Miscellaneous laptop discussions : Two questions
Two questions
by proace360 - 8/17/08 2:26 PMI am looking to get a new laptop, and I would like to know two things.
The first is, how much would my current laptop sell for on ebay or another site?
It's an HP Pavilion dv5000
The Specs are:
Windows XP SP2 Media Center Ed.
Intel Centrino Duo T2050
1GB RAM
80GB HDD
Nvidia GeForce Go 7400
DVD drive (writer)
15.4" screen
It has a light dent in the front speaker (doesn't effect sound quality)
My second question pertains to minimum specs for a new laptop. I am a casual gamer, so I would like a decent graphics card. I would like to be able to play games like Half-Life 2 (not high requirements), Spore, and other games (but not demanding games like Crysis). What type of graphics card, how much ram, and how big of a harddrive would be able to run these types of applications at minimum to regular requirement levels?
If it's Vista...
by BigJayDogg3 - 8/17/08 2:28 PM In reply to: Two questions by proace360I'd recommend nothing less than 2 gigs, preferably 3 or more if possible. I have one gig, and am using the classic interface, and I still have problems with "lagginess".
check out
by CODAMAN12 - 8/17/08 3:25 PM In reply to: If it's Vista... by BigJayDogg3the new gateway 6864fx on Best Buys website. For the money it's pretty good. You could spend more and get less. They also have a couple of good 17" machines.
the
by CODAMAN12 - 8/17/08 9:15 PM In reply to: the gfx card by proace360hd 2600 is an 512 ddr3 graphics card, the hd 3200 is an 256mb and I believe the 3450 is 512mb. So ether the 2600 or 3450 would probably be fine. This thing also has a 7200 rpm hard drive and yes, it has an 64 bit os so it will recognize all of the 4 gb ram.
HD 3450
by Aragorn37 - 8/18/08 5:10 PM In reply to: the gfx card by proace360I had this video card and it did well with games like UT3 or BF2 but could not play the more graphics intense games like Crysis or Call of Duty 4. I upgraded mine to a 4850 but because I like to crank my settings up.
with that much ram
by mementh - 8/17/08 4:49 PM In reply to: If it's Vista... by BigJayDogg3I woudl recomend using vista 64 bit and getting 4 gigs..
though game compatability would be the issue.. but as i understand it, you might have the rights to use both 32 and 64 bit on the same computer w/o additional license (additional info/confirmation is needed to verify this)
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