Posts by Dan83

I would get the ATI card also. Just because new graphics cards will be out by the time Half-Life 2 is available does not mean it will not run fine on current graphics cards. Besides, the Radeon 9600XT and 9800XT come with a free...

Honestly, I doubt that you will be able to upgrade the card in the 5150 to a better one. As far as I am aware of the FX5200 is the best card available for the 5150 (since its not really a gaming laptop). The only Dell laptops that I...

Quote: Originally Posted by sbc The only difference between the 9600 and Fire GL T2 is the drivers; a ATI repped confirmed that information. So the M10=FGT2 in all considerable aspects. Yes, I realize that (as...

Quote: Originally Posted by ab156 I would have liked to hold out for a T50 (1.8 2Mb cache, M11 etc) but you can spend so long waiting it becomes counterproductive. Where did you hear/read that the T50 would...

My third T41p should arrive any day now. I had to send the first two back due to dead pixels (or at least thats what I decided to do). Anyway, I was very impressed with the laptop and am now hoping that my third one will be dead pixel...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mechanic A good graphics card will be born if nVidia and ATI merge. No thanks. We need those two companies competing with each other so that the prices stay, well, competitive.

I think as far as ram is concerned it all comes down to personal preference. All of those brands you mentioned are good and you can't really go wrong with any of them.

The replacement arrived today. It has 1 dead and 1 stuck pixel. The stuck pixel is bright red and in the center of the screen. Its like looking into the sun its that obvious. Anyway, I am not sure what I am going to do yet. I am...

The I8600 I bought for my mother had 1 dead pixel and 5 lit pixels. They are pretty much impossible to see though because of the high resolution (WUXGA). My mother can't see them even when I point out to her where they are.

Quote: Originally Posted by digitaldoggie ... stick it back in the box, return it, get another one, repeat until you get a perfect screen. If only 1 in 5 is bad, the odds of getting two bad ones in a row is 1 in 25. ...