Posts by nark

get the dell 9300. It will be around 3-4 times as fast as the gateway. Like jordan suggested, get 256 mb of ram from dell and buy a gig from newegg. Will cost roughly the same, maybe a tad more. But it will be worth it.

i would go for kingston as well. Never heard of gigaram as being either reliable or unreliable...havent heard anything about them at all actually.

I would go with 1.25 GB of ram instead of 1 GB. Yes, dual channel will bring you better performance....but 5%? only on amd 64 or a p4 with an 800 mhz fsb. For a p-m, the bus is to slow to take full advantage of the bandwidth...because at...

Quote: Originally Posted by pr50wner 1GB of ram is not enough to play BF2 without jerking, my lappy has 1GB and it swaps every now and then pissing me off since it always does it while im trying to line up a head shot...

1) not 2) matter of personel opinion, get the cheaper and faster one. 3) hitachi/maxtor/seagate....doesnt make too much difference. The hitachi is the fastest one, seagate the most quiet of the bunch and maxtor is usually the cheapest...

hey mikael. Thanks for running this experiment. Your results are pretty interesting, however, I dont agree with the conclusion that you came up with. The comparison that you made between desktops and notebooks is not an accurate one. For...

Quote: Originally Posted by Spritzup It is a desktop article, and I don't know how releavant to a laptop. Even though they may be using the same designations (x700, 6600) it doesn't mean the specs or even the...

the -R/-RW format is more compatible with older DVD players than the +R/+RW. However, u can use the bitsetting feature to set the +R to DVD-ROM which is compatible with most if not all DVD...

Quote: Originally Posted by baidarkabob I am also interested in people's experience with the P4 vs PM chip debate. My primary concern is rendering of 3D in ArcScene. ArcScene is a GIS application (computer mapping) that...

you will end up about even, if not paying more depending on where u get ur barebones and where u purchase a retail notebook.