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Mr.Quark's m5750 Review

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I just got my m5750 yesterday so i'll write my thoughts.

Specs (the important ones):
intel core duo 1.66Ghz
1GB ddr2 ram
17" widescreen 1440x900
80GB sata drive 5400RPM
ATI mobility radeon x1800 256MB
windows xp home

The first thing I noticed was how big the thing was. I've seen 17" laptops in stores, but like someone commented on another post, they look a lot smaller in the store. It is relatively light, 8 lbs I think and it is very thin.

The screen is great, I had no dead pixels. It is very sharp and has good contrast, the black is black, not grey like cheap LCDs.

I ran it for a couple hours and it does get warm on the wrist rests. I don't know how long the battery lasts because I never ran it off of the battery.

I had to update the video card drivers rightaway. For some reason they were using the ATI mobility catalyst drivers from February.

I didn't use the touchpad much, I like having a mouse. It comes very unsensitive, you have to sweep your finger about four times to get it across the screen. The keyboard is kind of cramped too. I kept hitting the Fn key instead of the Ctrl key in Oblivion (which is the only game i've installed on it so far, and is a great benchmark since it is more intensive than anything else on the market.)

I only tried it out on Oblivion and I have to say.............it runs beautifully! It auto-detected ULTRA-HIGH quality! I adjusted it somewhat to suit my tastes (like turning off the Barbara Walters special HDR effect and using bloom, turning the view distance down and I did the standard multi-thread and memory usage ini tweaks.) I got 20-40 FPS in the great forest with the unique environments lushwoodland mod on (which increases the foliage). I get 40+ in dungeons and ruins and 25-35+ in cities. All in all in runs much better with more eye candy (at native 1440x900 resolution at ultra-high quality with the aforementioned changes) than my desktop (which isn't that great: P4 3.0Ghz w/ HT, 1GB DDR ram, BFG 6600GT OC AGP 128MB, 40GB HDD for windows and 300GB SATA for games. I run Oblivion on it at medium settings at 1024x768 with it never going over 25 FPS in the forests)

All in all I am very pleased with the m5750's performance. All of you that ordered one or is thinking about ordering one will NOT be dissapointed.

post #2 of 6
Gratz!! Christmas in September for you

Looking forward to the 3dMark benchmarks.
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Pics!?
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Looks great! Just called in my order and look very much forward to replacing my Dell 600m that is slightly over 1 year old and been through 2 motherboard replacements, 2 Bluetooth card replacements, 1 failed battery (just past the 12 month battery warranty) and a history of poor wireless performance at just about every point in the state of Michigan.
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Originally Posted by SteveTheBot
Pics!?

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Sorry if this is a little late

Anyways, I am looking to get a laptop, and I saw this and I like it a lot :P Anyways I would be using my laptop during university, and wondering if this laptop is kind on the battery so it would last the lectures, also if it is berable for a 5 min walk. If so I so want it heh.

Thanks,
andysh
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