Dell e1705 or acer 5672wlmi

[raffi]

Ok, here's the deal. I can get both for about 1,100 each. The only actual difference is the graphics card. The dell would have a 7900gs while the acer would have a x1600. I know the 7900 is much better than the x1600 but i'm looking at support. I keep on hearing things about dell and i haven't heard much about acer. Help :huh:

[usapatriot]

The Dell, the Acers are built worse, but not by much.

[aintz]

e1705 is cheap this weekend lol. e1705 suppose to compare with the acer 8200series well performance wise atleast

[raffi]

Ok, thanks. Just curious how would the x1600 compared to the 7900gs perform in bf2? My main interest is in a laptop for bf 2142, which will run on the same engine as bf2.

[Filippo]

for BF2 ram is more important than the GPU. Both cards will perform fine @bf2, but the 7900gs is a better card overall

[raffi]

ah. How hard is it to upgrade ram in a laptop by chance?
And also, does the Dell have an extra slot for memory because i might pay for the 512 at first and then just upgrade it for less to say 2 gigs later.

[Filippo]

yes you can and should upgrade later.. its very easy to do it and you wont void the warranty

[DarqHelmet]

Raffi you have two slots for memory, get 512 in 1 DIMM then you can buy ram from Newegg and put it in. Start with 1 gig if that is not enough you can always get another stick from newegg and pull out the 512.

[aintz]

7900gs is much faster than a x1600. 7900gs is faster than 2 x1600 maybe even 3.

[raffi]

thx, I hope this lasts longer than my ipod mini. (died 2 weeks after the "extended" warranty ran out. They wanted me to pay a bunch to replace the entire thing when they didn't even sell it anymore.)

[aintz]

lol that sux all my friends return their minis for ipod nano lol

[Entropius]

The 7900 will also give you worse battery life since it sucks power.

[raffi]

yah, i know, but i intend to keep it hooked up mostly. Replace my crud desktop which has a gf 3 ti 200 in it. That's after i upgraded it too! I hope the processor explodes or something.

Is it possible to switch over to integrated graphics on the motherboard (if it has any) when i want to conserve power? Just curious. It'd be good for college later on.

[Filippo]

It is possible on some particular notebook models, but not on this dell

[raffi]

darn. ok thanks alot. I guess i'll have to settle with turning down the brightness and messing with the videocard.

[aintz]

if you dont game much get acer but if you do you shouldnt really care about battery life

[golfman44]

where are you people finding an e1705 for ~$1100 or w/e with the 7900gs? even w/ the $750 coupon the lowest i can get it is like $1600 because there is a default $450 or so coupon already implemented so in order to get it above the $2000 mark you end up having about a $1600 payment because the $750 doesnt stack with the already implemented $450 or so. When i select the e1705 i choose the second from the left of the ones they have to choose from if that matters, and you are using only the $750 coupon, right?? Also, if i have never owned a laptop before, how hard would it be to install 2gigs of ram from newegg into an e1705 if i just get the most basic from dell, and how mch would i be saving $$ wise by doing so instead of getting the 2gigs through dell. Thanks

[aintz]

dell.com. there are alot of coupons you can just google it

[raffi]

I only set it for a 1 gig or 512 because i know i can update later. At that point the price is about 1,200. Then just use the 30% discount.