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post #1 of 10
11/24/06 at 10:00pm
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I`ve been looking for a good laptop , not only for gaming but also for some drawing and design works.
I would be playing games like , WoW , Heroes V ,The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and some other online games.And I`d be using photoshop, corel , painter , and a wacon intuos for drawing and designin`.
I`ve been looking for good laptops so I can keep them for couple years , and also storage pictures, videos.

First I look for a Dell , I found their XPS M1710 which looks really good , but the price is too high .
I was looking for something around 1,000 USD or 1,500 USD.

with a core Core 2 Duo processor
a 17" screen
a good GPU , ( i saw the GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX , but it is really expensive , i was wondering if there are good ones with a lower a price)

1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHZ
80GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive

I really don`t care about the weight

And would be nice if it had a wireless card




What notebook should I take?Any suggestion?

I`ve been looking for at Dell and Sony , but most of them look expensive.





Well , thank you very much. I hope you guys can help me !






Ps: I`m new here , if I did something wrong sorry about that.And , yep , I did some research , but I still don`t know each one i should get.Thanks
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post #2 of 10
11/24/06 at 10:15pm
You can get a dell e1705 (17inch, C2D, 7900gs) for around $1500 with coupons. You can also overclock the 7900gs with a bios flash (check the dell 17inch forum).

For coupons check the deals/coupons forum.

You could also get an 7800gtx from rjtech, but you'll need to have your own ram/hdd to bring the cost down to $1500.

If you want the 7900gtx/7950gtx you're going to have to pay over $1500 and in most cases $2000.

You could try your luck at Dell's outlet, if you're from the US.
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post #3 of 10
11/25/06 at 7:19pm
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Originally Posted by rickster
You can get a dell e1705 (17inch, C2D, 7900gs) for around $1500 with coupons. You can also overclock the 7900gs with a bios flash (check the dell 17inch forum).

For coupons check the deals/coupons forum.

You could also get an 7800gtx from rjtech, but you'll need to have your own ram/hdd to bring the cost down to $1500.

If you want the 7900gtx/7950gtx you're going to have to pay over $1500 and in most cases $2000.

You could try your luck at Dell's outlet, if you're from the US.


thanks for the hint rickster!

I`ll probably take this one !

Is the 7900gs good enough for gaming?
If it is , e1705 is perfect for me !

thanks a lot !
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post #4 of 10
11/25/06 at 11:46pm
Out of curiosity, how would a Go 770 512mb be for gaming??

-rye
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post #5 of 10
11/25/06 at 11:57pm
I have an e1705 that i installed a 512mb 7900gtx in myself, for alot cheaper than an m1710, if you are interested, you may PM me or IM me.
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post #6 of 10
11/26/06 at 12:54am
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Originally Posted by Vinn R
thanks for the hint rickster!

I`ll probably take this one !

Is the 7900gs good enough for gaming?
If it is , e1705 is perfect for me !

thanks a lot !
Yes the 7900gs is a fine card, you can even overclock it nicely with the gsx mod seen here.

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Originally Posted by jedirye
Out of curiosity, how would a Go 770 512mb be for gaming??
I think you mean the 7700?
Asus has a few models with that GPU, namely the A8js (and next year they'll make newer models with it), which is a fine machine and should play games at medium/high settings with it's 1440x900 resolution. The a8js is also one of the best bang for your buck deals outside the e1705 and coupons..
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post #7 of 10
11/26/06 at 10:08am
Yeah, I meant Go7700 512mb version, and the A8JS was the model I was looking at. I just didn't want to be disappointed with games though............... I've read that I will.

-rye
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post #8 of 10
11/26/06 at 5:40pm
go 7700 is like the go 7600gt
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post #9 of 10
11/27/06 at 7:38am
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Originally Posted by aintz
go 7700 is like the go 7600gt

It sounds more like the desktop 7600GT to me, is that what you meant? I think both has 5/12 pipelines. The 7600go has 5/8 pipelines
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post #10 of 10
11/27/06 at 2:24pm
i saw some performance tests and its about the same as GO 7600gt. the desktop 7600gt is about twice as fast as go 7600gt
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