Posts by SSingh1975

Having sold my M170 months ago, Im still debating either building a Core Duo desktop system (+20" WS LCD) or use coupons and buy a tricked-out E1705 for the same price but one thing that bothers me is the upgrade to DX10...

I've been a PC gamer pretty much all my life (from the wonderful days when we used to bring our college network down with illegal Doom LAN parties )) but recently, the high cost of upgrades and new technologies (Vista+Core Duo+DX10...

Believe it not, after selling my XPS months ago, I've reverted back to my 'old, crappy' desktop with a Radeon 9600XT card in it and I cannot believe it can still run Far Cry/HL2, Doom 3 at 1280X1024 (med settings) at a pretty decent...

Quote: Originally Posted by sublime_jl No Main reason why I sold my M170 when I got a chance 4 months ago (and still got a good price) as dual-core will be heavily utilised in gaming in future. S

On the same note, does anyone know when Dell is coming out with their next quarterly coupons? I've also mean looking at the AW 5750 but with a lower res (1440 X ???) which I like better than 1900X1200 and I can run games at native res...

Quote: Originally Posted by swatx if the system is primiraly going to be for gaming then its no use waiting for merom as core duo and core 2 duo perform the same in games But isnt that Merom will use less...

Having sold my XPSM170 several months ago, my luv for laptops is hurting a lot and I'm considering pulling the trigger on the M1710 as my need is gaming and thats what the M1710 delivers. But from what I understand with Dx10 cards...

Those are installed by AOL to speed up your crappy internet connection and it does a fine job at that too. Hope this helps.

If u do have a system/lappie, are u satisfied with it to some extent? If yes, then hold on to your money for another 3-5 months since we are now soooo close to Dx10 cards+Vista. I have a paid-off M170 that I'm happy with and will...

Major factor===> Do u need mobility and will the system stay docked in one position for the majority of the time?? If the latter, u can build a kick-ass Conroe system for the same price plus couple it with a Dell 20" or...