Posts by hyperluminous

Quote: Originally Posted by ekwiptinoz I'm not planning on running any games, i'm going to use this as an audio interface laptop running Serato Scratch and Ableton Live, does the higher Rez Screen impact CPU performance...

Quote: Originally Posted by Djembe nope. games will play the same. You'll notice a comparitive slowdown if you want to make every game match the native res of the screen, but with most games that's really not...

Quote: Originally Posted by jered1975 I did some extensive price searching and it seems like www.mwave.com/mwave has the best prices. I know price isn't everything, though. When I ordered mine, GenTech was...

Well Ken from GenTech has been the ONLY reseller to take up the cause of the X1600 graininess. That has to tell you a lot about their committment to their customers. Others acknowledge it, but they don't think it's a big deal....but...

Looks like they revamped the touchpad buttons too. If there's no flex in the keyboard, then they've eliminated three of the biggest complaints.

How's the screen? Brightness, viewing angles, etc?

Quote: Originally Posted by thricemike If only they had a Nvidia equivelant version of this laptop I would of choosen that instead. That's coming out soon. I'd prefer ATI if it weren't for the graininess.

Quote: Originally Posted by thricemike Hello, what kind of wireless card does this take? I thought it was a MiniPCi which is what I ordered and it does not fit the machine..... damnit, looks like PCIe..... well this...

Yeah, mine has done that. Every time it's happened I've noticed it after the notebook wakes up. It also only happens seldom. I don't use my DVD drive much though so it may be more foten and I don't notice it.

Better heat dissipation and power useage, I'm pretty sure.....which is why they're used in Apple notebooks. Also ATI cards tend to hold their performance better.....look at people who bought a 9700 several years ago still being able to...