Okay guys I'm ordering a laptop for college tomorrow night, and this whole time i was focused on the HP dv9500t series. I am trying to stay under 1500 dollars and i got this one to about that price with these specs
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
Vista Premium
17" Brightview Screen
2 GB Ram
511MB Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS
160 gb harddrive
DVD RW
but i was looking at the graphics card and i wasn't sure if it was good, so i went onto these forums and people were saying to go with the 8600 GT because it has twice the shader filters or some shit like that, but they made it seem so much better, and someone posted a link to the benchmarks and it was a lot better. so i just went to dell and made this laptop
My ComponentsJet Black
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card
Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
No Webcam Option
85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition
which one should i get if i'm going to be using this for mainly gaming with, WoW, half life 2, doom 3, and unreal tournament 3 when it comes out.
they're both about 1500 dollars, so price isn't going to be a factor. i'm assuming the dell is better, just want to see your opinions, thanks.
-Borg
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
Vista Premium
17" Brightview Screen
2 GB Ram
511MB Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS
160 gb harddrive
DVD RW
but i was looking at the graphics card and i wasn't sure if it was good, so i went onto these forums and people were saying to go with the 8600 GT because it has twice the shader filters or some shit like that, but they made it seem so much better, and someone posted a link to the benchmarks and it was a lot better. so i just went to dell and made this laptop
My ComponentsJet Black
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card
Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)
No Webcam Option
85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition
which one should i get if i'm going to be using this for mainly gaming with, WoW, half life 2, doom 3, and unreal tournament 3 when it comes out.
they're both about 1500 dollars, so price isn't going to be a factor. i'm assuming the dell is better, just want to see your opinions, thanks.
-Borg
