD
Windows Vista Home Premium OS

Will this spec. handle most of todays games and cover me for a bit of future proofing or should I change anything?

Any advice would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

majiktripp

Spec wise its grand apart from the Grpahics card (which isn't bad by any stretch) but isn't completely "future" proof. Theres a review of the card here and what it can do
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-8600M-GT.3986.0.html
Still though its a nice machine if you want bleeding edge gaming, maybe a bumo in the graphics department, but I have a feeling that it would suit you fine.

JOL

Thanks for your help MAJIKTRIPP.

Unfortunately DELL only supply this card with the system.

Maybe I will upgrade the card in the future. Not sure if it is possible on this laptop but as you say, the system should be enough for my needs.

Cheers.

AlmightyCushion

JOL wrote: »

Thanks for your help MAJIKTRIPP.

Unfortunately DELL only supply this card with the system.

Maybe I will upgrade the card in the future. Not sure if it is possible on this laptop but as you say, the system should be enough for my needs.

Cheers.

Unfortunately it is very hard if not impossible to upgrade the graphics card in a laptop.

Sqaull20

JOL wrote: »

I am looking to purchase a loptop with the following spec.

The Machine is a Dell Inspiron.

Core 2, T7700 2.4GHz, 800, 4M
3.0GB Memory Dual channel 667 MHz
160GB, 7200 RPM Hard drive
NVIDIA 8600M GT Graphics card
17" WUXGA, True Life LCD
Windows Vista Home Premium OS

Will this spec. handle most of todays games and cover me for a bit of future proofing or should I change anything?

Any advice would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

2.0ghz is the best price/performance ratio,upgrading to 2.4ghz for €289 is madness,3gb is nice but dell charge you well over the odds to upgrade from 2gb to 3gb just not worth it either,minimal performance increase for huge price.....

Best thing to do with laptops is to buy a fairly good one for under a grand and then sell it on again to buy a new one instead of upgrading it....You could buy the below one for €766 and sell it on again in a year for €400 or so and buy a new one with quad core,9600gt etc for €766 again this time next year or two....

BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB) edit 
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit 
HARDWARE SUPPORT  1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return edit 
COLOUR CHOICE Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & 2.0mp camera edit 
LCD 17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ edit 
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit 
HARD DRIVE 250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit 
GRAPHICS CARD nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory edit 
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit 
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr) edit 
Accessories

€766.99 when you use the €100 off voucher

www.dell.ie/epp

E Value

305-N0172008

Voucher Code: 343?NMX7LX37D3

Sqaull20

This guy has a real gaming laptop for €950 with warranty,interested in it myself but I cant pay asking and I dont think he will accept my offer

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?perpage=15&product=40309&cpage=1&perpage=15&cat=8#poststart

JOL

Thanks for all of your help guys. Lots of food for thought.

legs11

that 7950gtx would destroy a 8600m. if its games you want.