Hey guys, not sure if everyone has seen this deal going but if you are a member of www.aafes.com then you can hop in on this setup right here.
Inspiron E1705 Single Core: Intel® Core™ Solo Processor T1300 (1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)ZS16HN
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
LCD Panel: 17 inch Wide Screen WUXGA+ True Life Display
Memory: 512MB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 512M2D
External Monitors: 24 inch UltraSharp™ 2405FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel 2405WFP
Video Card: Geforce 7800 GO 256mb
Hard Drive: 60GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive 60GB -
Network Card: Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem INTNIC
Combo/DVD+RW Drives: 8x DVD Burner Drive
Wireless Networking Cards: Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps), for Inspiron 9400/E1705 TM1390 - [ 430-1520 ]
Add-Internal Bluetooth
Unfortunately you can only pick THAT particular processor, not a faster one.
I'll be upgrading the memory to 2 gig of the 533mhz DDR2 myself
Here is my main question...
Do you think that laptop with the 1.67 ghz proc. (which I know is rated similar to a 2.8ghz desktop equiv) 2 gig of ram, 7200 rpm HD, and the Geforce 7800 Go processor going to be faster than my current setup?
3.0 P4 w/HT
1 GIG dual-channel
WD 80gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache HD
Ati Radeon 9800 Pro
I use my system 90% for games and the other 10% is for internet surfing. I have been trying my hardest to find info on what exact specs this 7800 GO has. I'm pretty confident that the 7800 go would be a good deal faster than my 9800 pro (which still does a damn good job of playing most games). The main concern I have is the processor. Can that lower end processor really handle what is out there and what is coming out down the road? If the laptop has at least a marginal increase in performance over my desktop computer I'm pulling the trigger just for that FP2405. If I'll be losing processing power then I'll just stick with what I have.
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Inspiron E1705 Single Core: Intel® Core™ Solo Processor T1300 (1.66GHz/667MHz FSB)ZS16HN
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
LCD Panel: 17 inch Wide Screen WUXGA+ True Life Display
Memory: 512MB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 512M2D
External Monitors: 24 inch UltraSharp™ 2405FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel 2405WFP
Video Card: Geforce 7800 GO 256mb
Hard Drive: 60GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive 60GB -
Network Card: Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem INTNIC
Combo/DVD+RW Drives: 8x DVD Burner Drive
Wireless Networking Cards: Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps), for Inspiron 9400/E1705 TM1390 - [ 430-1520 ]
Add-Internal Bluetooth
Unfortunately you can only pick THAT particular processor, not a faster one.
I'll be upgrading the memory to 2 gig of the 533mhz DDR2 myself
Here is my main question...
Do you think that laptop with the 1.67 ghz proc. (which I know is rated similar to a 2.8ghz desktop equiv) 2 gig of ram, 7200 rpm HD, and the Geforce 7800 Go processor going to be faster than my current setup?
3.0 P4 w/HT
1 GIG dual-channel
WD 80gb 7200 rpm 8mb cache HD
Ati Radeon 9800 Pro
I use my system 90% for games and the other 10% is for internet surfing. I have been trying my hardest to find info on what exact specs this 7800 GO has. I'm pretty confident that the 7800 go would be a good deal faster than my 9800 pro (which still does a damn good job of playing most games). The main concern I have is the processor. Can that lower end processor really handle what is out there and what is coming out down the road? If the laptop has at least a marginal increase in performance over my desktop computer I'm pulling the trigger just for that FP2405. If I'll be losing processing power then I'll just stick with what I have.
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
