Wondering if I should sell my desktop to get a laptop.

get a 9400 core duo, 2gigs of ram and stick a 7800gtx in there.. Faliure is not an option for this combo..

wait for the M1710, that will run pretty close to your desktop. It might not have quite the raw power of your desktop, but it will be pretty damn close. And obviously the XPS has many advantages over your desktop, like you can take it palces without lugging a bunch of stuff. I love desktops as much sa the next person, but with how powerful laptops are becoming, there is almost no point in having a desktop except for a dedicated gaming rig with SLI and stuff like that(things that aren't really available in laptops).

So yeah, I'd go for it, but if you're going to replace that desktop I'd go for the M1710 for sure. You don't want to take a big step backwards. I know the 7800GTX will fit in a r1705 but it takes modification and can be a PITA. I think it'd just be eaier to get the M1710 and be done with it.

Core Duo, 7900go GTX, possibly 5.1/7.1 surround sound(though this hasn't been confirmed or denied), SATA HD, 3945 Intel WiFi, etc... Basically a vamped up E1705 with a better chassis, vid card and possibly more ports. It will be a very very nice 17" laptop and it will tear up any game you throw at it. It's going to be good. Check the thread on it, there are a bunch of possible specs on that thread.

If I were you, and I honestly think that you're more of a hardcore gamer than I am, I would do the following.
Keep my desktop. Purchase a simple light weight 14 or smaller inch laptop and use it for whatever reason you need a portable pc for. Use the desktop for your hardcore gaming.
Trust me when I say that notebooks simply cannot compete when it comes to a desktop. Sure they're getting there, sure they will eventually be just as fast, but they aren't yet. And the faster, bigger and badder they get the hotter, less portable and heavier they get. Why have a laptop that sits on a desk all day doing nothing other than taking up less space than a desktop?

i would keep my desktop if i was you and just buy an ultra portable, no laptop will be better then that , i am saying like even if you had a 7900 gtx in that and the xps 1710 comes out and it has a 7900 gtx the desktop 7900 tx will still be better, and if you have overclocked the opty 165 to 2.8 ghz then you have an fx-60 right there some if you overcclokced it alot then just tack on another grand to a laptop because of the fx-60

If you want to avoid system failures at any cost, the Inspiron line is certainly not an option.

dont listen to hardball ive never heard him say anything but anti-dell bs and he doesnt seem to own any recent dell laptops

pent,
i almost have the same system build.i got the dfi ultra-d, and a 3700+ sandy,1gb ram...im saving up for a Acer Aspire...not selling my Desktop..
Not worth it. espeically when u have a X1900XT, also i do lanparties alot.
with my Desktop Rig. I use my custom rig case..and its portable enof..and isnt LANing alot of gaming = Laptop = hot = bad graphics? heh
just my 2cents.

Hey,

I'm have no hard feeling against Dell at all. I have had 5 different Dimension/Inspirons, and all of them had various degrees of problems within two years of operation. You are right, I have not owned a dell in the past 18 months; I sold my last 1100 at that time; and for good reason, because I have not had good experience with some of their commercial lines.

I do recommend Dell Lattitudes and Precisions to other people on a regular basis, because they are simply well built machine. Why save a few bucks and risk getting a Lemon; look at some ThinkPads, Vaio, Lifebook, Asus, Acer, or Dell Lattitude, instead of the cheap junk.

Honestly as a gamer I wouldn't be without a desktop yet. The GPU's aren't quite up to spec yet in terms of upgradeability and we all know fully well that this years hot gpu is next year's "you're still using THAT thing?". Look at Oblivion? It brings current gpu's just about to their knees at high res. You'll be able to get one extra generation of gpu out of the XPS series normally. So 6800 people got the 7900 and maybe everyone will get the G80. But past that it's hard to see and far less certain. Your x16 slot will take every card you'll need for a couple years out at least.

For me I'll take a 1710 but that's because I can manage that with a desktop backup. Another year or two and possibly there will be better standardization and upgradeability in laptops, but its only partway there now. If you can have a laptop cost on top of keeping your desktop that's ok, but costly. Otherwise, unless you travel AND game a lot, enough to justify the sacrifice of having a laptop instead of a desktop I would not make that sacrifice yet. The laptop will be a doorstop from a gaming perspective in about 2 years maximum.

$.02

Yeh I agree laptops need to be more user-friendly in the upgrading area to seriously rival desktops.

change that powersupply for somthing better (ocz powerstream or somthing)

then trade it for a high end AW/Sager 5720 or somthing of that nature, you should get some cash in the deal too!


soulsaver

keep desktop

aw c'mon, lugging your desktop to a LAN is half the fun

i would keep what you have, you're going to need to spend alot more to get a laptop that will keep up with your desktop.

yeah you will have to spend like 3.5-4 grand grand for a laptop that will even come close to that baby

The main factor is that notebooks with that kind of power are about twice as expensive as their counterpart desktops. I love desktops.... I am deeply sadened that I cannot continue to build them because I am moving to Japan and will not be able to ship them back and forth etc. I have pretty much built a new desktop every year for myself for the last 6 or 7 years, plus several others for other people.
Now, if spending the extra money is worth it to you (the price for portability) I will tell you that you will have plenty of power to game all night and all day at a lan party on a good notebook.
I recently took my 5720, and my brother took his dell xpsm170 to a lan party. We were the only notebooks out of the 30 people there. We also had the most powerful systems out of anyone there. The next best was a desktop with a P4 and 6800gt.
It was really nice not having to lug in all that stuff... desktop monitor speakers k-board mouse etc.......
It was a nightmare.
Also, gaming on my notebook was solid. I only have my notebook at this point and I game on it as well as everything else. I doesn't get hot or overheat or anything like that. My cpu actually sits at around 30c idle.
My point is you can game very nicely with a notebook. If you get a top of the line one you will more than likely have the best specs at most lan parties or atleast one of the highest.
(most ppl don't have fx60/x1900xtx)

My last desktop was in fact an amd fx60 coupled with an ati x1900xtx with 2g ocz platinum ram. Yes, it was much more powerful than my notebook.. but I really do not see a huge difference in the games today. Take the new tomb raider for example. The fx60 x1900xtx rig can play it in 1280x1024 resolution in next gen mode, but suffers from big slow down at times. This is also with an overclocked watercooled ati card at 800mhz core! (my friends rig) and oc'd fx60 to almost 2.9Ghz.
Now, I can play without next gen mode on but everything else on (AA max AF max) at 1920x1200 flawlessly with no slow down at all. Comparing the two, we both agreed that it looked better on the notebook with these settings.
In other words, yes it is more powerful but... you will not be running crazy stuff at high resolutions anyway.

Well, anyway goodluck in your decision. Maybe just save up and keep your desktop plus a notebook. If I didnt have to have a notebook I would deffinitely have a desktop... or two

--k1tty

did you or him win!?

i wish i was good at gaming, only thing im remotly good at is halo demo

i would say to OP, Kitty is right, honestly, if your going to lans, most lan memebers dont have up to date shizzle unless your gaming with fatal!ty or whatever that dudes name is (offtopic first year he gamed pro he made over 300k, thats bs if you ask me!) he has top of the line whenever top of the line comes out

in other words, yes your desktop will be better than say, a 5720, but a 5720 would smoke quote a few rigs......or if you got a duo core......

keep that in mind


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Keep the desktop I carried my around for 2 years and its not that big of a deal this was everyday mind you back and forth to work. Now have an i9300 and I miss my desktop.