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post #21 of 36
10/16/06 at 2:56am
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Originally Posted by AirForceElite
g00nter, my limit is $2000 canadian
with all taxes and shipping included.

and i would like video card good enough to run latest games on high settings (highest settings is plus, but not mandatory)

Then you want at least a 7900GS, which would place you in the 17" category, which can still be had for your price range though..
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post #22 of 36
10/17/06 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by AirForceElite
g00nter, my limit is $2000 canadian
with all taxes and shipping included.

and i would like video card good enough to run latest games on high settings (highest settings is plus, but not mandatory)
The x1600 and go7600 are about as powerful of a gpu as you'll get in a sub 17" notebook. They're usually in 15.4" and at least one 14". I don't game so I can't say how it'll do in Oblivion, but I'm sure someone else can chime in.

Since you don't want a 17", I'd say take a look at something like this Toshiba A100. It has a Core Duo, 120GB HDD, 1GB ram and a 256MB go7600 in it for $1700CDN. You might even find it or a similar one someplace like futureshop for less.
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post #23 of 36
10/17/06 at 8:20pm
Check out the asus z96J at Gen Tech PC .

Asus Z96J Core Duo Barebone 15.4 Inch WSXGA/ATI X1600 256MB/Built-in Camera/Bluetooth
CPU: Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0 GHz 64Bit 4M 667
RAM: Corsair 1GB DDR-2 667 SODIMM (1X1024)
HD: Hitachi Travelstar 7K100 80GB 7200rpm S-ATA
Internal Wireless Card: Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 Tri-mode 802.11a/b/g
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Color: Original Color: Silver
Display: 15.4" WSXGA 1680X1050 Color Shine
GPU: ATI Mobility X1600 256MB PCI Express
Optical Drive: 8 x DVD-RW Dual Layer Super Multi
Bluetooth: Built-in Internal Bluetooth
Webcam: Built-in Webcam

This computer will play battlefield 2 and full settings and almost full settings for oblivion.
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post #24 of 36
10/17/06 at 9:26pm
Flashing the bios does not make a Core Duo a Core 2 Duo--flashing the BIOS will allow you to remove the Core Duo cpu later and add a Core 2 Duo.

This assumes a BIOS flash is available--there is no guarantee all laptops that come with Core Duo will have a bios update that will allow the upgrade. All it means is the motherboards are pin-compatible
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post #25 of 36
10/18/06 at 1:36am
Thread Starter 
Guys bad news.
i wont be able to buy laptop this christmas.
earliest is probably my birthday....which is in march
man..i was hoping for new laptop.
my desktop is slow...and only has 40GB of hard drive..and i find myself deleting anything available to make space for new stuff.
i dont wanna buy another hard drive because it will be useless once i buy laptop
i would rather suffer until march.
but then again, on a good side, prices will come down in march right? thats almost 6 months away from now....new technology will be available and hopefully current one will be tad cheaper
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post #26 of 36
10/18/06 at 2:28am
If I were in your shoes I would buy another hard drive and use it for file storage (don't install any programs on it). Then when you get the laptop take the hard drive out of the desktop and put it in an external enclosure. The enclosure will only cost about $20-$40 later on and you will always have an external hard drive that you can take places with you.

Just a thought.
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post #27 of 36
10/18/06 at 1:08pm
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Originally Posted by tkoden
If I were in your shoes I would buy another hard drive and use it for file storage (don't install any programs on it). Then when you get the laptop take the hard drive out of the desktop and put it in an external enclosure. The enclosure will only cost about $20-$40 later on and you will always have an external hard drive that you can take places with you.

Just a thought.

I've got a couple of them. One for all my music and one for periodic backups & extra storage of stuff I don't use regularly.
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post #28 of 36
11/25/06 at 6:48pm
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post #29 of 36
11/25/06 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by AirForceElite
Guys, quick question while i am here. So basically the most favourite and most current CPU's are: Intel: Core Duo (dual core 32-bit) Core 2 Duo (dual core 64-bit) AMD: Turion (dual core 32-bit) Turion X2 (dual core 64-bit) Am i correct? Or is there more than that in the list?
Just to clarify, the AMD Turion is not a dual core 32-bit processor. It is a single core 64-bit processor. Edit: Looks like I was a bit slow to reply.
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post #30 of 36
11/25/06 at 10:05pm
Thread Starter 
just to let you know, -Empty- bumped this 1 month old thread lol..
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post #31 of 36
12/25/06 at 5:00am
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Originally Posted by AirForceElite
just to let you know, -Empty- bumped this 1 month old thread lol..

HA, yea my intelligent comments (shrugged shoulders smiley face) deserve a one month + Christmas bump as well
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post #32 of 36
12/25/06 at 8:05pm
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Originally Posted by znk0r
I dont think the x1400 is going to cut it for BF2
though my buddies x600 runs bf2 at 800x600 at medium quite nicely. and that is about the same speed as the 1400 i think
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post #33 of 36
12/25/06 at 8:18pm
my desktop runs bf2 on low settings just fine (Nvidia 5900 XT) 128 megs of vram
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post #34 of 36
12/29/06 at 3:14pm
I think if you find a laptop that will do EVERYTHING at the same time that you want, we all would want one....
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post #35 of 36
12/29/06 at 7:17pm
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Originally Posted by AirForceElite
yeah i must say guys.
as little as i know about laptops, i heard too many bad things about X1300 or X1400.. dont know for sure.
i only joined 2 days ago and already rad bad reviews of those cards.
so maybe another card.

my price range is $2000 MAX. (canadian dollars that is...approx $1850 US) shipped and taxes including.

I would preffer to buy from ebay. What do you guys think?
i ll be paying with a credit card, so i can do chargeback in case of scam.

shadz: newegg is awesome site, bu they pnly deliver to US and purto rico.. no Canada.
of course i can buy from other manufacturers.
if i will reaally save a lot of money, then maybe perhaps i will do like you said.
but if difference is minimal, then i would be better buying ram that comes with laptop.
(for a person whop built his own desktop from scracth, how easy would it be to change ram inside laptop? )


i was lucky and managed to get my cousin a new dell 9400 from dell canada for really cheap actually. prettymuch loaded for under $2000 canadian. personally i would avoid ebay like the plague. if you watch and get a good deal from dell canada and know someone who can get and epp (most anyone who works for a major company) you can swing some amazing deals. buying more ram from the manufacturer such as dell directly with your notebook can be an okay deal at a few rare times. you are better off to buy your ram though after market from another place. when i took my xps from 1gb to 2 gb of ram i did it that way. as for how hard it is its about the easiest thing you could do.
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post #36 of 36
4/25/07 at 5:25pm
The Core 2 Duo's performance is extremely similar, if anything very slightly better than the regular Core Duo. The difference is that Core 2 supports 64-bit applications, and the Core Duo supports 32-bit. Also, the clear cut advantage it has is that it is more energy efficient; giving longer battery life. If this isn't an issue, and the Core 2 is way too expensive, don't bother with it; just go with a Core Duo.
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